Category: India News

Anubhav Sinha, Taapsee Pannu to collaborate again

Mumbai, Jul 7: One of 2018’s most successful director-actor duo, Anubhav Sinha and Taapsee Pannu, are set to reunite for a big screen project after “Mulk”.  Taapsee, 31, shared the news with her followers on Twitter on Sunday.  “Cheers to the new beginning with some good food. This one […]

One killed, two injured as car overturns in Maharashtra

Nashik, Jul 7: A30-year-old man was killed and two others were injured when their speeding car overturned after hitting the railing of a bridge in Nashik district of Maharashtra, police said Sunday. The mishap took place near Matori village on Girnare- Makhmalabad road late Saturday night when the victims […]

India plans $10 billion bank recapitalisation, help for shadow lenders

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI – The Indian government on Friday announced a fresh capital infusion of about $10 billion into debt-burdened state banks and credit guarantees to support shadow lenders in a bid to boost lending and revive the economy. India’s economy has sagged in the past year partly because […]

Rahul gets bail in another defamation case; accuses Modi govt of hounding dissenters

Patna, Jul 6: Rahul Gandhi was granted bail on Saturday after he appeared before a court here in a defamation case filed by BJP leader and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, days after a Mumbai court held that the Congress leader would face trial for alleged slander […]

Petrol price hiked by Rs 2.45, diesel by Rs 2.36 following tax hike in Budget

New Delhi, Jul 6: Petrol price was Saturday hiked by a minimum Rs 2.40 per litre and diesel by Rs 2.36 after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman raised taxes on the fuels to part-fund her Budget for 2019-20. Petrol price in Delhi was increased by Rs 2.45 per litre to […]

Critics of USD 5-trillion economy goal professional pessimists, India poised to race ahead: PM

Varanasi, Jul 6: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday dismissed as “professional pessimists” the critics of the Centre’s target to achieve a USD 5-trillion economy within the next five years and asserted that the “new India” is on the threshold of sprinting forward. A day after the Union budget was […]

‘Lovesick and tipsy’ man held for bomb threat to planes

Hyderabad,July 6: A 24-year-old man, allegedly drunk and lovelorn, was Saturday taken into custody from the airport here after he issued a bomb threat to two Chennai-bound flights, but it turned out to be a hoax, police said. The incident created tension for a while as it happened […]

Moderate to heavy rains lash parts of Uttar Pradesh

Lucknow, Jul 6: Moderate to heavy rains lashed many parts of Uttar Pradesh, a Meteorological (MeT) department official said Saturday. Bhinga in Shravasti district recorded 23 cm rainfall followed by Fatehpur (14 cm), Allahabad (13 cm), Kakardarighat (12 cm), Bhatpurwaghat (11 cm), Kanpur (11 cm), Banda and Etawah 10 […]

Owaisi urges Centre to frame law against lynching

Hyderabad, Jul 6: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi has said the Centre should come out with a law against lynching and wondered why such legislation was not brought out despite a Supreme Court suggestion to frame one. Addressing a meeting here on Friday against lynchings, Owaisi accused the Sangh Parivar […]

Cong puts up brave front, says govt will continue

Bengaluru, Jul 6: Amid a flurry of resignations by the ruling combine MLAs, senior congress leader and coalition coordination committee chief Siddaramaiah Saturday asserted that the government in Karnataka would continue, even as the BJP said it had nothing to do with the resignations. Putting a question mark over […]

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