In 2002, on a cold Feb 22 morning in Oklahoma, Sarath Babu Pulluru, a student from Andhra Pradesh, was doing night shift at a cash counter of a 24/7 provision store when 19-year-old Michael Dewayne Smith came up to him and emptied nine bullets into him from two handguns he was carrying. Pulluru died on…
NEW DELHI: US President Joe Biden on Friday assured the nation of support in rebuilding a collapsed bridge in Baltimore that claimed six lives. “We’re going to move heaven and earth to rebuild this bridge as rapidly as humanly possible,” he said during his visit to the site.Assuring those who suffered loss from the bridge…
MUMBAI: Zee Entertainment Enterprises will be rationalising its workforce by 15%, its latest move to reduce costs after the cancellation of a merger deal with Sony India. It did not specify the exact number of employees who would be affected by the rationalisation. Three days ago, its MD Punit Goenka said he will take a…
MUMBAI: RBI has allowed non-banks to issue wallets for the central bank digital currency, also known as eRupee. RBI has also launched “programmable CBDCs”, which will be issued to farmers for restricted usage of buying farm inputs, a move which may pave the way for fertiliser subsidies to be routed through this mechanism.For example, govt…
The Congress party’s manifesto focuses on upholding minority safety and rights, pledging to tackle hate crimes and communal tensions. It opposes mob lynching and ‘bulldozer justice’, advocating for personal freedoms and community consent in legal reforms. Source link
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…
