New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said people’s perspective about border villages are undergoing a big change and they now do not identify these as last but first villages of the country. In a letter to Harish Rana, the pradhan of Jaspur panchayat bordering China in Uttarakhand, Modi said these villages are strategically important…
New Delhi: Regulator Trai on Friday directed telecom operators to take action against misuse of telemarketing messages templates within 30 days to curb pesky messages. The regulator in the direction said that it has noticed some telemarketers are misusing headers and content templates of enterprises. “Unsolicited Commercial Communication (UCC) is a major source of inconvenience…
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India on Friday said a special 100 days campaign will be launched under which banks trace and settle their top 100 deposits in every district of the country. The banks will commence the campaign from June 1, 2023. Balances in savings/current accounts which are not operated for 10 years, or…
New Delhi: Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole on Friday termed “surprising” NCP leader Ajit Pawar’s remarks that Patole resigned as Speaker in 2021 without consulting then chief minister Uddhav Thackeray. It is not the time to get into ifs and buts when the Supreme Court has given a chance to take the state’s progressive ideology forward,…
Dhaka: In a veiled dig at China, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Friday that when nations disregard the legal obligations or violate longstanding agreements, the damage to trust and confidence is immense. Addressing the 6th Indian Ocean Conference here in the Bangladeshi capital, he also said a significant shared concern through the Indian Ocean…
Washington: A former U.S. Marine who killed a homeless man by putting him in a chokehold on the New York City subway was taken into custody at a police precinct on Friday and was expected to be arraigned on a manslaughter charge. A viral video showed the former Marine, identified as Daniel Penny, putting 30-year-old…
Lahore: Police in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Friday claimed to have arrested 3,000 people, including women, during the violent clashes between the supporters of Imran Khan and security agencies after the former prime minister’s arrest earlier this week. The law and order situation in Punjab province was under control on Friday after Khan, the chief…
Islamabad: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday barred authorities from arresting former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan till Wednesday in any new case filed after May 9, minutes after granting him a two-week protective bail in a corruption case. A division bench comprising Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb and Justice Saman Rafat Imtiaz heard the Al-Qadir…
Mumbai: Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s France visit, a senior French diplomat serving in India on Thursday said the Jaitapur nuclear power project is a “key issue” and negotiations on the same are still on. Comparing the Jaitapur nuclear project, which is proposed to be built by French energy major EDF, with the Dassault…
New Delhi: Revenue Intelligence officers have seized 5.48 kg of heroin worth Rs 38.36 crore from the Attari check point of India-Pakistan border. The novel modus operandi of heroin smuggling into India through the land route at India-Pakistan border was detected by DRI officers based on specific intelligence developed and further profiling. A consignment of brooms…
