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Bank Strike to Oppose Privatisation Move

NEW DELHI, Feb 9: The United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU), an umbrella body of nine unions of bank employees, on Tuesday gave a call for a two-day strike from March 15 to protest against the proposed privatisation of two state-owned lenders. In the Union Budget presented last week, the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had […]

SAARC Diary: MoU Signed to Construct Dam in Kabul

NEW DELHI, Feb 9: A signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding [MoU] for the construction of Lalandar [Shatoot] Dam in Afghanistan was held through video telecommunication on Tuesday. The MoU was signed by the external affairs minister S Jaishankar and his Afghanistan counterpart Hanif Atmar in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and […]

Rakesh Asthana Absolved of Corruption Charges by CBI

NEW DELHI, Feb 9: The Central Bureau of Investigation has cleared the way for a possible return as its head of the Gujarat cadre IPS officer Rakesh Asthana clearing him of the corruption charges in the Vadodara-based pharma company Sandesara brothers’ Sterling Biotech bribery case. Asthana, currently the chief of the Border Security Force (BSF) […]

Deep Sidhu Held, SC Stays Arrest of Tharoor, Rajdeep and Others

NEW DELHI, Feb 9: The absconding Punjabi actor-singer Deep Sidhu, who was named the prime accused in the Republic Day violence in Delhi during the farmers’ tractor rally, has been arrested by the Delhi police special cell. The police, however, did not give any other detail about his arrest, whether he was arrested in Delhi […]

UK Delegation Visits SII, Talks of Enhancing Partnership in Healthcare Space

NEW DELHI, Feb 8: A visiting delegation from the United Kingdom led by its secretary of state for international trade and president of the board of trade, Elizabeth Truss, visited the world’s biggest vaccine manufacturer, Serum Institute of India (SII) in Pune on Monday to explore the possibilities of further enhancing ties between the two […]

Centre Wants 1200 More Twitter Accounts to be Suspended

NEW DELHI, Feb 8: Even though the social media Twitter has so far refused to take action on its earlier requests, the central government has again send a list of about 1,200 accounts which it wants to be either suspended or at least blocked in India. The union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology send […]

Modi Appealed to Farmers to End Stir, the Farm Leaders Stood Firm to Continue

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Feb 8: The prime minister Narendra Modi on Monday issued a fervent appeal to the agitating farmers to end their stir and return to the negotiation table for a solution to the impasse created over their demand for the repeal of the three contentious farm laws and the government flatly refusing […]

Uttarakhand Tragedy: 20 Bodies Recovered, Over 225 Still “Missing”

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Feb 8: As the relief and rescue operations are continuing in full swing in the tragedy-hit areas in Uttarakhand, the multi-agency rescue operation team have recovered 20 bodies till Monday evening while another about 225 people are still reported missing. Of the 20 bodies recovered in Uttarakhand, only two have been […]

India’s Vaccine Gift Reach Afghanistan

NEW DELHI, Feb 7: Even as Afghanistan is waiting for the approval from the World Health Organisation (WHO) for emergency use of Corona vaccine, some five lakh doses of “Covishield” dispatched by India reached Kabul on Sunday. “Made in India vaccines reach Afghanistan. (We) stand with our friends, always,” External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said […]

“Some Forces Abroad are Conspiring to Tarnish Image of Indian Tea:” PM

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Feb 7: In an apparent bid to identify himself with the local population, the prime minister Narendra Modi, “son of a tea vendor,” on Sunday claimed that “some forces abroad” were conspiring to tarnish the image of Indian tea. The focus of his speech in poll-bound Assam’s Dhekiajuli, a tea-growing area, […]
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