NEW DELHI: Both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned sine die on Thursday, bringing to an end a disruption-ridden Budget session which was among the least productive in recent times as BJP insisted on an apology from Rahul Gandhi for his “democracy under threat” remarks in UK while the opposition persisted in its demand for a JPC probe into the Adani issue.Marred by these protests, the 11th...
April 2023
THANE: The kasarwadavali police has registered a Non-Cognizable offence in the alleged Roshni Shinde assault case and mentioned two ‘unidentified’ women as the opponents. After a huge Morcha was taken out by the Sena led by Uddhav Thackeray and the alias of Maha Vikas Aghadi against the incident, only after that Thane police swung into action. Had the police taken swift action earlier, the situation...
KOLKATA: Sealdah divisional railway manager (DRM) Deepak Nigam and commissioner of Customes inspected the border railway station in Gede on Wednesday facilitate faster movement of cargo and passengers trains across the border. The officers conducted a joint inspection of the facilities available at the Customs checking point at railway station on April 5.It is well-known that, apart from handling two...
GHAZIABAD(UP): A 26-year-old man allegedly shot dead his girlfriend before dying by suicide after consuming poison in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad on Thursday, police said. They said Rahul Chowdhary allegedly shot dead Deepmala Yadav (24) with a countrymade pistol at her home in Ghukna village, which falls under Nandgram police station, Thursday morning when her parents had gone to a temple. He then...
PUNE: Four persons died on the spot when the compact SUV they were travelling in first hit a median before veering to the extreme left to crash into a stationary truck near the Urse toll post around 40km from Pune on the Pune-Mumbai expressway on Thursday evening.The Pune-bound traffic on the expressway disrupted for some time after the accident."The victims included architect Mauli Babasaheb Dhumal...
Even as thousands of Indians face over year-long delays in getting interview dates for B-1 & B-2 US visitor visas, and in some cases for H-1B and L-1 work permit visas, a trend has emerged of using the ‘third country’ option to schedule interviews much faster. Some travel industry experts believe that this has opened a new post-pandemic tourism trend, with those Indians, who can afford it,...
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has notified the final rules for online gaming. The new rules come after the draft regulations that were issued in January 2023. The development comes after Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar recently said that the rules were being scrutinised after “extensive consultation” and would be...
GDP growth for FY 2023–24 is projected to be at 6.5 percent: RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das | Business
Apr 06, 2023, 01:27PM ISTSource: PTIRBI Governor Shaktikanta Das told that the economic activity remains resilient, and hence the real GDP growth for 23-24 is projected to be at 6.5 percent. RBI Governor said "GDP growth for 23-24 is projected to be at 6.5 percent with Q1 at 7.8%, Q2 at 6.2%, Q3 at 6.1%, and Q4 at 5.9%. The risks are evenly balanced. The Reserve Bank of India's monetary policy committee...
THANE: A 100-year-old woman was rescued after the slab of a ground-plus-one residential structure collapsed on Thursday afternoon in Mumbra in Maharashtra's Thane district, a civic official said. The incident took place at 1:10pm in Rana Nivas in Padlekar Wadi, Thane Municipal Corporation regional disaster management cell chief Avinash Sawant told PTI."There are four rooms each on the ground floor and...
GUWAHATI: The Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC) said it will make necessary changes in the Class XII syllabus if the need arises to remove chapters on the Mughal Empire. A decision in this regard is yet to be taken. The textbooks, incorporating chapters on Mughals, have already been distributed among the students of Class XII, as the academic session started from April 1 in the...