NEW DELHI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to keep the policy rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent with a majority vote of 5:1. Announcing the decision, Governor Shaktikanta Das said the MPC decided unanimously to change stance to neutral and remain unambiguously focussed on endurable alignment of inflation […]
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Wednesday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his attack on the party while virtually inaugurating development projects for Maharashtra, saying taxpayers’ money cannot and should not be used to indulge in a “political speech”. A day after the Congress’ defeat in the Haryana polls, Modi called the opposition […]
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay foundation stones of various development projects in Maharashtra worth over Rs 7600 crore through videoconference, on Wednesday. He will lay the foundation stone for the upgradation of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport, Nagpur at a total estimated project cost of around Rs 7000 crore. It will serve […]
NEW DELHI: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday called the outcome of the Haryana Assembly elections “unexpected”. Reacting to Congress’s performance in the Haryana elections, the Congress chief wrote in a post on X, “Haryana’s result is unexpected. The party is assessing this mandate. A detailed response will come from the party after talking to […]
NEW DELHI: A recent report has highlighted a notable 44 per cent spike in employment verification discrepancies across six major sectors. As revealed in its latest Annual Trends Report 2024, AuthBridge highlighted significant discrepancies across various sectors. It said the telecom sector witnessed a sharp rise in discrepancy rates, reaching 18.2 per cent, highlighting the […]
NEW DELHI: With the BJP racing ahead in Haryana as per the early trends, AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said the “biggest lesson” of the poll results is that one should never be “overconfident” in the elections. The BJP looks forward to a comfortable win in Haryana, leading in 50 of the 90 assembly […]
CHANDIGARH: Olympic wrestler and Congress candidate Vinesh Phogat on Tuesday won her maiden election, defeating her nearest BJP rival Yogesh Kumar from Julana assembly seat in Haryana, according to the Election Commission. “This was a people’s battle, and they’ve won and I was just a face. I am thankful to all the love and respect […]
CHANDIGARH: As the BJP emerged as the single largest party in Haryana Assembly election result trends, the BJP leaders on Tuesday attributed the saffron party’s impressive show in the polls to leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Reacting to the election result trends, BJP Rajya Sabha MP Sudhanshu Trivedi said the party is confident that […]
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court will on Wednesday hear a plea that seeks to allow climate activist Sonam Wangchuk and others to hold a protest at Jantar Mantar or any other suitable location in the national capital. The plea was mentioned for an urgent hearing before a bench of Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice […]
MUMBAI: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday said he will support any chief ministerial candidate announced by allies Congress or NCP (SP) to “save” Maharashtra. Addressing an event, former chief minister Thackeray also accused the Maharashtra government of setting fake narratives in the state through advertisements, ahead of the assembly polls which are […]