New Delhi: In a bid to check digital frauds, the government has made verification of dealers selling SIM cards mandatory and discontinued the provision of issuing bulk connections, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Thursday. Earlier, while announcing the new measures, the minister had said that the government has made police verification of SIM card…
Mumbai: Indian economy is gathering momentum in the second quarter, though inflation would continue to average above the central bank’s comfort zone of 6 per cent, said an article in the RBI’s monthly bulletin released on Thursday. The consumer price index (CPI) based retail inflation shot up significantly to 7.44 per cent in July, from…
Lahore: Pakistani authorities have arrested more than 100 people in connection with the unprecedented mob attack on 21 churches of the Christian community in Punjab province even as the government on Thursday ordered a high-level probe into the riots over blasphemy allegations. Scores of churches and homes belonging to Christians in Jaranwala tehsil of Faisalabad district,…
New Delhi: The BJP on Thursday released its first of 21 candidates for Chhattisgarh and 39 for Madhya Pradesh, including five women each in both the states, for the upcoming assembly polls which are yet to be announced. The party has fielded Vijay Baghel, its Durg MP, from Patan which is currently represented by Chhattisgarh Chief…
Mumbai: Actor-politician Sunny Deol on Thursday made headlines after a video of the Bollywood star surfaced online, showing him purportedly getting angry with a fan who was trying to click a picture with him. In the video, doing the rounds of X, formerly Twitter, Deol is seen making his way out of an airport when a…
Mumbai: Bollywood star Akshay Kumar on Thursday thanked viewers for giving the exhibition sector “the greatest week in Indian film history” following the positive response to his film “Oh My God 2” and Sunny Deol’s “Gadar 2”, both of which were released on August 11. According to the Producers Guild of India (PGI) and Multiplex Association…
Bengaluru: Lander Module of Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft comprising the lander and rover has successfully separated from the Propulsion Module, ISRO said on Thursday. In the next step Lander Module will descend to a slightly lower orbit around the Moon on Friday. “Thanks for the ride, mate! said the Lander Module (LM). LM is successfully separated from the…
Jaipur: The BJP on Thursday announced two key election committees for Rajasthan where the assembly elections are due later this year. Former chief minister and senior party leader Vasundhara Raje is not part of any of these panels. The election management committee and the election manifesto committee were formed by the party’s national president J P…
Dublin: Almost 11 months after he hobbled off the field, Jasprit Bumrah will be cynosure of all eyes when he leads India against Ireland as the fast bowler’s fitness and rhythm will be tested in the three-match T20 International series, starting Friday. The team is packed with India’s Gen-Next IPL performers like Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rinku Singh…
United Nations: India is hosting a special exhibition at the UN headquarters in New York focussed on ‘Mission LiFE’ (Lifestyle for Environment), an initiative launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UN chief Antonio Guterres that aims to encourage sustainable living. The two-day exhibition was inaugurated on Wednesday and is being attended by diplomats, UN officials…
