Mumbai, 27/8: Stock exchanges have slapped fines on state-owned oil and gas firms including IOC, ONGC and GAIL for their failure to meet listing requirements of having a requisite number of independent directors and women directors. In separate filings, the companies detailed the fines imposed by the BSE and NSE but were quick to point…
New Delhi, 31/5: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a Rs 1 lakh crore programme to increase foodgrain storage capacity by 700 lakh tonne in the cooperative sector. Giving details, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Singh Thakur said presently, the grain storage capacity in the country is about 1,450 lakh tonne. In the next…
New Delhi, 4/5:In a surprise move, the Reserve Bank of India Wednesday hiked the key policy interest (repo) rate by 40 bps to 4.40 per cent with immediate effect in order to contain the spike in inflation and re-anchor the inflationary expectations of households. RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das warned that the inflationary pressure…
New Delhi, 25/4: A US commission said Monday that religious freedom has deteriorated “significantly” in India under the Modi government as it again recommended targeted sanctions over abuses. It was the third straight year that the US Commission on International Religious Freedom asked that India be placed on a list of “countries of…
New Delhi, 20/2(AO Bureau): Patiala House Court of Delhi has reserved the decision on the bail petition of Disha Ravi in the Toolkit case, now the decision will come on Tuesday. On Friday, Disha Ravi applied for bail. During the hearing in the court, the government lawyer said that Disha Ravi has to sit face…
New Delhi, 9/10: The Aam Aadmi Party will contest the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections alone against an “overconfident” Congress, a party member said on Wednesday. “In Delhi, AAP will contest alone. We are capable of fighting the overconfident Congress and arrogant BJP alone,” AAP spokesperson Priyanka Kakkar said. She blamed the Congress for not taking…
New Delhi, 13/6 (AO Bureau):After the continuous decrease in new cases of Covid-19 in the country’s capital Delhi, CM Arvind Kejriwal has made a big announcement. Restaurants in Delhi will operate with 50 percent seating capacity from Monday. Apart from this, private offices will also function from 9 am to 5 pm with 50 percent…
Rudraprayag: The pilgrimage from Sonprayag to Kedarnath Dham in Uttarakhand has been postponed due to debris and falling stones into the ravine near Jangalchatti, Rudraprayag Police said on Sunday. Furthermore, the police appealed to devotees coming to Shri Kedarnath Dham to remain safe. “The footpath was obstructed when debris and stones fell into the ravine near…
Adelaide, 21/2: Smriti Mandhana’s blazing fifty was complemented by a superlative bowling display as India defeated Australia by 17 runs in the deciding third and final Women’s T20I to seal the three-match series 2-1 here on Saturday. Opting to bat, India rode on a half centuries from vice-captain Smriti Mandhana (82) and charismatic batter Jemimah…
Mumbai, 24/1: Former Bollywood actor and model Mamta Kulkarni – who returned to Mumbai after 25 years has undertaken a spiritual journey coinciding with the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj. With the 52-year-old taking ‘sanyas’, the Kinnar Akhada has decided to appoint Mamta Kulkarni a Mahamandleshwar. Mamta Kulkarni has been re-named as Shri Yamai Mamta Nandgiri.
