The fierce fighting in Maharashtra and Jharkhand ended on the lines of high expectations from both contesting alliances and the exit polls declared seem to have taken a cautious track after the way they miserably failed in predicting Haryana results. In Maharashtra, it is a do or die for Rahul Gandhi and he seems to…
Girls now have equal educational attainment as boys in higher education and skills development, with more than 50% of young women completing Grade 12 and 26% earning a college degree. Young women are increasingly prioritizing professional ambitions, buoyed by access to diverse career paths and digital skills platforms. Programs such as the Skill India Mission…
New Delhi: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah met Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday, urging her to intervene and increase the Short Term Agricultural Loans (SAO) limit for the fiscal 2024-25. In the meeting held at North block, the chief minister highlighted a sharp decline in the proposed loan allocation by NABARD, which has sanctioned…
New Delhi: Civil Aviation Secretary Vumlunmang Vualnam on Thursday said the number of planes with domestic airlines will increase to 1,400 in the next five years as he highlighted the growth potential of the country’s aviation space. Currently, the fleet is around 800 aircraft and leading carriers IndiGo and Air India have placed significant plane…
Mumbai: A day after the Maharashtra assembly polls, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Thursday claimed the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) will win 160 to 165 seats out of the total 288 and provide a stable government in the state. The Rajya Sabha member also said the MVA leaders will be meeting on…
Islamabad: The chances for the release of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan vanished after he was arrested in a protest case hours after getting bail in a case of alleged corruption, a media report said on Thursday. The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday granted him bail in the second Toshakhana case related to…
Thane/Palghar: Thane district has recorded 56.05 per cent voter turnout with 59.85 per cent polling in Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s constituency in the Maharashtra assembly elections, as per the updated figures shared by authorities on Thursday. The neighbouring Palghar district registered 65.95 per cent polling, the authorities said. Voting for the 288 assembly seats in…
New Delhi: Adani group stocks faced heavy drubbing during the morning trade on Thursday, with the combined market valuation of all the listed firms getting eroded by Rs 2.45 lakh crore, as billionaire Gautam Adani has been charged by US prosecutors over his role in an alleged years-long scheme to pay USD 250 million bribe…
New Delhi: After a US District Court in New York charged the Chairman of the Adani Group, Gautam Adani, linking him and others to an alleged bribery and fraud scheme, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said on Thursday that it vindicated the demand that the Congress was making for a Joint Parliamentary Committee investigation into the…
New York/New Delhi: Billionaire Gautam Adani has been charged by US prosecutors over his role in an alleged years-long scheme to pay USD 250 million bribe to Indian officials in exchange for favourable terms for solar power contracts. US prosecutors charged Adani, 62, his nephew Sagar and other defendants for paying over USD 250 million…
