Davos: Aiming to set up a USD 100 million fund to help one lakh women-owned small businesses across India, former union minister Smriti Irani has garnered USD 2 million in just two days here. Speaking to PTI at the always-buzzing WeLead Lounge, which many here refer to as ‘Tulsi Lounge’ after her famous screen avatar,…
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Thursday acquitted former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar in a case related to inciting violence in the Janakpuri area in the national capital during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, saying the prosecution failed to prove the charges beyond a reasonable doubt. Special Judge Dig Vinay Singh underlined that though the court…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has allowed Hindu prayers from sunrise to sunset on Basant Panchami on Friday at the disputed Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar district, while permitting Muslims to offer namaz from 1 pm to 3 pm on the day. The top court on Thursday also directed that a list of…
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday claimed that the Modi government’s objectives are the same in repealing MGNREGA as they were in bringing the “three black farm laws”, as he urged poor people to unite against the move to bring the VB G RAM G Act. Addressing the National MGNREGA Workers’ Convention organised…
Dubai: The Bangladesh Cricket Board has been given a 24-hour grace period to decide whether their team will play their T20 World Cup matches in India, following an emergent International Cricket Council board meeting on Wednesday afternoon that voted against the country’s request to relocate the matches to Sri Lanka. The 20-team tournament begins on…
Nagpur: Arshdeep Singh has an uncanny ability to find humour where there is little to smile about, expressing himself without hard feelings or rubbing powerful people the wrong way. Having been in and out of the Indian team since Gautam Gambhir took over as head coach, the feisty left-arm pacer was asked if the constant…
Sydney: The United States is set to become “the world’s undisputed [artificial intelligence-enabled] fighting force”. At least that’s the view of the country’s Department of War, which earlier this month released a new strategy to accelerate the deployment of AI for military purposes. The “AI Acceleration Strategy” sets an unambiguous objective of setting up the…
Kolkata: The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday sought a report from the West Bengal chief secretary within 72 hours on action taken against four state government officials accused of illegally adding names to voter lists in two districts, a senior official of the poll body said. The EC had earlier recommended that Electoral Registration Officers…
London: British Hindus and Bangladeshi diaspora groups gathered at Parliament Square in London on Wednesday to protest against the persecution of minorities in Bangladesh, calling on the British government to ensure the Mohammad Yunus-led interim government acts to protect innocent lives. The ‘Stand against persecution of minorities in Bangladesh’ mass demonstration brought together a diverse…
New Delhi: Former finance minister Arun Jaitley was a leader who valued institutions deeply, former vice president M Venkaiah Naidu said on Wednesday, and stressed that political parties must not denigrate constitutional bodies for their own ambitions. He was speaking at the launch of the book ‘The Life and Legacy of Arun Jaitley’, written by…
