The farm bills passed by Parliament on Sunday will trigger a food pandemic in the country and wipe off small and marginal farmers, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee alleged at the state secretariat on Monday afternoon. She accused the ruling BJP at the Centre of forcefully pushing the bills […]
Noida will be biggest business hub of northern India: Yogi Adityanath
Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday announced to develop Noida as the biggest hub of northern India and called upon industrialists, entrepreneurs, and investors to come to the state for investment, proclaiming that “UP is the idea whose time has come”. “Uttar Pradesh has secured second position in the country […]
Sushant’s former talent manager Jaya Saha quizzed by NCB, called again along with Shruti Modi
Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) probing drugs angle in Sushant Singh Rajput death has summoned the actor’s ex-manager Shruti Modi on Tuesday along with actor’s former talent manager Jaya Saha who was questioned on Monday. The central agency quizzed Saha for around four hours at the Bombay Port Trust (BPT) guest […]
‘Shameful day in Parliament history’: Ravi Shankar Prasad slams Oppn
Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday slammed the Opposition leaders for their unruly conduct in the Parliament during the passage of two key farm bills on Sunday and their refusal to leave the Rajya Sabha despite the Chairman’s order to suspend them this morning. On the Opposition’s claim that […]
‘Govt must take risks to revive economy now before it is too late’: HUL chief
The government must take measures to boost demand, usher in an aggressive interest rate regime, provide support to informal economy, extend moratorium to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), and revive distressed sectors such as real estate and hospitality to bring growth back on track, Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) chairman […]
NCB probe in Sushant case leads to Pak; Bollywood A-listers under scanner
Investigations into the drug angle in film actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death has led the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) to large drug organisations and entities in Amritsar and Pakistan supplying cocaine and other hard drugs to Mumbai, and to Bollywood. While the NCB is working on tracing the backtrail from consumer to […]
Chingari crosses 30 million downloads, launches new AR filters
Home-grown short-video sharing platform Chingari has gone past 30 million downloads. The application reached the milestone in three months of its launch. To mark the occasion, Chingari has launched new Augmented Reality (AR) filters for its users. The company hopes the new filters will help woo young creators and users. Chingari in […]
Lok Sabha passes FCRA amendment which seeks to tweak foreign funding rules
The Lok Sabha on Monday passed the amendments to Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 that seek to make Aadhaar mandatory for NGOs to receive foreign funds. The amendments seek to streamline the provisions of the FCRA by strengthening the compliance mechanism, enhancing transparency and accountability in the receipt and utilisation […]
Cops issue new appeal to find James Bond guns stolen in London heist
Scotland Yard on Monday issued a new appeal for information related to a burglary in north London in which five firearms used in iconic James Bond films were stolen on March 23 when they were due to be showcased in a national exhibition. The guns were stolen from a house […]
3 staff of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly Speaker’s office test positive for COVID-19
Three staff members of the Legislative Assembly Speaker’s office have been tested positive ahead of the Monsoon session of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly starting on September 23. According to the Legislative Assembly Secretariat, COVID-19 antigen tests of 61 staff members were duly conducted in the Vidhan Sabha on Monday ahead of the Monsoon session. The three members who have tested positive for COVID-19 include […]
SAD team meets president, requests him to not sign ‘anti-farmer’ bills
A delegation of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) met President Ram Nath Kovid on Monday requesting him to not give his nod to the farm bills passed by the Rajya Sabha (or Upper House of Parliament) on Sunday. These bills have already been passed by the Lok Sabha and await President’s […]
Dehradun administration to probe difference in Covid-19 positivity rate in pvt and govt labs
The Dehradun district administration has formed a committee to investigate a 10% difference in positivity rate in the city in Covid-19 tests done through private and government laboratories, the district magistrate said. The positivity rate reported from private labs is 36% while it is 26% for government labs. As per […]
Rare snow leopards spotted in Uttarkashi’s Gangotri National Park
Snow leopards, one of the rarest wild animals, have been spotted multiple times in Gangotri National Park here since last month, animal scientist Shambhu Prasad Nautiyal informed on Monday. “Snow leopards have been seen in Gangotri National Park, multiple times since last month,” Nautiyal said. Notably, since India’s first snow leopard conservation centre was […]
UK ponders second Covid-19 lockdown as outbreak accelerates
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was on Monday pondering a second national lockdown as an accelerating coronavirus outbreak threatened to destroy any shoots of economic recovery and send millions back into isolation. The United Kingdom already has the biggest official Covid-19 death toll in Europe – and the fifth largest in the […]
Special Sikkim SNT bus services for students appearing in exams in Gangtok
The Sikkim government transport undertaking SNT will run special bus services in Gangtok area to help students appearing in different examinations as a complete lockdown has been imposed in the city from September 21 to 27 to contain the spread of COVID-19. To help students of the state reach their […]