Category: India News

New book answers why Aligarh was chosen for AMU

New Delhi, Sep 19: Theories abound as to why Sir Syed Ahmad Khan decided to establish an educational institution in Aligarh and not any other city but a new book seeks to offer a definitive response to it. The reason perhaps lies in the “aab-o-hawa” (water and air), among […]

ED moves court against Anil Deshmukh for non-compliance of summonses

Mumbai, Sep 18: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has moved a court here against former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh for failing to appear before the probe agency despite being summoned multiple times in a money laundering case. The ED filed the plea in a special court on Friday seeking […]

Cop suspended for beating shopkeeper in Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad, Sep 18 : A Station House Officer (SHO) here has been suspended for allegedly beating a roadside cafe owner for opening the kiosk at night, police said on Saturday. The incident took place on Friday around 9.30 pm. The shopkeeper, Chandan Singh, alleged that SHO, Kaushambi police […]

Ladakh standoff: Jaishankar calls for early resolution of remaining issues in talks with Wang Yi in Dushanbe

New Delhi/Beijing, Sep 17 : External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has told his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi that the two sides should work for an early resolution of the remaining issues along the LAC in eastern Ladakh to restore peace and tranquillity in the border areas as this has […]

India tells China border troop pullback needed for better ties

NEW DELHI, Sept 17 – India has told China that their bilateral relations will only develop when both countries pull their troops back from a confrontation on their disputed Himalayan border, the Indian foreign minister said. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar discussed the possibility of both sides when he met his […]

Marathwada residents once fought injustice of Nizam, now handling pandemic well: Maha CM

Aurangabad, Sep 17: The residents of Marathwada region have fought the “injustice” of the Nizam rule in the past and are now efficiently tackling the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said here on Friday. Speaking on the occasion of the Marathwada Mukti Sangram Din (Marathwada Liberation […]

India inflation path shifting down more favourably than hoped-RBI bulletin

MUMBAI, Sept 16 – The softening of prices of various food items is likely to extend into the third quarter and contain the upside price pressures on headline inflation stemming from fuel and core prices, the central bank said in its bulletin on Thursday. “The trajectory of inflation […]

PM Modi inaugurates two new defence office complexes in Delhi

New Delhi, Sep 16:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hit out at critics of the ambitious Central Vista project, and asserted that ease of living and ease of doing business was behind the spirit of the work being done under the initiative. Modi made the remarks after […]

Delhi reported maximum rape cases, murders among metros in 2020: NCRB data

New Delhi, Sep 16: Delhi accounted for nearly 40 per cent of all rape cases and almost 25 per cent murder cases among 19 metropolitan cities in India in 2020, according to latest government data Altogether, 1,849 murder cases and 2,533 rape cases were reported across the country in […]

India gets bids for sale of loss-making Air India

NEW DELHI/BENGALURU, Sept 15 – The Indian finance ministry said on Wednesday that the debt-laden state-run airline Air India has received financial bids for its privatisation process. “Financial bids for Air India disinvestment received by Transaction Adviser,” Tuhin Kanta Pandey, secretary, Department of Investment and Public Asset Management, […]

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