Kolkata, May 13 (IANS) A man, who claimed to be a personal assistant to BJP’s West Bengal unit chief Dilip Ghosh, was arrested along with an accomplice after Rs 1 crore of unaccounted money was seized from them in Asansol station on Monday, Railway Police sources said. The two were[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, 342 candidates with criminal cases are contesting the elections than the number in 2009 polls, according to National Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). “Out of the 7,928 candidates analysed in Lok Sabha 2019, 1,500 candidates have[Read More…]
Srinagar, May 13 (IANS) Militants shot and critically injured a National Conference (NC) worker on Monday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district, police said. Police sources said militants fired at Sajad Ahmad, an NC worker in Chitragam Kalan village of Shopian district on Monday evening. “He was shifted to a[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) As the national capital on Sunday witnessed a less voter turnout by about five per cent than in 2014, Delhi’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party, Congress and BJP blamed the heat and high temperature for the low voter percentage. While the BJP and Congress are confident[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) To focus on commercial vehicle segment, automobile major Maruti Suzuki India on Monday said it has opened the 300th ‘Commercial’ channel in the country. “Our expanding ‘Commercial Channel’ network strength stands testimony to this alignment with the customer,” said Shashank Srivastava, Executive Director (Marketing and[Read More…]
Gandhinagar, May 13 (IANS) Days after widespread complaints, state PSU Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd management on Monday admitted that the 50 kg bags of ‘Sardar DAP’ (diammonium phosphate) it sold to farmers were found to be lighter, but it claimed that the loss of weight was essentially because[Read More…]
Gandhinagar, May 13 (IANS) Days after widespread complaints, state PSU Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd management on Monday admitted that the 50 kg bags of ‘Sardar DAP’ (diammonium phosphate) it sold to farmers were found to be lighter, but it claimed that the loss of weight was essentially because[Read More…]
Kolkata, May 13 (IANS) The final results of the Lok Sabha polls is expected by May 24, day two of the counting, an officer said here on Monday. The final phase of election gets over on May 19 and the counting of votes will take place on May 23. “Our[Read More…]
Kolkata, May 13 (IANS) Nearly 84.51 per cent voter turnout has been recorded in the sixth phase elections for West Bengal’s eight parliamentary constituencies, the Election Commission said here on Monday. The polling percentage was 85.32 in Tamluk, 85.79 in Kanthi, 82.70 in Ghatal, 85.52 in Jhargram (ST), 84.13 in[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The CBI on Monday said that it has registered a case and carried out searches at over 22 places in Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh in connection with the alleged irregularities in Himachal Pradesh’s pre-matric and post-Matric scholarship scheme. A senior CBI official said,[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The members of the Governing Body (GB) of St. Stephen’s College on Monday accused Principal John Varghese of taking an “illegal decision” to include a member of the Supreme Council in the interview panel for selection of students for admission to the college and sought[Read More…]
Kolkata, May 13 (IANS) Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly believes that the Men in Blue will miss the services of Rishabh Pant in the upcoming World Cup in England and Wales starting May 30. Pant was not included in the 15-member World Cup squad with stumper-batsman Dinesh Karthik getting the[Read More…]
Joynagar (West Bengal), May 13 (IANS) Taking a jibe at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over cancellation of one of his rallies in the state, BJP President Amit Shah on Tuesday said the state’s voters have decided to send more than 23 BJP MPs to the Lok Sabha irrespective[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) In a major relief to exporters, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (CBIC) has decided to process the input tax credit (ITC) claims online, which will reduce the ITC settlement time from a few months now to a fortnight and also clear the[Read More…]
Kolkata, May 13 (IANS) India would miss Rishabh Pant during the World Cup, said former India captain Sourav Ganguly. Pant was not included in the 15-member World Cup squad with stumper batsman Dinesh Karthik getting the nod. But the 21-year-old had a good Indian Premier League outing for Delhi Capitals[Read More…]
By Anjana Das New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The Indian economy will grow at 7 per cent range in the current fiscal powered by the effects of the strong structural reforms such as bankruptcy laws, Goods and Services Tax (GST), crackdown on shell companies and the fiscal prudence undertaken in[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Higher food and fuel prices increased India’s April retail inflation to 2.92 per cent from 2.86 per cent in March, official data showed on Monday. But year-on-year, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in April was lower than the corresponding period of last year when retail[Read More…]
Panaji, May 13 (IANS) A minor girl, who in 2016 had accused Atanasio Monserrate, a Congress candidate for the May 19 Panaji assembly by-election, of rape is reported missing and the police have filed complaint of abduction, police said on Monday. Speaking to reporters, Deputy Superintendent of Police Sunita Sawant[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate on Monday questioned former ICICI Bank MD and CEO Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar for over nine houras and asked them to appear again on Tuesday in connection with its ongoing investigation into Rs 1,875-crore Videocon loan case. The Kochhars[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Of the 909 candidates contesting the seventh phase of the Lok Sabha elections, 170 (19 per cent) have criminal cases against them, while 127 (14 per cent) have declared serious criminal cases against their names, according to a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms[Read More…]
Thane (Maharashtra), May 13 (IANS) Taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’ ‘cloud cover’ theory on the Balakot air strike, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena President Raj Thackeray said the whole world was laughing at India. Addressing a party workers camp here on Monday, Thackeray sarcastically added that the United Nations[Read More…]
Panaji, May 13 (IANS) A minor girl who in 2016 had accused Atanasio Monserrate, who is now a Congress candidate for the May 19 Panaji assembly by-election, of rape is reported missing and the police have filed a complaint to track down the victim, police said on Monday. Speaking to[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) With India’s electric vehicle (EV) push replete with uncertainties, the focus seems to be shifting again to readily available clean fuels to run the country’s growing transport industry. The Indian Auto LPG Coalition (IAC), the apex body for the Auto LPG sector in India, has[Read More…]
Srinagar, May 13 (IANS) The Kashmir Valley erupted in anger on Monday against the rape of a three-year-old minor, with 74 people injured in widespread clashes between the security forces and protesters. Markets and educational institutions were shut and most transport went off the roads as protests broke out in[Read More…]
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, May 13 (IANS) China on Monday said it would raise tariffs on $60 billion of US goods from June 1, a tit-for-tat response to Washington increasing levies on Chinese products last week. China’s Ministry of Finance said the additional tariffs will range from 5 per cent[Read More…]
