KHARAGPUR: A truck driver from Maharashtra was beaten to death after stepping out of his vehicle to help a biker he had hit in Kharagpur, West Bengal, on Wednesday night. The biker also died in the accident.Shyam Shankar Dhankuar was heading towards Chaurangi when he hit 30-year-old Arjun Nayek around 10.30pm. Instead of fleeing, Dhankuar…
NEW DELHI: The enrolment of senior citizens aged 70 and above, irrespective of income, under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) will begin in a week’s time, govt sources have confirmed.Initially, the sources said, enrolment will be carried out on a pilot basis in selected locations and then it will be expanded…
NEW DELHI: India and China agreed to redouble their efforts and work urgently to achieve complete disengagement in the remaining areas of eastern Ladakh, which India sees as essential for normalising Sino-Indian ties, in a meeting between NSA Ajit Doval and Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi on the margins of BRICS NSAs meeting in St…
NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu, PM Narendra Modi and prominent leaders of the country condoled the passing of CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury with the PM calling him a “leading light of the Left known for his ability to connect across the political spectrum“.Murmu said Yechury, a committed ideologue, won friends across party lines. “Saddened…
NEW DELHI: Describing India’s ties with China as complex, foreign minister S Jaishankar said roughly 75% of India’s “disengagement problems” in eastern Ladakh were resolved and India could look at “other possibilities” if the disengagement process was fully completed and peace and tranquility restored on the border.Jaishankar, however, said the two countries were faced with…
MUMBAI: RBI deputy governor M Rajeshwar Rao has said that infrastructure projects face high risks, complicating their financing. He called for a unified approach to infrastructure development, where projects are viewed as part of a larger, connected system rather than as separate efforts.The governor’s statement comes at a time when RBI has proposed new norms…
MUMBAI: Yes Bank’s proposed sale to a private buyer has hit a hurdle as potential buyers seek a 51% shareholding, which is not allowed under existing rules. The development is likely to push the exit of major Indian banks that hold a majority stake in the private lender beyond the current financial year.Reports have indicated…
MUMBAI: Paytm has adopted a compliance-first approach and is focusing on achieving profitability, founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma said at the company’s 24th annual general meeting on Thursday. “We have had a lot of learnings in the past six months. Now, we are talking compliance-first business… one that takes care of every regulation fully…
NEW DELHI: Markets regulator Sebi on Thursday ordered the attachment of bank accounts as well as shares and mutual fund holdings of Karvy Stock Broking and its CMD C Parthasarathy to recover dues of around Rs 25 crore.The regulator on Aug 7 sent a notice to Karvy and Parthasarathy asking them to pay dues within…
ISLAMABAD: The stand-off in northwestern Pakistan involving police units that have gone on strike to demand the withdrawal of military and intelligence agencies from the restive region entered the fourth day Thursday with no sign of the crisis easing.On Sept 9, hundreds of policemen had blocked Indus Highway, which links Peshawar in the northwest with…
