Mumbai, Sep 25 (IANS) The State Bank of India (SBI) on Monday lowered the penalty on savings accounts for non-maintenance of minimum balance while exempting the accounts of minors and pensioners. The largest public sector…
Kolkata, Sep 25 (IANS) Senior Trinamool Congress leader Mukul Roy, once the right hand man of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Monday announced his decision to quit the party, which hit back by…
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) Several student groups carried out protests here on Monday against the use of force by police on woman students of Banaras Hindu University (BHU) when they were agitating for action…
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) The Congress on Monday condemned the attack on writer and Dalit rights activist Kancha Ilaiah and demanded action against a TDP MP who had allegedly threatened him. In a statement,…
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari will inaugurate national highway projects worth Rs 1,928.46 crore and lay the foundation stone for projects worth Rs 2,539.08 crore in Andhra Pradesh,…
Bengaluru, Sep 25 (IANS) Bollywood actor Shahid Kapoor was on Monday announced brand ambassador of Reebok India at an event here. He is joining Bollywood’s “Queen” Kangana Ranaut — his co-star from “Rangoon” — to…
Ahmedabad: Actors Varun Dhawan and Taapsee Pannu performing dandiya during the promotion of their upcoming film “Judwaa 2” in Ahmedabad on Sept 24, 2017.(Photo: Snehal Gandhi/IANS) Ahmedabad: Actors Varun Dhawan and Taapsee Pannu performing dandiya…
Panaji, Sep 25 (IANS) The Goa unit of the Congress has alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led coalition government is targeting its legislators “one by one” in order to pressurise them into joining the…
Colombo, Sep 25 (IANS) Sri Lanka’s airport police have arrested a man for allegedly trying to smuggle gold articles weighing one kilogram hidden in his rectum, an official said on Monday. The 45-year-old Sri Lankan…
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday accused Delhi Public Works Department (PWD) Secretary Ashwani Kumar of corruption and stalling development works, but he denied the allegations and termed the…
Imphal, Sep 25 (IANS) At least three Manipuri youths, including a woman, have gone missing or have died in Delhi and the NCR in the past few days and Chief Minister N. Biren Singh was…
Mumbai:Actress Shabana Azmi along with her husband Javed Akhtar at 8th “Jagran Film Festival” in Mumbai on Sept 24, 2017.(Photo: IANS) Mumbai:Actress Shabana Azmi along with her husband Javed Akhtar at 8th “Jagran Film Festival”…
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) The Prime Minister has constituted the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) to be chaired by NITI Aayog’s member Bibek Debroy for analysing economic issues and advising on…
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday declared that the government’s fight against corruption is “uncompromising” and nobody indulging in graft can escape. He also said that the battle against terrorism…
Agra, Sep 25 (IANS) Farmers in west Uttar Pradesh who borrowed loans under the Kisan Credit Card scheme (KCC) have reaped a bounty in terms of increased agricultural production and higher profitability. In a new…
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) The NIA here on Monday questioned a Kashmir University PhD student and the head of Kashmir Traders’ and Marketing Federation in connection with its ongoing Jammu and Kashmir terror funding…
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday hit out at the opposition Congress for its criticism of the government on demonetisation, saying those at the receiving end of the war against…
Mumbai, Sep 25 (IANS) Actor Ranveer Singh, who has been locked to play Kapil Dev in a movie on the 1983 cricket World Cup, will meet the team which won the trophy that year. The…
Mumbai, Sep 25 (IANS) National Award-winning filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar and veteran actress Hema Malini will be felicitated at the 4th Indian Film Festival of Russia, for their contribution to Indian cinema. Bhandarkar’s latest film “Indu…
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) Acknowledging the dip in the country’s growth rate, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday said that the government was in the process of undertaking measures to change the “environment” and…