Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Saturday claimed that banks were not cooperating with the Central government’s schemes aimed at supporting entrepreneurs, particularly those offering loans without guarantees or collateral. Speaking at the inauguration of the Karnataka Small Scale Industries Association’s (KASSIA) Centre of Excellence and Innovation in Bengaluru, Shivakumar underlined the…
Patna: A day after the INDIA bloc alleged that the intensive revision of electoral rolls in Bihar was being conducted to “help” the BJP in the assembly elections due later this year, NDA partners in the state claimed that the Mahagathbandhan was “scared of losing the polls”. Union ministers Chirag Paswan and Jitan Ram Manjhi,…
Nottingham: Smriti Mandhana etched her name in the history books by scoring her maiden T20I century, becoming the first Indian cricketer to register a hundred in all three formats of international cricket. She played a blistering knock and reached the milestone in just 51 balls. Opening the innings, Mandhana dominated the English bowling attack with a…
Moscow: A light trainer aircraft crashed in the Kolomna district of Moscow region on Saturday (June 28), killing all four people on board, including crew and trainees, according to a statement from Russia’s Disaster Management Ministry. The aircraft, identified as a Yakovlev Yak-18T, was reportedly performing an aerobatic maneuver when it suffered an engine failure…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday India is the most ancient living civilisation of the world due to the immortal ideas and philosophies of its saints and seers. Speaking at the centenary celebrations of Jain spiritual figure Acharya Vidyanand Maharaj Ji’s birth anniversary here, PM Modi paid rich tributes to his contribution…
Puri: The chariots of sibling deities – Lord Balabhadra, Devi Subhadra, and Lord Jagannath – on Saturday reached the destination Gundicha Temple, a day after the Rath Yatra began in Puri. Gundicha Temple is considered the aunt’s place of the deities, who go there every year after leaving the 12th-century Jagannath temple, situated at a…
Cape Town:, South Africa, the new Test champions, face neighbours Zimbabwe in a two-match Test series at the latter’s home. The two teams are playing a Test match for the first time after 2017, while the Proteas have travelled across the border after 11 years for a match. The Proteas recently won the World Test…
Varanasi (UP): Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday said “there is no need for socialism in India”, adding “secularism is not the core of our culture”. Chouhan’s remarks assume significance as the RSS on Thursday called for reviewing the words ‘socialist’ and ‘secular’ in the preamble of the Constitution, saying they were included…
Mumbai: The cause behind actor Shefali Jariwala’s death is yet to be ascertained and her body has been taken for postmortem, the Mumbai Police said on Saturday. “Her body was found at her residence in Andheri. The police received the information at 1 am (Saturday). Her body has been sent to Cooper Hospital for postmortem….
Mumbai: CarTrade Tech Limited announced the launch of CarTrade Labs, an innovation hub focused on building future technology. CarTrade Labs is envisioned as a high-impact initiative that will harness the power of generative AI, data science, and rapid experimentation to accelerate innovation and unlock new growth opportunities across CarTrade Tech’s ecosystem, including CarWale, BikeWale, OLX…
