Jammu: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to hit the poll campaign trail in support of his party candidates from today by addressing a mega rally in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, amid tight security arrangements. This will be the first visit by a prime minister to Doda in the last 42 years. Multi-tier security…
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on Friday recalled the 1984 incident when an Indian Airlines flight was hijacked. Jaishankar revealed that he was involved in the negotiations during the 1984 hijack and that his father, K Subrahmanyam, was on that flight. In 1984, a Srinagar-bound Indian Airlines flight from Delhi was hijacked and was taken…
Mumbai: Sebi chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch on Friday said she had made all necessary disclosures and complied with recusal guidelines in dealing with companies such as Mahindra Group that hired her husband, as she rejected allegations of impropriety as “false, malicious and motivated”. Buch and her husband Dhaval Buch in a joint statement — the…
Mumbai: India’s foreign exchange (forex) reserves jumped $5.248 billion to a new all-time high of $689.235 billion for the week ended September 6, according to the latest RBI data released on September 13. The reserves had increased by $2.299 billion to a record $683.987 billion for the previous reporting week. India’s gold reserves rose $129…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced on Friday that the central government has decided to rename Port Blair as “Sri Vijaya Puram”, stating that the decision was taken to “free the nation from colonial imprints”. Port Blair is the capital of the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. “Inspired by the vision…
The bail granted to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday by the Supreme Court in the multi-crore excise policy scam has stirred a wave of celebration among the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supporters. However, this jubilation seems premature and disconnected from the reality of the legal situation. The two-member bench’s decision to grant Kejriwal…
Singapore: India’s growth outlook reflects the underlying strength of country’s macro-fundamentals, with domestic drivers — private consumption and investment — playing a major role, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said on Friday. Moreover, the country’s growth trajectory is supported by an environment of macroeconomic and financial stability, he said in a keynote address at the Future…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the corruption case lodged by the CBI in connection with the excise policy ‘scam’, saying prolonged incarceration amounts to unjust deprivation of liberty. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan granted the relief to Kejriwal on furnishing…
In a surprising move, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee offered to resign amidst an ongoing crisis involving junior doctors. The question remains: is this a genuine attempt to take accountability, or yet another political stunt by a leader whose credibility is increasingly under scrutiny? Mamata’s offer to resign came on the heels of a…
Washington: US President Joe Biden will host the fourth in-person Quad leaders summit at his Delaware residence next week, in a rare gesture for his counterparts from Australia, India and Japan, a presidential spokesperson announced Thursday. India, which was scheduled to host QUAD this year, would host the summit next year. QUAD leadership summit is…
