Category: India News

India to closely monitor shadow lending sector: Sitharaman

NEW DELHI – India will closely monitor its shadow lending sector, the finance minister said on Saturday, a day after announcing the RBI would get much more regulatory authority over non-banking financial companies (NBFCs). Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, in the budget for the fiscal year ending March […]

2 inmates escape from jail; 1 ‘run over’ by train

Etawah (UP), Jul 7: Two prisoners escaped from the Etawah district jail in Uttar Pradesh by climbing the boundary wall early Sunday, with police saying one of them died after he was apparently run over by a train. A railway line runs on the rear side of the jail. […]

Milind Deora resigns as Mumbai Congress president

Mumbai, Jul 7: Mumbai Congress president Milind Deora Sunday announced his resignation from the post and said he is looking forward to play a role at the national level to help stabilise the party. He recommended setting up of a provisional collective leadership comprising three senior Congress leaders to […]

GoAir announces launch of flights on 7 new intl routes

Mumbai, Jul 7: Budget carrier GoAir Sunday announced the launch of flight services on seven new international routes, including three new destinations Bangkok, Dubai and Kuwait, as part of its overseas expansion plans, starting July 19. The services on the new routes are subject to regulatory approval, GoAir said […]

Milind Deora resigns as Mumbai Congress president

Mumbai, Jul 7: Mumbai Congress president Milind Deora on Sunday announced his resignation from the post and said he was looking forward to play a role at the national level to help stabilise the party. He recommended setting up of a provisional collective leadership comprising three senior Congress leaders […]

Attacking each other over rising crime rate not a solution, will cooperate with Centre: Kejriwal

New Delhi, Jul 7: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Sunday said he has not gone soft on the Centre on the issue of rising crime rate in the national capital, but “attacking or abusing” each other over it is not a solution. The chief minister made the remarks on […]

Man booked for cooking up daughter’s kidnap story

Palghar, Jul 7: A 40-year-old man from Palghar district in Maharashtra has been booked for cooking up a story of her daughter’s kidnapping after a quarrel with his wife, police said on Sunday. The accused, Dilip Shinde, a resident of Manor taluka, informed the police on June 26 that […]

HC acquits man serving 30 yrs jail in gang-rape case

New Delhi, Jul 7: A man, who in 2014 was sentenced to 30 years imprisonment for raping a woman after confining her in a house for nine months, has been acquitted by the Delhi High Court, which said the case was filled with “inconsistencies and improbabilities”. Justice C Hari […]

Won’t tolerate mob lynching or any crime: Jharkhand CM

Ranchi, Jul 7: Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das has asserted that there will be no discrimination on the basis of caste or religion while dealing with those involved in mob lynching or other crimes and anarchy won’t be tolerated. Talking about the recent lynching of a Muslim youth, accused […]

Can’t woo audience with glamour: Mrunal Thakur

Mumbai, Jul 7: Actor Mrunal Thakur says it’s an exciting time for actors to experiment with braver roles and not just be restricted to glamorous parts as the audience only looks for good performances today.  Mrunal, who made her big screen debut with the critically-acclaimed “Love Sonia” last year, […]

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