Arrested Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das DHAKA: The bail plea of Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das should be considered, leaders of minority religious groups in Bangladesh have told interim govt chief adviser Muhammad Yunus. The bail hearing of the monk, who is facing sedition charges, has been rescheduled to Jan 2.“Obtaining bail is the right…
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman (File photo) NEW DELHI: Asserting that September quarter growth numbers do not indicate a systemic slowdown, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said that economic activity will pick up in third quarter and India will remain the fastest growing major economy over the next few years.“The fourth quarter, which was very…
Tory peer Rami Ranger and Hindu Council UK managing trustee Anil Bhanot LONDON: Two leading British Indian community figures — Tory peer Rami Ranger and Hindu Council UK managing trustee Anil Bhanot — have been dramatically stripped of their honours.Multi-millionaire Ranger has been stripped of his CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire)…
NEW DELHI: Deploring Enforcement Directorate‘s high-handedness for interrogating ex-IAS officer Anil Tuteja for the whole night and showing his arrest at 4am in the Chhattisgarh liquor scam, Supreme Court Friday termed conduct of the investigators “terrible”.Though a bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih said improper conduct of agency officials would not…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Friday sought Union govt’s response on a PIL alleging that members of internal complaints committee (ICC) face vindictive action if they rule against the top brass of a private company while deciding a complaint of sexual harassment at workplace.To discharge their duties freely to provide a safe environment for women employees…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar Friday expressed confidence that the incoming Donald Trump administration will continue to back Quad diplomatic grouping, comprising Australia, India, Japan and the US, that works to ensure a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific region. Trump is expected to undertake his first visit to India, during his second term…
Abhishek Singhvi (File photo) NEW DELHI: A controversy erupted in Rajya Sabha on Friday after chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar announced that a “wad of cash” was found on the seat allotted to Congress MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi.Dhankhar said the wad was found on seat number 222 during a routine “anti-sabotage” check on Thursday afternoon. With BJP…
MEERUT: A 28-year-old woman, wife of an Armyman, who was admitted to a hospital in Meerut for delivery on Thursday, died of severe head and neck injuries when a lift used for shifting her from the OT on the first floor to a ground floor observation room “malfunctioned and crashed”, police said on Friday.Meerut’s CMO…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday took exception to the trend of ‘grant stay and forget listing the case for hearing’ in high courts and said this caused immense hardship to litigants, especially in disputes relating to matrimony and child custody.“This is a sad state of affairs in the judiciary. This pricks our conscience,” a…
RBI governor Shaktikanta Das MUMBAI: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday kept the policy rate unchanged for the 11th consecutive time at 6.5%, cut the economic growth forecast to 6.6% for 2024-25 from the earlier 7.2%, and reduced the cash reserve ratio (CRR) by 50 basis to 4%, which is expected to release nearly…
