DHAKA: Internet and mobile data services are still down despite apparent calm in Bangladesh following a verdict that scaled back a controversial quota system for government jobs after weeks of relentless protests that turned deadly. The government has also declared Monday a public holiday, with only essential services running. This comes after a curfew with […]
COLOMBO: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday formed a three-member committee to “review the delivery” of the T20 World Cup which was co-hosted by the USA and the West Indies last month. The committee features former New Zealand batter Roger Twose and two other directors Lawson Naidoo and Imran Khwaja, who is the deputy […]
Opposition Draws Battle Lines, Govt Calls For Smooth Running Of Proceedings New Delhi: Opposition parties drew the battle lines on the eve of Parliament’s Budget session on Sunday as they asked the government at an all-party meeting to allow discussion on a host of contentious issues such as the Uttar Pradesh Government’s order to eateries […]
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to create history when she presents her seventh straight Budget on Tuesday for the fiscal 2024-25, surpassing the record of former prime minister Morarji Desai. Sitharaman, who will turn 65 next month, was in 2019 appointed as India’s first full-time woman finance minister when Prime Minister Narendra […]
New Delhi: In light of the recent terrorist attacks within a month in the Jammu region, which have raised significant security concerns, Director General of the Border Security Force (BSF) Nitin Agrawal reviewed the operational readiness of the troops stationed at the Jammu International Border on Sunday. The BSF chief, who is on two-day visit […]
New Delhi: The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has expressed immense joy and pride over India’s exceptional performance in the International Maths Olympiad, where the country secured its best-ever 4th place finish. The Indian contingent brought home four gold medals and one silver medal. In a X post, the Prime Minister said; “It’s a matter of […]
NEW DELHI: Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has added 19.50 lakh new members in the month of May this year, which is the highest ever since the first payroll data was issued in April 2018, official figures showed. The total number of net additions represents a 19.62 per cent increase compared to the corresponding figure […]
NEW DELHI: India had a prime meridian of its own much ahead of the Greenwich meridian and it was called “madhya rekha”, which passed through the city of Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh, according to a new Class-6 NCERT textbook for social science. No mention of caste-based discrimination, tweaks in references to B R Ambedkar’s experience […]
CALCUTTA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said that in the wake of the escalating violence in Bangladesh, she would keep the doors of her state open for people in distress from the neighbouring country and offer them shelter. Banerjee referred to the United Nations Resolution on refugees as justification for her stand […]
CHANDIGARH: The Haryana government on Sunday ordered suspension of mobile internet and the bulk SMS services in Nuh district for 24 hours ahead of the Braj Mandal Jalabhishek Yatra that was marred by violence last year. Two home guards were killed and at least 15 others, including several policemen, injured on July 31 last year […]