BENGALURU – India’s Income Tax Department this week conducted searches at offices of a group firm of Walmart’s Flipkart and local food delivery startup Swiggy for alleged tax evasion by their third-party vendors, two sources told Reuters. The searches began on Wednesday at Swiggy and Instakart’s offices in […]
MUMBAI/BENGALURU– Broiler chicken prices in India have fallen by almost a third in a week with consumption dropping after an outbreak of avian influenza was reported in six states, industry officials told Reuters. The sudden drop in demand and prices is compounding the woes of millions of small […]
NEW DELHI – The Indian government and representatives of protesting farmers failed to reach an agreement on contentious new agriculture laws on Friday and said they will meet again in a week’s time. Tens of thousands of farmers have been camped on the outskirts of the capital New […]
NEW DELHI – India will start its COVID-19 vaccination drive from Jan. 16 with priority given to about 30 million healthcare and frontline workers, a government statement said on Saturday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed the preparedness for COVID-19 vaccination programme on Saturday, it said. India hopes to […]
Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned India Today group’s CFO to record statement in connection with the alleged Television Rating Points (TRP) manipulation racket, a senior official of the agency said on Friday. The agency has registered an ECIR (Enforcement Case Information Report) on the basis of […]
New Delhi: India’s daily new COVID-19 cases fell below 19,000 for the fifth time this month, taking the country’s caseload to 1,04,13,417, while the recoveries have surged to 1,00,37,398, according to data updated by the Union health ministry on Friday. A total of 18,139 new infections were reported […]
Bengaluru: Kannada film actress Radhika Kumaraswamy on Friday deposed before the Central Crime Branch sleuths for allegedly receiving Rs 75 lakh from a man who had been arrested for duping a realtor. The actress was in Madikeri when she was asked to appear before the police. Police sources […]
New Delhi: Hours before the eighth round of formal talks between the Centre and the farmers’ groups agitating against three recent farm laws, Union Minister of State for Agriculture Kailash Choudhury hoped that a resolution will come out of Friday’s meeting. The eighth round of talks between three […]
KUNDLI, India – Tens of thousands of farmers on tractors occupied a stretch of an expressway on the periphery of the Indian capital New Delhi on Thursday in one of the biggest shows of strength since they began a sit-in against deregulation of farm markets more than a […]
New Delhi: Camping at Delhi borders for over a month now, protesting farmers seem undeterred in the face of severe cold, rains and waterlogging, and firm on their demands for repeal of farm laws and legal backing for MSP even as talks with the government remained inconclusive. On Monday, […]
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