Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray chose a Sunday to wake the 'sleeping population' out of its deep slumber. "Be on guard or the next corona wave will hit you and me like a Tsunami,” he said in a video message released on Sunday evening, which stoked fears of another lockdown in the state.
The decision of the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), an alliance of Jammu and Kashmir-based political parties, to participate in the forthcoming District Development Council (DDC) elections has stirred the state politics.
The Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB) has been in the news as the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has started an investigation into its masala bonds issued to raise funds. The ED has sought details from the RBI about the fund-raising on the basis of a report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India
On November 20, the Reserve Bank of India released the Report of the Internal Working Group to Review Extant Ownership Guidelines and Corporate Structure for Indian Private Sector Banks.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (November24) dismissed a petition challenging Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s election as member of Parliament (MP) last year from the Varanasi constituency in Uttar Pradesh.
A dismissed Border Security Force (BSF) jawa...
The skirmish between the Kerala government and the Enforcement Directorate is now out in the open with Finance Minister Dr Thomas Isaac lashing out at the central agency, asking it to "keep their radar with themselves."
The ‘love jihad’ does not exist, a Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted by the Uttar Pradesh government has found after two months of investigation.
The SIT set up in September to probe alleged cases of ‘love jihad’ has ruled out any consp...
Washington: US President Donald Trump on Monday (November 23) asked officials to begin the transition process for President-elect Joe Biden, after the head of the federal agency responsible for this said she would provide him the necessary government resources t...
Back in the mid-1990s, the rising Dalit movement in Tamil Nadu amid growing caste-related violence inspired many Dalit youths to join politics. For many, it appeared that the time had finally come when Dalit politics wouldn’t be overshadowed by the ‘non-inclusive’ Dravidian ideology that failed to mainstream the subalterns. More than two decades later, the Dalit parties, however, seem to be finding it difficult to position themselves in the political spectrum between the proponents of Hindutva and the champions of now-softened Dravidian politics. Click here for more.
In his victory speech in his hometown, Wilmington, Delaware on Saturday, US President-elect Joe Biden reached out to Donald Trump voters, saying he would act as their president as much as he would for those who voted for him.
"While I may be the first woman in this office, I won't be the last," said US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris in her victory speech in Wilmington, Delaware on Saturday (November 7) night.
Washington: More than 1,000 people protesting US President Donald Trump descended on Black Lives Matter Plaza on Tuesday night, just a block from the White House, while hundreds more marched through parts of downtown Washington, sometimes blocking traffic and setting off fireworks.
Tamil Nadu police have arrested a 30-year-old priest for flashing private parts at women on the streets of Nanganallur in Chennai. The arrested person was identified as Balaji, a priest at a temple in Pallavaram in the city.
The Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB) has been in the news as the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has started an investigation into its masala bonds issued to raise funds. The ED has sought details from the RBI about the fund-raising on the basis of a report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India
Air pollution levels in the Telugu states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh saw a dip during Diwali compared to the festive season last year. Thanks to the interventions of courts, the governments in these states had ordered only green crackers be used during the festival.
Rapped by the Delhi High Court for not acting fasting enough to check the third wave of coronavirus disease in the capital, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced Rs 2,000 fine, up from the current Rs 500, for those caught without masks.
On November 20, the Reserve Bank of India released the Report of the Internal Working Group to Review Extant Ownership Guidelines and Corporate Structure for Indian Private Sector Banks.
Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan and ex-Deputy Governor Viral Acharya on Monday (November 23) criticised the RBI working group’s proposal to allow corporate houses to set up banks. They have termed it as “a bad idea” and a “bombshell”.
While there is disquiet among LVB shareholders, banking circles are agog over the prospect of the proposed merger of capital-starved LVB with the local arm of Singapore’s DBS Bank serving as a template for the RBI to rescue other struggling bank...
A Large Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) may be granted the status of a bank, if it fulfills certain criteria, an internal working group of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has suggested.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has assured the Supreme Court that it would not take any coercive action against former ICICI Bank CEO and MD Chanda Kochhar in a money laundering case.
While the Reserve Bank of India has now drafted a merger plan of the Lakshmi Vilas Bank with the DBS Bank India, reports suggest that the regulator had earlier rejected a proposal by the Singapore-based bank to acquire 50% stake in the LVB.
“We would expect 2-3 businesses to IPO in the next 2-3 years; some will go public in 3-5 years and others in 5-7 years,” Anish Shah, group chief financial officer of M&M, said
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has filed a petition in the Supreme Court asking it to direct Sahara group to deposit ₹62,603 crore that is due to its investors.
Fatherhood has changed Australia’s opening batsman David Warner. Ahead of the India series at home, the left-hander said he will take a different approach against Virat Kohli’s men and that is being “humble” and “more respectful” to the opposition.
On October 2, 2019, Rohit Sharma opened the batting in Test cricket for the first time. And, it was a super hit show as he scored a century against South Africa in Visakhapatnam. It did not end there as he added one more hundred in the second innings, and India won by 203 runs.
When ATK took on Chennaiyin FC in the last Indian Super League (ISL) season’s final, the coronavirus pandemic was just starting to become a frightening reality across the country. Played behind closed doors, the final was one of the last sporting events held in the country before normal life essentially shut down.
Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has made a public apology after receiving death threats on social media for attending a Kali Puja ceremony in Kolkata.
China has become a major supplier of armed drones to 18 countries including Pakistan, from 2011 to 2019, according to a new research paper on Chinese drone exports
US President-elect Joe Biden has said that Donald Trump “will go down in history as being one of the most irresponsible presidents” in connection with his refusal to concede victor...
London: Indian-origin economist, author and peer Lord Meghnad Desai has resigned as a member of the UK's Opposition Labour Party over its failure to effectively tackle antisemitic racism w...
A shooting incident at the Mayfair mall in Wisconsin, US on Friday resulted in at least eight injuries, multiple reports said, adding that the shooter, identified as a "white, male in his 20s or 30s", is still at large.
Women operated for removing breast cancer tumour are usually given radiation radiotherapy to kill any lurking cancer cells after surgery. Usually, radiation therapy lasts for three to five times a week, for about 3 to 5 weeks. A novel, single-shot radiotherapy, that too administered immediately after the surgery, a recent study finds, is as effective as conventional radiotherapy for most women.
An update by the Union Health Ministry on Thursday morning said the number of active cases crossed the million mark and currently stands at 10,09,976. As many as 40,25,079 patients have been discharged.
In the midst of the commotion over NEET in Tamil Nadu, the state passed a bill in the Assembly on September 15 providing 7.5 per cent sub-quota in admissions to state-run medical colleges for government school students clearing the all-India exam.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court issued a notice to the Central Board of Secondary Education on Friday directing it to file an affidavit giving details of the scheme, dates and other details of the compartment exam it plans to hold for class 10 and 12 students by the end of September.
Kolkata: The University of Calcutta has decided to conduct online the final semester exams for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in October. The exams will be conducted from October 1-8 with the help of WhatsApp and email, university vice-chancellor Sonali Chakraborty Banerjee said.
