New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed activist Teesta Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand to cooperate with the Gujarat Police in connection with a case filed against them over alleged misappropriation of funds. A three-judge bench headed by Justice SK Kaul passed the order after Additional Solicitor General SV Raju submitted that the…
New Delhi: Electoral bonds generated donations worth over Rs 9,188 crore for all political parties put together till 2021-22, of which the BJP alone accounted for over 57 percent as against 10 percent for the Congress, according to ADR data. Between 2016-17 and 2021-22, the last year for which the data is available, seven national…
Washington: US President Joe Biden would meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the APEC Leadership Summit in San Francisco later this month, the White House has confirmed. “The president is looking forward to it. And that, I think should answer your question,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Tuesday…
Mumbai: Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das on Tuesday said the growth momentum continues to be strong, and the official data for GDP expansion in the second quarter will surprise on the upside. Speaking at the annual BFSI Insight Summit organised by Business Standard here, Das said inflation is the first priority for the RBI…
Panjim: The Haunted Halloween classic nights are popular in Goa, the Nation’s party hub now with the Goa government’s reduction of duties on liquor, just got better partying. With Goa’s most popular Facewood Barrel Fired whisky addition to your collection, there’s no end to the spooktacular antics. Entertaining a ghostly gathering with Facewood would make…
Huzurnagar/Miryalaguda (Telangana): Mocking the Congress party, saying it has at least a dozen chief ministerial candidates in Telangana, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Tuesday asked the people to vote for a party that delivers on promises. Seeking votes for the BRS candidate at different poll rallies, Rao, also known as KCR, said Congress leaders…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday offered soil into the Amrit Kalash at the Kartavya Path here during an event marking the culmination of the ‘Maati Mera Desh’ campaign. The Amrit Kalash contains soil brought from different parts of the country. Modi offered soil into the Amrit Kalash and then applied a ’tilak’…
New Delhi: The government has ordered an investigation after Opposition MPs claimed that they received warnings of attempts being made by state-sponsored attackers to steal information from their iPhones. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the government takes its role of protecting the privacy and security of all citizens…
New Delhi: Moderate level of fine particle pollution is associated with a 56 per cent higher risk of developing Parkinson’s disease, new research in the US has found. Previous studies have shown that fine particulate matter, or PM2.5, can cause inflammation in the brain, which is “a known mechanism by which Parkinson’s disease could develop,” according…
Ekta Nagar (Guj): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday flagged off Gujarat’s first heritage train, which will be hauled by an electric engine that has been designed to look like a steam locomotive and boasts of wooden interiors. The three-coach train will connect Ekta Nagar or Kevadia, which is home to the Statue of Unity, Sardar…
