Modesto (California): Most Indians swear by their daily handful of almonds, and with the staggering 85 per cent of those in India coming from California, Emily Fleischmann, vice president of global market development at the Almond Board of California (ABC), says India has played a “critical role” in the remarkable success story of California almonds….
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court’s inquiry report and a video uploaded on the Supreme Court website have cast doubt on the Delhi Fire Services’ claim that fire fighters found no cash while dousing flames at the official residence of Justice Yashwant Varma, a Delhi High Court judge, on March 14. The video, shared by…
New Delhi: INDIA should appear to be a “bloc and not un-bloc” itself in the manner that it does in the public domain, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal has said as he batted for a formal structure for the opposition alliance with spokespersons to represent its views. In an interview with PTI, Sibal said INDIA…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu has emerged as a key beneficiary under the Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme, receiving a significant share of projects in the electronics and automobile sectors, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said. Addressing an event organised by the Chennai Citizens’ forum on Saturday evening, Sitharaman dismissed charges of the state government that the Centre…
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government on Sunday announced the disbursal of another installment of social security and welfare fund pensions to beneficiaries. Around 62 lakh people would get Rs 1,600 each as pension from Thursday, Finance Minister K N Balagopal said here. A sum of Rs 817 crore has been granted for the disbursal of the…
Patna: A prominent Muslim body in Bihar announced that it was turning down Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s invitation for ‘Iftaar’, in protest against his “support” for the Waqf Bill. The Imarat Shariah, which claims to have followers across Bihar, Jharkhand, and Odisha, shared a copy of the letter in response to the invitation for the…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid homage to revolutionary freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, and Rajguru, who were hanged by the British for their role in the Lahore conspiracy case. The three revolutionaries joined hands to oppose British rule, with Singh throwing a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly in April 1929….
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has made public a 25-page probe report by Delhi High Court Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya regarding the alleged recovery of cash from the residence of Justice Yashwant Varma. The report, now available on the apex court’s website, calls for a “deeper probe” into the controversy while also documenting Justice…
Dhaka: Army troops in Bangladesh on Saturday intensified their patrols on the streets of Dhaka as the country witnessed rising tensions with the newly formed student-led National Citizen Party (NCP) accusing the military of political interference. The NCP staged protest rallies at the premier Dhaka University campus, vowing to thwart at any cost a “military-backed…
Mumbai: The city police has managed to seize around Rs 1.49 crore within 24 hours in 110 complaints of cyber fraud reported through the helpline `1930′, an official said on Saturday. On Friday, the cyber helpline received 110 complaints of various cases of cheating, including investment scams, share trading scams and online shopping scams in…
