The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed Neeraj Nigam as Executive Director with immediate effect, the central bank said in a release on Monday. As Executive Director, Nigam will look after Consumer Education and Protection Department, Financial Inclusion and Development Department, Legal Department, and Secretary’s Department. Prior to being promoted as […]
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Drama, attempt to pressurise court: BJP on Rahul Gandhi’s appeal challenging conviction
BJP on Monday termed as “drama” and an attempt to put “pressure” on the judiciary by Rahul Gandhi ahead of the Congress leader’s appeal of the Surat court’s order on a 2019 defamation case related to the ‘Modi surname’ remark. “They (Congress) are doing a drama to threaten the judiciary. I […]
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Pakistan reaches out to US after skipping Biden’s Summit for Democracy
Pakistan reached out to the US after skipping Summit for Democracy hosted by the Biden Administration by launching “charm diplomacy” as it “desires good working ties” with Washington, reported The Express Tribune. The sources said Pakistan engaged with the US officials quietly to explain the reason behind the decision. However, the actual reason that […]
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J-K: Grenades, pistols recovered in Samba
Arms and ammunition including hand grenades were recovered near the Vijaypur area of Samba district in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, police said. The police said that information about one suspicious object was received, following which the police rushed to the spot. Among the objects which were recovered include pistols, […]
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Assam police seize 5 lakh yaba tablets in Silchar, 2 apprehended
Assam police recovered 50 packets containing 5 lakh Yaba tablets from a consignment at Bagador, Silchar, police said on Monday. During the operation, two drug peddlers were also apprehended, police said. “The consignment was coming from Myanmar via a neighbouring state at Bagador, Silchar,” police said. Assam Chief Minister Himanta […]
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Rahul going to Surat “to augment insult thrown at OBC community” through his Modi surname remark: BJP
Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday lashed out at Rahul Gandhi who will be in Gujarat today to move Surat court for challenging his two-year jail term in a defamation case, and said that the Congress leader is going with his family and some chief ministers “with pomp and show” to “repeat and add […]
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UP: Efforts to douse fire at garment complex continue on fourth day in Kanpur
Efforts to douse the massive fire that broke out in a garments complex in Kanpur’s Basmandi area continued on the fourth day on Monday. Smoke was seen coming out from AR towers in the Basmandi area that was gutted in a massive fire. The fire department team has not been able to douse the […]
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Uttarakhand CM Dhami to meet PM Modi today
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami will be holding a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi here in the national capital today, officials said. The CM left for Delhi on Sunday afternoon for the meeting scheduled at 11 am today. According to the Chief Minister’s Office, along with holding discussions […]
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MP: Bollywood actress Raveena Tandon offeres prayers at Mahakaleshwar Temple in Ujjain
Bollywood actor Raveena Tandon offered prayers at the Mahakaleshwar Temple in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain on Sunday evening. She also performed jalabhishek inside the sanctum sanctorum. After offering the prayer, she sat in Nandihal of the temple. Talking to the reporters after the puja, the actress said that she has prayed […]
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Rahul Gandhi to appeal against conviction, jail term order of Surat court
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will on Monday file an appeal in the Sessions court in Gujarat’s Surat against his conviction and a two-year jail sentence in a criminal defamation case. The Congress leader will move the Sessions court today and the party expects that court will take up the matter today […]
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Tamil Nadu: Kalakshetra Professor arrested in sexual harassment case in Chennai
Chennai police on Monday arrested an assistant professor at Chennai’s Kalakshetra’s Rukmini Devi College of Fine Arts based on complaints of sexual harassment against him. Hari Padman, the dance professor was booked by the Adyar police on March 31 after a former student filed a complaint against him. “Chennai Police […]
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J-K: ‘Suspected’ packet recovered in Samba
A suspected packet was recovered near the Vijaypur area of Samba district in Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Monday. Further details into the matter are awaited. The recovery of a suspected packet comes a day after a blast occured in a private car in Srinagar on Sunday at Boulevard […]
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Kerala train fire incident: 3 bodies found on railway track, police hunt for suspect
Three people including an infant were found dead on the railway track near Elathur in Kozhikode district of Kerala on Sunday night, following an incident where a man allegedly poured petrol on co-passengers and set fire on one of them resulting in burn injuries to at least eight other persons, […]
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Assam Governor Gulab Chand extends greetings on Bhagwan Mahavir Janma Kalyanak Mahotsav
Assam Governor Gulab Chand Kataria extended greetings to people on the holy occasion of Bhagwan Mahavir Janma Kalyanak Mahotsav, at Fancy Bazar in Guwahati on Sunday. Governor took part in a program organised by Sakal Jain Samaj on the occasion. Governor Kataria extended his warm greetings to all on the […]
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“Yet another jumla”: Kapil Sibal slams Amit Shah over “riots don’t take place under our rule” remark
Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Monday slammed Union Home Minister Amit Shah over his “riots don’t take place under our rule” remark in Bihar, and dubbed it as “yet another jumla”. Shah was addressing a public meeting during his visit to Bihar’s Hisua where he urged people to form […]