Mumbai: RBI‘s monetary policy committee on Friday decided to keep interest rates on hold for the seventh successive meeting, stating that “growth has surpassed all projections but cautioned that food price uncertainties continue to weigh on the inflation trajectory going forward”. RBI governor Shaktikanta Das said, “Two years ago, when inflation was at its peak…
NEW DELHI: In a show of combativeness designed to amplify the charge of corruption and cronyism against the Modi govt, Congress has promised to investigate Rafale deal, demonetisation, Pegasus spyware purchase and electoral bonds scheme, and committed to act against those who made “illegal gains” through this “cloak of corruption”.Also, Congress announced it will probe…
NEW DELHI: A dam burst in the Russian city of Orsk on Friday leading to the city’s evacuation, local emergency services said.The emergencies ministry stated, according to state news agency TASS, that the breach could affect up to 4,000 houses housing 10,000 residents in a suburban area of Orsk which has a population of 2,30,000.Efforts…
NEW DELHI: Trolled for her remarks in a TV interview that Subhas Chandra Bose was the first PM of India, BJP’s Mandi LS candidate and actor Kangana Ranaut on Friday got support from various quarters, including Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, who recalled that Netaji had established the Azad Hind govt, which was recognised by…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A Delhi-based lawyer has written to the poll panel accusing Thiruvananthapuram BJP candidate and Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar of filing a false affidavit on assets in nomination papers.Supreme Court advocate Avani Bansal filed her petition with district electoral officer Geromic George on Friday, the day for scrutiny of nominations.Bansal has sought rejection of Chandrasekhar’s…
BHOPAL/JABALPUR: A woman living with a person for a considerably long period of time is entitled to maintenance on separation even if they were not legally married, Madhya Pradesh high court has said.The petitioner, Shailesh Bopche, had moved high court after a Balaghat district court ordered him to pay a monthly allowance of Rs 1,500…
KOLKATA: A day after directing the West Bengal govt to sack education minister Bratya Basu, governor C V Ananda Bose on Friday ordered a judicial inquiry into allegations of “corruption, violence and misuse of university campuses in West Bengal for electioneering and political purposes”.Raj Bhavan posted a statement on X announcing the ‘order’ that said…
JAIPUR: A day after declaring in Bihar’s Jamui that BJP-governed India “ghar mein ghus ke maarta hai (goes into the enemy’s home to strike)”, PM Narendra Modi reprised the theme in Rajasthan’s Churu, harking back to how his last visit to the district on Feb 26, 2019, coincided with the Balakot airstrike.A chorus of “Modi,…
LONDON: Conservatives face a wipe-out worse than the one in 1997 when Tony Blair rose to power, according to the latest YouGov poll in the UK.YouGov projects that the Tories will win just 155 seats in the next general election, under UK PM Rishi Sunak, which is 210 seats less than the 365 seats the…
NEW DELHI: India was among 13 countries that abstained from voting on a UN Human Rights Council resolution that called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza but also, in a first, sought an arms embargo on Israel. The resolution was adopted as 28 countries voted in favour and 6, including the US and Germany, against.In…
