Colombo: India on Tuesday extended its USD 1 billion credit line to Sri Lanka by another year to help the island nation hit hard by an unprecedented economic crisis procure much-needed food, medicine and other essential items. An agreement was signed between the State Bank of India (SBI) and the Sri Lankan government for USD 1…
Kolkata: Portfolio size of the microfinance institutions increased by 21.3 per cent to Rs 3.51 lakh crore in the 2022-23 financial year, an industry body said on Tuesday. The portfolio of all microlenders was Rs 2.89 lakh crore by the end of the 2021-22 fiscal. The number of loan accounts in the MFI industry increased to…
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government on Tuesday rolled out a new financial scheme under which more than one crore farmers in the state will be paid Rs 6,000 annually. The scheme, Namo Shetkari Mahasanman Yojana, was approved at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde here. Talking to reporters after the meeting, Shinde said the…
Kolkata: Expressing her wish to stand by the people of the violence-hit state of Manipur, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written to the Centre seeking permission to visit the northeastern state, a senior official said on Tuesday. “The CM has written to the central government seeking permission to visit Manipur. She wants to…
Jaipur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Wednesday address a rally in Rajasthan’s Ajmer district, the first major event in a month-long outreach campaign by the BJP to mark its nine years in power at the Centre. Rajasthan, where the ruling Congress is caught in a leadership tussle between Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his former…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Delhi Police to grant protection to a 20-year-old woman who allegedly ran away from home and is apprehending threat to her life from her family members. The top court passed the order while declining to interfere with a Madhya Pradesh High Court order cancelling the anticipatory bail…
Budaun (UP): Two policemen have been attached to police lines and a departmental inquiry has been instituted against them for allegedly assaulting a Dalit youth inside the Bagrain outpost of Wazirganj police station here, officials said on Tuesday. The matter came to light after a week-old purported video of the incident went viral on the internet,…
Chennai: The thrilling last ball win by Chennai Super Kings in the IPL final against Gujarat Titans “is a miracle” and only the legend Mahendra Singh Dhoni could pull off such a show, noted industrialist and India Cements Vice Chairman N Srinivasan said on Tuesday. Chennai-based India Cements Ltd is the principal sponsor of the Indian…
Udhampur: Deepu Kumar (27) was expecting his first child in June but his life was cut short in a terror attack in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, leaving his poor family without its sole breadwinner. Kumar, who worked at a circus in the district’s Janglat Mandi area, was gunned down by Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists in the latest incident…
New Delhi: The Congress has projected unity to take on the BJP in the assembly polls in Rajasthan but “core issues” between Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his bete noire Sachin Pilot remain unresolved, according to sources close to Pilot. The Congress on Monday said the two leaders have agreed to the party’s “proposal” and will…
