Powerful 7.8 Magnitude Earthquake Jolts Turkey; Over 100 Dead, Several Buildings Damaged
Ankara: More than 100 people have died after a powerful earthquake, measuring 7.8 on the Richter Scale, jolted central Turkey early on Monday and was followed by another strong temblor. The earthquake was centred about 33 kilometers (20 miles) from...
Bijapur Chhattisgarh: Maoists kill local BJP functionary
Maoists hacked to death a 40-year-old Bharatiya Janata Party functionary in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district while he was attending a wedding function, police said on Monday. The incident took place on Sunday in Paikram village where the victim, Neelkanth Kakem,...
RSS chief on caste: Everyone is the same
Whatever the name, ability and honour of a person, everybody is the same and there are no differences, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Sunday. He was addressing an event at the auditorium of Ravindra Natya Mandir on the...
Pakistan’s former military ruler Gen Pervez Musharraf dies in Dubai
Pakistan's former military ruler General (retd) Pervez Musharraf, the architect of the Kargil War in 1999, died on Sunday in Dubai after a prolonged illness, according to media reports. Musharraf, 79, was suffering from amyloidosis, a rare disease caused by a...
Sharjeel Imam discharged in Jamia violence case
A court in New Delhi on Saturday discharged student activists Sharjeel Imam and Asif Iqbal Tanha in the Jamia violence case. Additional Sessions Judge Arul Verma discharged them in a case registered at the Jamia Nagar police station in 2019. A detailed...
Helmets for Sikh soldiers? SGPC opposes move
The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee has strongly opposed any move to introduce ballistic helmets for Sikh soldiers. A delegation of the SGPC, the apex religious body of the Sikhs, met the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) chief to discuss the issue. The...
SC notice to Centre on BBC docu ban on Modi
The Supreme Court issues notice to the Centre on a plea seeking direction to restrain the Central government from censoring the BBC documentary relating to the 2002 Gujarat Riots. The SC seeks a response from the Centre within three weeks....
Congress strikes at BJP-Adani ‘dosti’
The Congress party shares a meme on Twitter targeting the ruling BJP's purported closeness to Adani Enterprises. Borrowing from the 1970s blockbuster Sholay, the Congress wrote, "Bahut yaraana lagta hai" and used this picture alongside of a motorcycle with a sidecar,...
Maha ghotala in Amrit Kaal: Oppn on Adani Inc
Lashing out at the Centre over the Hindenburg report against Adani Enterprises, the joint Opposition on Thursday dubbed the stock crash a "Maha ghotala (scam) in Amrit Kaal" and questioned the government's "silence" over the issue. Addressing a joint...
Adani Inc losses continue, ditto other group firms
Shares of Adani Group firms were still volatile on Thursday morning after the group's chairman decided not to go ahead with its follow-on public offer yesterday. In Thursday's morning trade, shares of Adani Group's flagship firm, Adani Enterprises, were down...
Adani: FPO withdrawn due to market volatility
Billionaire Gautam Adani has said the decision to withdraw a fully subscribed share sale of the flagship firm of his group was primarily because of volatility in the market. Adani Group company stocks have lost over USD 90 billion...
India, US keen to conclude $3bn predator drone deal
India and the United States are keen for an early conclusion of the 30 MQ-9B predator armed drones deal at a cost of over USD 3 billion, which will help New Delhi strengthen its overall surveillance apparatus along the Line...
Adani calls off Rs 20K cr FPO, to return money
Adani Enterprises on Wednesday said it has decided to withdraw its fully subscribed Rs 20,000-crore follow-on public offer (FPO) and will return the proceeds to investors. The announcement came a day after the company's FPO was subscribed fully on the...
Cong connects Budget verdict with PM’s yoga
The Congress party tweets this image as Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's budget presentation ends in Parliament. Congress@INCIndia, "Budget khatam hua. Claim Reality." The central government today made the much-awaited mega announcement on increasing the earnings level up to which no...
Budget 2023: What gets cheaper, what gets costlier
New Delhi Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday presented the Budget 2023 and announced changes in certain duties and taxes, resulting in some items getting cheaper and some getting costlier. Here's a list of items that have gotten cheaper and those...
Pradhan Mantri Aawas Yojana outlay hiked by 66% to Rs 79,000 cr
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a 66 per cent hike in the outlay for the Pradhan Mantri Aawas Yojana (PMAY) to Rs 79,000 crore. The scheme envisages providing houses for rural as well as urban poor and the...
Budget 2023: PAN To Be Used As Common Business Identifier, Announces FM Sitharaman
: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday presented the Union Budget 2023 and said PAN will be used as common identifier for all digital systems of specified government agencies. “For business establishments required to have Permanent Account Number, the PAN...
FY23 Fiscal deficit revised to 6.4% of GDP
Disclosing that the revised fiscal deficit for the current fiscal year is at 6.4% of GDP, Sitharaman said the FY-2024 fiscal deficit target has been fixed at 5.9% of GDP. I reiterate my intention to bring the fiscal deficit below...
No income tax till Rs 7 lakh in new IT plan
Nirmala Sitharaman announced that there will be no income tax on income up to Rs 7 lakh, up from Rs 5 lakh currently, under the new tax...
Bad news for smokers, custom duty hiked
I propose to reduce the number of basic custom duty rates on goods other than textiles and agriculture, from 21% to 13%. As a result, there are minor changes in the basic custom duties, cesses and surcharges on some items,...
100 labs for apps using 5G to be set up
100 labs for developing apps using 5G services will be set up in engineering institutions. To realise the new range of opportunities, business models and employment potential, labs will cover among others, apps like Smart Classrooms, Precision Farming, Intelligent Transports...
