Chandigarh, Feb 1: Eminent Punjabi writer, novelist and Sahitya Akademi Awardee Jaswant Singh Kanwal died after a brief illness at his native village in Moga district on Saturday, his family said. He was 101. Kanwal’s grandson Sumail Singh Sidhu said the deceased’s last rites will be held at Dudhike […]
Puducherry, Feb 1: Senior Congress leader and Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy on Saturday dubbed the union budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as the most disappointing and lacking in firm measures to deal with economic slowdown. In his reaction to the budget, the Chief Minister slammed […]
New Delhi, Feb 1: India on Saturday congratulated the Maldives on its return to the Commonwealth as its 54th member. The Maldives had joined the Commonwealth in 1982, but withdrew its membership in 2016. “India has always been a key supporter of Maldives’ readmission and for it to play […]
New Delhi, Feb 1: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced cuts in personal income tax, extended tax benefits for affordable housing and gave relief to companies on payment of dividend in the Union Budget for 2020-21 as the government looked to boost consumption to bring the economy out […]
Palghar, Jan 31: A magnitude 3.3 tremor was recorded in Palghar district near Mumbai on Friday, an official said. The district, which is to the north of Mumbai, has frequently experienced tremors in the past two years. Santosh Kadam, chief of the Regional Disaster Management Cell, said the latest […]
open view news desk New Delhi, Jan 31: Following is the chronology of events in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case in which a Delhi court Friday postponed the execution of their black warrants till further order. – Dec 16, 2012: Paramedical student gang-raped and brutally assaulted […]
NEW DELHI – India’s government predicted that economic growth will pick up to between 6% and 6.5% in the fiscal year beginning April 1, after falling to more than a decade-low this financial year. India saw growth drop to 4.5% in the July-September quarter – its lowest level […]
Mumbai, Jan 31: Dewan Housing Finance Corporation (DHFL) CMD Kapil Wadhawan, arrested in a money laundering case involving gangster Iqbal Mirchi, has been hospitalized and undergoing tests for suspected swine flu, his lawyer told a court here on Friday. Wadhawan was admitted to the state-run J J Hospital here […]
New Delhi, Jan 31: India on Friday banned exports of all kinds of personal protection equipment, including clothing and masks used to protect people from air borne particles. The move assumes significance as there could be a spurt in demand for such products due to outbreak of deadly coronavirus […]
New Delhi, Jan 30: Asserting that the CAA is an internal matter of India, the Ministry of External Affairs said it has noted the European Parliament’s decision to not put to vote a resolution on the citizenship law on Thursday and will continue to engage with the MEPs on […]
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