NEW DELHI: Congress, which reacted to its Haryana debacle by blaming it on EVMs and rejecting the result as “unacceptable”, has decided to pause the line of attack and has turned the focus inwards to look into the role of factional feuds and weaknesses that prevented a win.The decision was taken at a review meeting…
Making common cause with Asean nations, several of which are involved in maritime disputes with Beijing in South China Sea (SCS), PM Modi Thursday said India and Asean member-states respect each other’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and in times of conflict, friendship and cooperation between them is of paramount importance.Addressing the India-Asean Summit at Vientiane,…
AHMEDABAD: Happily-ever-after stories are all about leaving the trials and tribulations behind. So, imagine the incredulity on the face of a 48-year-old grandfather of two when police landed at his doorstep around a week ago to arrest him for “kidnapping” his wife of 27 years — the one he loved, eloped with, and built a…
HYDERABAD: ED’s adjudicating authority has imposed a penalty of Rs 2,146 crore on PC Financial Services (PCFS), a non-banking financial company running a loan app allegedly linked to Chinese and Norwegian entities, for Fema violations. This is the first instance in India of an NBFC running a loan app being penalised with a huge fine,…
MUMBAI: The state cabinet Thursday decided to send a recommendation to Centre to increase the non-creamy layer income cap for OBCs from Rs 8 lakh to Rs 15 lakh per year.The cabinet decided to issue an ordinance to accord statutory status to Maharashtra State Commission for Scheduled Castes. The ordinance will be placed for approval…
NEW DELHI: PM Modi and his newly appointed Japanese counterpart Shigeru Ishiba met on the sidelines of Asean -India Summit in Laos. Both leaders reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthening India-Japan special strategic and global partnership through enhanced cooperation in a wide range of areas including trade and investment, infrastructure development, defence and security, semiconductors,…
SHIMLA: The All-Himachal Muslims’ Organisation (AHMO) has announced it will challenge the Shimla municipal commissioner court’s Oct 5 order to demolish the top three illegally built floors of the five-storey Sanjauli mosque, despite the masjid committee’s undertaking to bring down the unauthorised portions.AHMO spokesperson Nazakat Hashmi said after a meeting in Shimla Wednesday that those…
NEW DELHI: An analysis of calls received on Tele-Manas – India’s toll-free mental health helpline – has revealed that most people call for complaints related to disturbed sleep cycle. Since its launch in October 2022, Tele-Manas has attended to over 3.5 lakh calls from citizens across the country.According to the assessment report on Tele-Manas that…
AGRA: A court in Kasganj sentenced a man, his 3 sons and two relatives to life in prison for beating a man, 50, to death three years ago. The court of additional sessions judge Sudhakar Rai also imposed a fine of Rs 72,000 on the convicts.On Oct 17, 2021, Ghamandi Singh and his sons Dansahay,…
PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad high court (HC) has directed the district judge of Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad to investigate how two contradictory orders in a defamation case – one of them unsigned – were uploaded to the court’s website.“So far as conduct of the magistrate is concerned, the court finds that he was not careful. An unsigned,…
