NEW DELHI: Faced with US president Trump’s fury over energy imports from Russia, India welcomed the announcement about his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Aug 15, saying it stood ready to back these efforts to end the conflict.Recalling PM Narendra Modi’s message to Putin earlier that “this is not an era…
NEW DELHI: In a bid to manage heavy passenger rush during the Diwali-Chhath festival season, the railways has said it will introduce a “round trip package” scheme with 20% discount on base fare of tickets on a pilot.The scheme can be availed by passengers who book their return journey within a set time period and…
MUMBAI: ICICI Bank has hiked the average minimum balance requirement for new savings accounts opened after Aug 1 to Rs 50,000 from Rs 10,000. This five-fold increase comes at a time when most public sector banks are waiving the minimum balance requirement.The step from the country’s second largest private bank has received widespread criticism. ICICI…
NEW DELHI: The age-old saying that a human being’s life moves in a cycle is strangely true for judges of constitutional courts, especially for Justice J B Pardiwala who became a judge of Gujarat HC in Feb 2011 and was fast-tracked to Supreme Court in May 2022.No one other than Justice Pardiwala can better explain…
GUWAHATI: Assam’s chief electoral officer (CEO) Anurag Goel has issued a high-priority directive to all district election officers (DEOs) to prepare for a special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls before Election Commission (EC) releases its schedule in 15 to 20 days.The CEO’s order mandates that all electoral registration officers (EROs), assistant EROs, and booth-level…
UTTARKASHI: Five days after the flash flood flattened Uttarkashi’s Dharali village, residents were given cheques of Rs 5,000 each as “immediate relief” Friday. Calling the relief money “grossly inadequate” given the scale of destruction, many refused to accept it, saying it was an “insult to our suffering.” “We have lost everything, our families, homes, businesses…
NEW DELHI: Parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday addressed concerns about the new income tax bill, set to be introduced in Lok Sabha on Monday, stressing that it has incorporated all the amendments suggested by the select committee and accepted by the govt, maintaining the essence of the original bill.“The hard work done in…
BAREILLY: Perhaps there’s a courtroom drama waiting to be made into a movie. Advocate daughter takes on IGP dad, fights charged legal battle, and finally returns to hapless constable the job – and honour – he lost after a departmental inquiry.Here’s how it all happened: Lawyer Anura Singh and her father, former IG of Bareilly…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission Saturday delisted 334 registered unrecognised political parties (RUPPS) over violation of guidelines for registration and/or non-fulfilment of statutory obligations.The latest round of delisting – described by EC as a comprehensive and continuous strategy to clean up the political landscape – has reduced the total number of RUPPs from 2,854 to…
NEW DELHI: BJP on Saturday stepped up pressure on Rahul Gandhi to back up his claim of vote fraud by emphasising that the Congress MP had not taken up EC’s challenge to swear by his charges on an affidavit, and that he quit Lok Sabha on “moral grounds” if he does not have faith in…
