Onion export ban to continue till Mar 31: Govt
The ban on export of onion will continue till its previously announced deadline of March 31 as the government is keen to keep prices under check and ensure domestic availability, a top official said on Tuesday. On December 8,...
Maha govt passes bill for 10% quota to Marathas
Maharashtra assembly unanimously passes bill providing 10 per cent reservation for Marathas in government jobs and education. The Maharashtra government tabled the Bill in the state Assembly on Tuesday, intending to extend 10 per cent reservation to Marathas above...
Maharashtra to be USD 1 trillion economy by 2027-28: Governor Bais
Mumbai: Governor Ramesh Bais revealed the Maharashtra Government's ambitious goal of achieving a one trillion dollar economy by the fiscal year 2027-28, aligning with the national target of a five trillion dollar economy. The announcement was made during the...
Rahul gets bail in defamation case
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was granted bail on Tuesday in a defamation case dating back to August 2018. The District Civil Court in Sultanpur had issued a summons to him 36 hours earlier to appear before it on a defamation case...
2018 defamation case: Rahul reaches court
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi arrives at Sultanpur Court in connection with a 2018 defamation case. In response to the summons issued by the District Civil Court in Sultanpur to Rahul Gandhi to appear before the court in a defamation...
Special Session today: State Cabinet accepts MBCC report on Maratha quota
Mumbai: The report of Maharashtra Backward Class Commission (MBCC) on the status of backwardness in Maratha community was accepted by the State Cabinet on Tuesday. It concludes that the Maratha community is a socially and educationally backward class and 10...
Fresh snowfall in Badrinath, Kedarnath
Badrinath, Kedarnath and Hemkund Sahib received snowfall while the lower areas in Chamoli and Rudraprayag districts received rain, intensifying the cold across Uttarakhand. The sky remained overcast at various places in the plains, including Dehradun. Badrinath received light intermittent snowfall...
SC upholds EC order, says Sharad Pawar faction can use this name
The Supreme Court on Monday directed that Election Commission's order of February 7 allotting 'Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar' as the party name for the Sharad Pawar faction will continue till further orders. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and KV Viswanathan...
SP offers 11 seats to Cong, will join Yatra if…
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has made his participation in the Congress' Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra conditional to a decision on seat sharing, saying that he will be joining it the moment the seats for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections...
Mohua Moitra skips ED summons in FEMA case
Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Mahua Moitra on Monday skipped the Directorate of Enforcement (ED)'s summons issued against her last week in connection with irregularities in a foreign exchange contravention case. The ED had issued summons to Moitra on February...
ED all set to issue 7th summons to Kejriwal
The Enforcement Directorate is expected to issue fresh summons to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for questioning in the excise policy case, official sources said. The ED sources claimed that a local court recently held Kejriwal guilty of "disobeying"...
World’s most powerful passports: India slips to 85th rank in 2024 list
New Delhi: In geopolitics, the strength of a country's passport is a significant metric to measure its soft power. A strong passport allows citizens to freely travel across the globe without requiring a visa. Henley Passport Index ranks nations based...
Kalki Dham will be centre of Indian faith: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Shri Kalki Dham in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal district on Monday. PM Modi was seen taking part in the puja rituals part of the foundation stone laying ceremony. Chief Minister Yogi...
ED case: Kejriwal appears in court virtually
A Delhi court on Saturday granted exemption to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal from personal appearance for the day in connection with a complaint filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against him over non-compliance with its summonses in a money laundering...
Monthly stipend for intern doctors of State GMCs raised to Rs 18,000
Mumbai: The monthly stipend for interning doctors from Government Medical Colleges (GMC) in Maharashtra has been increased to Rs 18,000. Up until now, these interns were paid Rs 11,000 a month. There has been a continuous demand to increase the stipend...
ED makes 9th arrest in Mahadev betting app case
The Enforcement Directorate on Friday said it has made a fresh and the ninth arrest in connection with its money-laundering probe into the alleged illegal operations of the Mahadev online gaming and betting application that purportedly involve high-ranking politicians and...
Kejriwal likely to appear before court tomorrow
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is likely to appear before a court on Saturday in connection with a complaint filed by the Enforcement Directorate against him over non-compliance with its summons in a money laundering case linked to the now-scrapped...
SpiceJet chief submits bid for bankrupt Go First
SpiceJet chief Ajay Singh along with Busy Bee Airways have submitted a bid for bankrupt Go First. In a release on Friday, SpiceJet said the bid has been submitted by Singh in his personal capacity along with Busy Bee Airways...
Ram Lalla ‘stressed’, Mandir to be shut afternoons
Ayodhya's Ram temple will remain closed for an hour in the afternoon every day from Friday onwards, the chief priest of the Ram temple said here. Considering the flood of devotees to the temple following the consecration ceremony, the...
Huge relief for Congress! Accounts now working
The Congress on Friday said Income Tax authorities had frozen its main bank accounts, impacting all political activity. However, the accounts were later de-frozen by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal pending a further hearing next week. Party leader Vivek Tankha,...
‘Udaan’ actress Kavita Chaudhary dies of cardiac arrest
Kavita Chaudhary, star of the popular Doordarshan serial "Udaan", died at a hospital here following cardiac arrest on Thursday night. She was 67. The actor, also popular as the homemaker Lalitaji in the Surf detergent commercials in India in...
