Jaipur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asserted that the corrupt will have to go to jail and that he will not be deterred by any threats. Addressing a rally in Rajasthan’s Karauli ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, Modi hit out at the previous Congress-led state government over recruitment exam paper leaks, saying the…
Mumbai: The government’s focus on infrastructure development, coupled with buoyant business optimism, could nurture a sustained revival in the investment cycle, according to a Reserve Bank report. According to the RBI’s Monetary Policy Report- April 2024, domestic economic activity, backed by strong fundamentals, remained robust in the first half of 2023-24, weathering challenges from muted…
New Delhi: India imported a record crude sunflower oil of 4,45,723 tonne in March, taking advantage of lower prices, while the country’s total edible oil imports reached 11.49 lakh tonne in the month, industry body SEA said on Thursday. Crude sunflower oil imports stood at 1,48,145 lakh tonnes in March 2023, while total edible oil…
Sydney: Australia leg-spinner for limited-overs formats Adam Zampa says an exhausting run in 2023 left him “completely drained” which led to him missing the Indian Premier League this year for Rajasthan Royals. Zampa, who was a part of Australia’s 50-over World Cup winning campaign in India last year, pulled out of IPL-17 citing tiredness and…
New Delhi: Rutuja Bhosale won the singles rubber while the duo of Prarthana Thombare and Ankita Raina prevailed in the doubles contest as the Indian women’s team defeated Chinese Taipei 2-1 in a Billie Jean King Cup Asia-Oceania Group-1 tie in Changsha, China, on Thursday. India are currently placed third in Pool A following two…
Perth: The series already lost, India would look to work on their weak links ahead of the Paris Olympics when they take on the mighty Australia in the fourth men’s hockey Test here on Friday. The Indians started the tour on a disastrous note losing 1-5 and 2-4 against the hosts but produced a stellar…
Mumbai: NASA’s mission that launched sounding rockets during the recent total solar eclipse was led by Aroh Barjatya, an India-born researcher who studied in cities across the country before moving to the United States, his family said. The US space agency on April 8 launched three sounding rockets during the solar eclipse — visible in…
Rajnadgaon: A man allegedly working as a courier for senior Naxalite leaders was arrested in Chhattisgarh’s Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki district on Thursday, a police official said. Maoist pamphlets and posters urging people to boycott Lok Sabha polls were seized from Ashwant Aandhia, who was held on a tip off at a mobile check post of the…
New Delhi: The BJP lashed out at RJD leader Misa Bharti on Thursday for threatening to put its leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in jail if the INDIA bloc is voted to power at the Centre and said people will give the opposition parties a fitting reply in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls for…
Bengaluru: BJP MLA Arabail Shivaram Hebbar’s son Vivek Hebbar on Thursday joined the Congress party along with his supporters at Banavasi in Uttara Kannada district. After quitting the BJP, Vivek Hebbar joined the party in the presence of state Congress Vice President and former MLC Ivan D’Souza and other local party leaders. Speculations have been…
