DHAKA: Chief adviser to interim Bangladesh govt Muhammad Yunus and PM Modi are likely to meet on the sidelines of the Bimstec summit next month. The summit is proposed to take place next month in Bangkok though a formal date is yet to be announced.Thailand will host the next summit of the Bay of Bengal…
NEW DELHI: GST collections rose 6.5% in Sept to Rs 1,73,240 crore, which was the slowest pace of expansion in over three years. This time, the slowdown appeared to be driven more by domestic sources, as Integrated GST, including on imports, logged an 8.8% rise in Sept (based on transactions in Aug). Central GST collections…
Oil prices jumped about 4% on Tuesday following reports Iran was preparing to launch a missile attack on Israel. Brent futures were up 3.5%, to $74.2 a barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate crude rose $2.54, or 3.7%, to $70.7.Israel’s elite units launched limited ground raids into Lebanon, as Hezbollah – an Iran-backed group in…
NEW DELHI: Summer monsoon, which ended on Monday in the ‘above normal’ category after recording nearly 8% higher than normal rainfall, is likely to fully withdraw from the country by mid-October and the winter monsoon will set in around the same time (by Oct 17) in the southeast peninsula, the IMD said on Tuesday. It…
SHAMLI: A masked man casually walked into the cabin of the manager of a private bank in UP’s Shamli with a “suicide note and a bag” around 2pm on Tuesday, claiming he had an outstanding home loan of Rs 38.5 lakh and faced imminent property auction which would make his children homeless.He sat in the…
CHANDIGARH: Just four days ahead of the Haryana polls, the state’s BJP govt on Tuesday granted a 20-day parole to Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh.However, according to the parole conditions, Ram Rahim can only stay at Dera’s ashram in Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh, during the parole period. Besides, he is barred from any…
NEW DELHI: After security checks on CCTVs, govt may expand the “trusted source” mandate to other segments – including smart meters, parking sensors, drone parts and even laptops and desktops – as it seeks to address growing concerns over Chinese imports and fears of threat following vulnerabilities noticed in the pager supply chain that was…
NEW DELHI: Ladakh-based climate activist and education reformer Sonam Wangchuk and over 170 people, who were on way to the national capital as part of their Delhi Chalo Padyatra demanding sixth schedule status for the UT, were detained by Delhi Police at the Singhu border on Monday night for allegedly “violating prohibitory orders”. Wangchuk and…
NEW DELHI: The situation along the Line of Actual Control is “stable but sensitive and not normal”, Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi said Tuesday, stressing the armed forces “are operationally fully prepared to deal with any contingency” till China restores the status quo in eastern Ladakh as it existed before April 2020.“With China, you have…
Mahatma Gandhi, or Bapuji as I call him, was my grandfather. I lived with him till I was 19. This year, I turn 95 and I feel an urgency to pen my thoughts on PM Modi and Gandhiji. Generations to come may want to know the views of a family member of Gandhiji who, as…
