NEW DELHI: Two senior treasury department officials, who are in India to discuss what is Phase 2 of the Russian oil price cap, said Thursday the US and others imposing the cap, are seeking to minimise Kremlin’s profits and stifle its Ukraine aggression, but without destabilising the global energy market or forcing India to slash…
HYDERABAD: A strong believer in Vaastu, former Telangana CM and BRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao has decided to set his own house, party headquarters Telangana Bhavan, in order after last year’s assembly election rout and a series of recent defections.Work has started to shift the main entrance of the 60-room building in Hyderabad’s upscale Banjara…
NEW DELHI: Robust wheat procurement during this year riding on a good harvest may put more ‘rotis’ on the plates of beneficiaries covered under free foodgrain scheme—PM Garib Kalyan Ann Yojna (PMGKAY). Govt would review the mix of rice and wheat allocated to states for distribution to the 80 crore poor under the scheme depending…
NEW DELHI: The office of lieutenant governor V K Saxena has written to the Union home ministry alleging that concerted attempts were being made by AAP govt in the capital to “mislead” courts by filing “motivated and premeditated petitions” with the apparent aim of “influencing” the justice delivery system.In a five-page communication, Saxena’s principal secretary…
NEW DELHI: Delhi HC has asked its judges to prioritise hearing of all criminal cases, appeals and revisions concerning MPs and MLAs so that the cases can be decided expeditiously and effectively.A division bench of acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora passed the order while dealing with a suo motu PIL…
KOLKATA/MATHABHANGA/MALBAZAR: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee stirred the CAA pot in twin pockets of north Bengal bordering Bangladesh on Thursday, warning those thinking of registering under the new law that this could result in them losing the rights they already enjoy such as access to the Trinamool govt’s flagship welfare schemes.“The moment you register under CAA,…
KOLKATA: Even if one affidavit was found to be accurate, it would be a matter of shame, Calcutta HC remarked Thursday, expressing deep concern over the contents of affidavits presented before it during a hearing on a PIL seeking an independent investigation into the Sandeshkhali sexual harassment allegations.A division bench comprising Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said that he does not need the United Nations to tell that the elections in the country should be “free & fair”.Jaishankar, in town to support BJP’s Rajeev Chandrasekhar’s Lok Sabha campaign, dismissed the UN official‘s remark on elections in India, stating it came in response…
NEW DELHI: Cooch Behar district in West Bengal on Thursday saw a fiery Lok Sabha campaign with back-to-back rallies by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief minister Mamata Banerjee as they went all out to woo voters. Addressing his first election rally in the state after announcement of poll dates, PM Modi raised issues like…
NEW DELHI: A 5.3 magnitude earthquake on Thursday hit the Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh. Strong tremors were felt across the town and also in Manali, which is over 350 km from the town of Chamba. The quake struck around 9.30 pm as confirmed by the National Center for Seismology.On April 1, smaller intensity earthquakes…
