Two get 30-yr RI each for raping 15-year-old girl in Odisha
Patnaik launches BJD’s poll campaign, pledges to make Odisha number one state by 2036
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NH-326 set for expansion
RBI bars Kotak Mahindra Bank from onboarding new customers via online, issuing fresh credit cards
Mumbai: The RBI Wednesday barred Kotak Mahindra Bank from onboarding new customers through its online and mobile banking channels and issuing fresh credit cards with immediate effect after the regulator found serious deficiencies in the lender's IT risk management. These actions, the RBI said, are necessitated based on significant concerns...
Read moreCampaigning ends for phase 2 of Lok Sabha polls in 89 seats
New Delhi: The curtains came down Wednesday evening on a high-voltage campaigning for the second phase of Lok Sabha polls in 89 seats across 13 states April 26. Staggered over seven stages, the first phase of the elections held last Friday for 102 seats across 21 states and Union territories saw a voter turnout of around 65.5 per cent. Polling is scheduled in all 20 seats of Kerala, 14 of the...
Read more‘Congress’ loot… zindagi ke baad bhi’, says Modi as Pitroda’s inheritance tax remarks fuel fresh attack, opposition party distances itself
Ambikapur/ New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday seized on Congress leader Sam Pitroda's remarks on inheritance tax to step up the ruling BJP's blistering attack on the issue of "wealth redistribution", saying "zindagi ke saath bhi, zindagi ke baad bhi" is the opposition party's mantra to "loot" people. In his poll rallies, Modi framed Pitroda's comments in his wider onslaught against the Congress, asserting that they have exposed its hidden...
Read moreUnion minister Nitin Gadkari faints while speaking at campaign rally
Yavatmal (Maharashtra): Union minister Nitin Gadkari Wednesday fainted while speaking at an election rally in eastern Maharashtra's Yavatmal district. The BJP leader was campaigning at Pusad which comes under the Yavatmal-Washim Lok Sabha constituency. As he suffered a fainting fit, the security personnel accompanying him carried him off-stage. The minister, however, recovered after a few minutes and completed his speech. "Felt uneasy due to heat at a rally at Pusad, Maharashtra....
Read moreCross-verification of votes: SC reserves verdict after noting EC’s answers to queries
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday reserved its verdict on a batch of pleas seeking complete cross-verification of votes cast using EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) after taking note of answers to queries it had raised before the Election Commission. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta sought answers from an official of the poll panel to five questions related to the functioning of the Electronic...
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Pant, Axar century stand power DC to 224/4 against GT
New Delhi: Skipper Rishabh Pant and Axar Patel forged a blistering century stand en route to quickfire individual half-centuries to power Delhi Capitals to a solid 224 for 4 against Gujarat Titans in an IPL match here Wednesday. Pant and Axar stitched 113 off just 68 balls for the fourth wicket with their counter-attacking batting after DC...
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Kashmir issue should be resolved through ‘peaceful means’: Pak-Iran joint statement
Islamabad: Pakistan and Iran have agreed that the Kashmir issue should be resolved through "peaceful means based on the will of the people" of the region, said a joint statement issued by the two countries after Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi's maiden visit Wednesday. President Raisi paid an official visit to Pakistan from April 22-24 at the invitation...
RBI Deputy Governor Rabi Sankar gets one-year extension
New Delhi: The government has extended the term of RBI Deputy Governor T Rabi Sankar for a period of one year, the central bank said in a statement. "The Central Government has re-appointed Shri T Rabi Sankar as Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India, for a period of one year with effect from May 03, 2024, or...
Two get 30-yr RI each for raping 15-year-old girl in Odisha
Berhampur: A POCSO court in Odisha's Ganjam district Wednesday sentenced two men to 30 years of rigorous imprisonment each for raping a 15-year-old girl last year. Prabhat Kumar Rajguru, judge of a special POCSO court in Berhampur, also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 each on the two convicts, who hailed from the same village as that...
Gujarat Titans win toss, elect to bowl against Delhi Capitals
New Delhi: Gujarat Titans skipper Shubman Gill won the toss and elected to bowl in the Indian Premier League match against Delhi Capitals here Wednesday. Gill, playing his 100th IPL match, announced an unchanged playing XI for the contest. The Rishabh Pant-led Delhi Capitals, who are struggling at the eighth spot with just three wins, made two...
Pitroda’s comments: Congress cites BJP leaders’ remarks to claim Modi govt favoured inheritance tax
New Delhi: Amid a row over Congress leader Sam Pitroda's remarks advocating inheritance tax, the party Wednesday asserted that it has no plans whatsoever to introduce it and cited some BJP leaders' past remarks to allege that it was the Modi government which wanted to impose it. Pitroda, the president of the Indian Overseas Congress (IOC), talked...
BJP Minority Morcha leader Usman Ghani criticises PM’s remarks, expelled from party
Jaipur: Bikaner BJP Minority Morcha district president Usman Ghani, who expressed displeasure with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent remarks in Rajasthan, was Wednesday expelled from the party for "tarnishing" its image. Ghani, while talking to a news channel recently in New Delhi, had said that the BJP was going to lose three-four Lok Sabha seats out of...
Indian team to have preparatory camp in Bhubaneswar ahead of FIFA World Cup Qualifiers matches
New Delhi/ Bhubaneswar: The Indian football team will have a four-week preparatory camp in Bhubaneswar starting May 10, ahead of its crucial second-round FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifiers matches against Kuwait and Qatar. The final squad will move to Kolkata June 2 ahead of the Blue Tigers clash against Kuwait at Salt Lake Stadium June 6. "India...
Boeing posts a $355 million loss as the plane maker tries to dig out from under its latest crisis
Arlington (USA): Boeing said Wednesday that it lost $355 million on falling revenue in the first quarter, another sign of the crisis gripping the aircraft manufacturer as it faces increasing scrutiny over the safety of its planes and accusations of shoddy work from a growing number of whistleblowers. Boeing's CEO said the company is in “a tough...
