BENGALURU: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday increased the lending target for public sector banks in lending to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) the current financial year by nearly 35%, while assuring that no small business will be denied access to funding.“I want to set a new target… I want to add Rs 1.5…
President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday said that former governor of South Carolina Nikki Haley and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will not be part of his upcoming administration.“I will not be inviting former Ambassador Nikki Haley, or former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, to join the Trump Administration, which is currently in formation,” Trump…
NEW DELHI: The pressure on judges comes not just from the political executive, but also from private interest groups, CJI D Y Chandrachud said, during an extensive and frank interaction as Guest Editor of The Times Of India on Saturday.Elaborating, the CJI, who demits office on Monday, said private interest groups use news TV and…
GUWAHATI: “Ek kilo parimitam alookam dadatu,” requested Amalendu, a villager in Patiala Basti, asking for a kilogram of potatoes. Shopkeeper Akbar responded: “Astu dadami (take it).”This exchange, a scene from daily life, is just one of many where Sanskrit has become an integral part of communication in Anipur Basti and Patiala Basti near the Bangladesh…
NAGPUR: When Vilas Kolha stands in line to vote at a polling booth in Gadchiroli during the Maharashtra assembly elections on Nov 20, it will be another victory for democracy. He will be among 137 surrendered Maoists casting votes across three constituencies in Gadchiroli.The ex-Maoist commander-in-chief of central India’s stronghold in Abujmarh, carrying a record…
NEW DELHI: Observing that no one wants to forfeit claim to pursue education or his/her preferred profession due to disability, Supreme Court has appealed for a change in the approach of govt authorities by focusing more on the ability and not the disability of such persons, and bring them into the social mainstream and allow…
NEW DELHI: After rendering positive rulings in numerous PILs on diverse issues – gender justice, rights of disabled, queer and marginalised, CJI D Y Chandrachud signed off on Friday by entertaining the last PIL in his 25-year-long career that pleaded for including Indian healthcare system in PM Jan Arogya Yojana.The petitioner was serial PIL litigant…
NEW DELHI: Increasing pendency of cases in SC has always been an insurmountable task for all CJIs because of a quantum jump each year in number of case litigants approaching the court but Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud has in his almost two years tenure as Chief Justice managed to bring pendency down by 10,000…
NEW DELHI: In a consequential move, a key parliamentary panel is set to discuss proposal for reservation in private sector, a sensitive issue with serious political and social repercussions.The issue pertains to extending the frontiers of quota for Dalits and tribals from govt to private sector, a demand which gained prominence during UPA decade but…
SURAT: A debt-ridden CRPF constable kidnapped his neighbour’s eight-year-old son for ransom earlier this week and allegedly ended up killing the kid in a bid to stop him from raising an alarm. The accused Shailendra Rajput was arrested in Gujarat’s Ankleshwar town Saturday.Police said Rajput – currently posted in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh – had incurred…
