Mumbai: Amid the crisis at Punjab & Maharashtra Co-operative Bank (PMC), HDFC Chairman Deepak Parekh said it was “brutally unfair” that there were regular loan waivers and corporate loan write-offs but no financial system to protect the common man’s savings. The scam at PMC Bank...
Washington: US aviation regulators were slammed Friday for allowing design changes to Boeing's 737 MAX aircraft that have been implicated in two horrific crashes causing the deaths of more than 300 people. The Federal Aviation Administration failed to stick to its own rules, followed out-of-date...
Puri: Senior Supreme Court (SC) advocate Priya Hingorani, who has been appointed by the apex court to assist amicus curiae Ranjit Kumar on a case pertaining to Srimandir reforms, visited the 12th century shrine here, Friday. Hingorani’s visit to Srimandir assumes significance as the next...
Khurda: Excise sleuths and Model Police officials here, Friday, claimed to have recovered 36.07 gram of brown sugar and arrested three persons on charges of possessing the contraband. “Apin Das of Angul and Basanta Jena of Keonjhar have been arrested during a raid at Saguan...
Comedy is indeed a difficult art to perform and not everyone is confident in performing it. The Hindi film industry has seen a large number of comedians. Some of them like Asrani has really been successful and has managed to stay on scene for close...
Bhubaneswar: In an aim to facilitate citizens, state Transport Commissioner Sanjeeb Panda Thursday directed all Regional Transport Officers (RTOs) to extend the working hours in the offices. “Facilitation for citizen centric service in RTO offices and considering the present scenario, you are directed to extend...
New Delhi: The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council Thursday constituted a committee of officers to improve revenue after the September (GST) collection dropped sharply to a 19-month low of `91,916 crore, reflecting weak consumer demand. The second straight month of decline in the GST...
New Delhi: When Reliance Jio announced that it would begin charging 6 paise per minute charge for voice calls to rival networks, rivals Vodafone Idea termed the announcement “an action of undue haste” and Airtel said it was Jio’s strategy to reduce interconnection charges. Reliance...
New Delhi: India is pressing ahead with talks to join a China-led free trade pact, officials said Thursday, despite the fears of some domestic producers that the country would be flooded with cheaper Chinese imports. Negotiators for the 16-nation Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) are...
BHUBANESWAR: Manoj Mishra and Atul Kulkarni starrer movie ‘Patnagarh’ has been selected to be screened at 25th edition of Kolkata International Film Festival 2019 (KIFF) and LIFFT India Filmotsav 2019. KIFF is scheduled to be held in Kolkata from November 8 to 15. The multi-lingual...
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A rough sketch of a spheres-of-influence world order is becoming more and more visible as US President Donald Trump takes...
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In politics, especially in India, an axiomatic truth is that there is no permanent enemy or permanent friend. Hence, it...
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National Security Advisor Ajit Doval has called for India to strengthen itself not only along its borders but across all...
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