Sharad Pawar withdraws decision to resign as NCP chief, says ‘can’t disrespect emotions of people’

Sharad Pawar withdraws decision to resign as NCP chief, says ‘can’t disrespect emotions of people’

Mumbai: Days after Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar announced his resignation from the top post of the party, the veteran leader withdrew his decision on Friday, saying that he cannot disrespect the emotions of the people. This came hours after the 18-member committee appointed to decide the future of NCP unanimously rejected the […]

4G connectivity boosting digital economy at Indo-China border, 100% coverage planned in a year

4G connectivity boosting digital economy at Indo-China border, 100% coverage planned in a year

Tawang (Arunachal Pradesh): Government-funded 4G tower of Airtel started services last week in Lumpo, one of the last villages in the district near Line of Actual control in Arunachal Pradesh, paving way for access to new age digital economy for the locals. Reliance Jio, the bigger rival of Airtel, is already present till Dirang, 38 […]

Delhi excise policy case: CBI files chargesheet against Sisodia, three others

Delhi excise policy case: CBI files chargesheet against Sisodia, three others

New Delhi: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday filed a chargesheet against former deputy chief minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia and four others in the Delhi excise policy case. According to sources, the supplementary chargesheet has been filed under IPC sections 120B (criminal conspiracy), 420 (Cheating) and other section of the Prevention of Corruption […]

Congress extends support to protesting wrestlers

Congress extends support to protesting wrestlers

New Delhi: The Congress on Monday extended support to agitating wrestlers who are demanding action against the chief of the Wrestling Federation of India over allegations of sexual harassment of players, as it asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to break his silence on the issue. All India Mahila Congress chief Netta D’Souza visited the protest […]

PM Modi to embark on two-day visit to 2 states, UTs today

PM Modi to embark on two-day visit to 2 states, UTs today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a two-day visit to parts of the country to launch various developmental programmes, starting Monday from Madhya Pradesh. During his visit, the Prime Minister will visit Madhya Pradesh, Kerala and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. Kicking off his over 5,000 km journey, PM Modi will […]

Excise scam: Court reserves verdict on Sisodia’s bail plea

Excise scam: Court reserves verdict on Sisodia’s bail plea

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday reserved its order on the bail application of AAP leader Manish Sisodia, arrested in a money laundering case related to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam, for April 26. Special Judge M K Nagpal reserved the order after hearing arguments on his application seeking relief claiming his custody […]

Only way forward is JPC probe: Cong after man at centre of Adani-China row says he’s Taiwanese

Only way forward is JPC probe: Cong after man at centre of Adani-China row says he’s Taiwanese

New Delhi: The Congress pointed to Adani Group’s alleged China links on Friday and asserted that the only way forward is a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe to investigate all the relevant aspects of the matter. The Opposition party’s assertion came after a director in PMC Projects (India) Pvt Ltd Morris Chang, whose nationality triggered a […]

India’s exports up 6 pc to USD 447 billion in 2022-23

India’s exports up 6 pc to USD 447 billion in 2022-23

Rome: The country’s exports rose by about 6 per cent to a “record” USD 447 billion during 2022-23 on account of healthy growth in the outbound shipments of sectors such as petroleum, pharma and chemicals and marine, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday. The country’s imports also grew by 16.5 per cent […]