Day: April 2, 2019

Decide whether Tikri Khurd lake in Narela is wetland: NGT

New Delhi :  The National Green Tribunal has directed the Wetlands Authority of Delhi to hold a meeting and decide within a month whether the Tikri Khurd lake in Narela here is a wetland. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said the Wetland Authority constituted […]

2 awarded life sentence for killing man in Maharashtra

Palghar : A court in Palghar district of Maharashtra has awarded life imprisonment to two members of a gang of robbers for killing a jeep driver. District Judge Rajendra Majgaonkar pronounced the punishment to Firoz Khan (38), hailing from Uttar Pradesh, and Jahir Khan (45), a native of Vasai […]

SC stays EC’s decision notifying Talala Assembly seat as vacant, declaring bypolls

New Delhi :  The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Election Commission’s March 10 decision notifying Gujarat’s Talala Assembly constituency seat as vacant and declaring bypolls there along with the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi also issued notice to the poll panel […]

Detention of foreigners: SC directs Assam chief secy to appear before it on Apr 8

New Delhi : The Supreme Court Monday voiced unhappiness over the inaction in a case relating to detention of foreigners in Assam and directed the state Chief Secretary to appear before it on April 8 A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi termed the affidavit filed by the […]

Bank of Maharashtra gets Rs 205 cr capital from govt

New Delhi :  State-owned Bank of Maharashtra Monday said the government has infused Rs 205 crore into the bank in lieu of preferential allotment of shares The capital infusion was done on March 30, 2019. The issue committee of the bank in its meeting held on March 30, 2019 […]

RBI to unveil this fiscal’s first bi-monthly policy decision on Thursday

Mumbai :  The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will unveil on Thursday its first bi-monthly monetary policy decision of this new fiscal. The RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will meet from April 2 to 4 for the first bi-monthly policy statement for 2019-20, the central bank said in a […]

NPPA approves hike in prices of coronary stents

New Delhi : Drug price regulator NPPA has approved hike in prices of cardiac stents by 4.2 per cent in-line with the wholesale price index (WPI) of the previous calendar year, as per an official statement. As per the new prices notified by the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA), […]

3 Indian-origin consultants charged in US with visa fraud

Washington :  Three Indian-origin consultants have been charged in the US with visa fraud for allegedly submitting sham applications for H-1B visas to gain a competitive advantage over competing firms. A federal grand jury last month indicted Kishore Dattapuram, of Santa Clara, Kumar Aswapathi, of Austin, Texas, and Santosh […]

Rupee slips 22 paise against US dollar in early trade

Mumbai : The Indian rupee weakened by 22 paise to trade at 69.36 to the US dollar in early trade on Tuesday owing to increased demand for the greenback from importers and banks. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened lower at 69.32 and weakened further to […]

China mulls to buy Russia’s Su-57 stealth fighter jet

Beijing :  China is weighing options to buy Russia’s new Sukhoi Su-57 stealth fighter jet as Moscow has identified China and India as potential customers to acquire its advanced warplane, according to a media report. Described by Russian President Vladimir Putin as “the world’s best military plane”, the Su-57 […]

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