NEW DELHI: The Centre has declared eight districts and 21 police stations across five other districts of Nagaland as ‘disturbed’ for a further period of six months till Sept 30, 2024 under the provisions of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act.After undertaking a further review of the law and order situation in Nagaland, the Centre…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday took a jibe at China and said that Beijing has failed to uphold longstanding written agreements with India.Responding to a question on the current state of India’s relations with China during an interaction with the Indian diaspora in Malaysia, the external affairs minister emphasised on the…
MUMBAI: There are now more billionaires in Mumbai’s 603 sq km than there are in Beijing’s over 16,000 sq km. By overtaking the Chinese megalopolis, Mumbai has become Asia’s billionaire capital for the first time.While China has 814 billionaires compared to India’s 271, Mumbai hosts 92 billionaires against 91 in Beijing, Hurun Research‘s 2024 Global…
BENGALURU: The lure of online cricket betting took a tragic turn for a Karnataka family, with the husband running up debts in crores to fund his get-rich-quick endeavour, and the wife, driven to despair by the constant harassment and threats from creditors, ending her life, leaving behind a two-year-old son, reported.Darshan Balu, an assistant engineer…
NEW DELHI: In a faceoff on micro-blogging platform X, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Congress MP Jairam Ramesh traded charges over the Atal Pension Yojana, with govt dismissing charges of coercion and enrollment of beneficiaries without their consent.It all began on Tuesday morning with Ramesh citing a study by the Indian Council of Social Science…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Thursday refused to grant chief minister Arvind Kejriwal any protection from coercive action in an excise policy-linked money laundering case.A bench of Justices Suresh Kumar Kait and Manoj Jain listed the AAP leader’s application seeking protection for further consideration on April 22 when his main petition challenging the…
MUMBAI: Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted searches at six locations in Mumbai as part of a money laundering case involving art dealer Rajesh Rajpal, solicitor Vishwang Desai, and others who were accused of selling fake artworks.ED said it has found evidence which showed operations of a cartel engaged in trading of fake artwork, generation of fake…
MUMBAI: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday denied there was any quid pro quo in contributions to BJP through electoral bonds (EBs) and raids on corporates by ED.In response to a question at The Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence in Mumbai, Sitharaman dismissed such allegations as loose talk. “Linking it (buying of bonds)…
NEW DELHI:In a recent interview, US Congressman Rich McCormick, a Republican from Georgia, expressed unwavering confidence in Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s prospects for re-election in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, citing his widespread popularity and progressive leadership.“Prime Minister Modi is incredibly popular. I was just over there. I actually had lunch with Prime Minister Modi…
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday announced the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act. The law enables granting of citizenship to citizens of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan belonging to Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Christian, Buddhist & Parsi communities, who had migrated to India before December 31, 2014.An online system for application, processing & grant of citizenship…
