Thiruvantpuram, 21/3: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday took a dig at the Congress and its leader Rahul Gandhi, terming them as being the B-team of the BJP. The remarks came while responding to a question regarding Gandhi’s recent claim that the central agencies have arrested or called for questioning other opposition leaders in…
Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has appealed to residents not to carry bhog in polythene bags during the upcoming Durga Puja. The move aims to curb the use of single-use plastics and reduce the surge in garbage generated during the festive season.According to BMC, the city usually generates around 800 metric tonnes of waste daily, out…
Kolkata, 7/3 (Ao Bureau) : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has organized a ‘Padayatra’ on Sunday to protest against the rising fuel prices. During this time, he has retaliated against the allegations of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. At the same time, in the upcoming Assembly Election, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been accused…
Colombo, 9/7: Sri Lanka’s beleaguered President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled his official residence in the capital Saturday, a top defence source told AFP, before television footage showed protesters demanding the leader’s resignation storming the compound. “The President was escorted to safety,” the source said, adding that troops fired in the air to prevent angry crowds…
Mumbai, 9/6: At least three to five persons were killed after they fell from a local train between the Diva and Mumbra stations of the Central Railway in the Thane district, which neighbours the financial capital of Mumbai, on Monday. The injured passengers have been rushed to the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital at Kalwa. Officials…
New Delhi, 2/2: India’s economy will withstand the stock rout caused by allegations against Adani Group, while any impact on the broader equity markets is set to be short-lived, Ashwini Vaishnaw, India’s minister of railways said. “India has a very broad spectrum of infrastructure companies,” Ashwini Vaishnaw, India’s minister for tech and railways, told…
New Delhi, 28/8: Indian table tennis player Bhavinaben Patel has created history by reaching the final of the Tokyo Paralympics. The 34-year-old Bhavina, who had confirmed the medal, is now just one step away from gold. So far no Indian woman has won gold in the Olympic and Paralympic Games and now Bhavina has a…
Mumbai, 8/12: In a major decision, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday announced to raise the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) payment limit to hospitals and educational institutions to Rs 5 lakh from Rs 1 lakh presently and hiked the cap for e-mandates for recurring payments to Rs 1 lakh. Unveiling the December bi-monthly…
Iran, 4/11: Iran wants to sell oil to India and is ready to deliver it, Iran’s ambassador to India Iraj Elahi said on Friday in an interview with Reuters partner ANI. “We always express our readiness to increase our economic ties with India. It’s up to India, we are ready to deliver…
Kolkata, 12/2: There are no assembly elections in West Bengal, but at this time the political temperature is high in the politics of the state. Tension is increasing with Abhishek Banerjee, the nephew of ruling party TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee and general secretary of the party. The situation has become so serious that there are…
