Lucknow: UP Congress president Ajay Rai on Friday accused the UP govt of disrespecting President Droupadi Murmu during her visit to Mathura. He said the absence of governor Anandiben Patel and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath insulted democratic values and traditions, besides being a direct act of disrespect to the country’s first tribal woman President.“This is…
NEW DELHI : India may have struck a major find in Andaman Sea, with state-run explorer Oil India Ltd definitively establishing presence of natural gas in the basin for the first timeGas was encountered at the Sri Vijayapuram-II well, drilled 17 km from the Andaman east coast at a water depth of 295 metres and…
MUMBAI: Fresh tariff-related jitters, weakness of the rupee and foreign fund selling pulled the sensex down by 733 points on Friday to 80,246 points, near its four-week low. As US President Donald Trump announced a fresh set of tariffs on imports of pharmaceutical products, most pharma stocks closed deep in the red. Nifty was down…
Lucknow: Chief secretary SP Goyal directed all districts to complete the digital crop survey by Oct 10.During a review of the status of work on Wednesday, the CS said that strict action would be taken against concerned officials if there was any delay in work. To expedite work, he said, additional manpower should be deployed…
NEW DELHI: Government on Friday said that a team led by commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal, which met United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and ambassador designate Sergio Gor, held “constructive” talks on several aspects of the proposed trade deal.“Both sides exchanged views on possible contours of the deal and it was decided to…
Lucknow: A five-day manhunt involving multiple police units and technology helped Lucknow Police crack the chain-snatching case that claimed the life of 42-year-old Atul Jain in Jankipuram. The breakthrough came on Thursday when a joint team arrested one of the accused, Arvind Kumar, after an encounter in Gudamba, while his accomplice fled.On Sept 20, Jain…
MUMBAI: The impact of restrictions on H-1B visas by the United States on remittances by overseas Indians would be within $5bn, according to a Barclays research report. The report also said that the rising trend of global capability centers (GCCs), which includes many US-headquartered firms, is here to stay and would strengthen further amid this…
Lucknow: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday arrested a postal department official in Mau district while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 for sanctioning leave to a subordinate employee.The accused has been identified as Tribhuvan Yadav, mail overseer at the Mohammadabad Gohana post office in Mau. According to CBI officials, the case…
NEW DELHI: With EU saying India’s ties with Russia remain a thorny issue, Indian govt Friday cited US President Donald Trump’s criticism of European countries for their purchase of Russian energy to say there should be no double standards on the issue.EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas had earlier stressed that India’s oil procurement from…
MUMBAI: RBI has issued new rules on Friday that in the event of a bank customer’s death, deposits of up to Rs 15 lakh can be claimed by their nominees through a simplified process. For co-operative banks, the limit has been set at Rs 5 lakh.RBI’s new norms have standardised procedures across banks for deposits,…
