Parliament logjam washes out first week’s business
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) The first week of the resumed Budget Session of Parliament was a complete washout as it failed to transact any business again on Friday due to the standoff between the…
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RBI slaps Rs 5cr penalty on Airtel Payments Bank for KYC violation
Mumbai, March 9 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday slapped a penalty of Rs 5 crore on Airtel Payments Bank Limited for violating know your customer (KYC) norms, an official statement said…
Removal of prosthetic limbs not mandatory at airports: CISF
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) The CISF on Friday said it has decided not to ask differently abled passengers to take off their prosthetic limbs for security checks at airports across the country, except in…
Sufi singer Pyarelal of Wadali Brothers dead
Amritsar, March 9 (IANS) Noted Punjabi Sufi singer Pyarelal, the younger of the two famed Wadali Brothers, died here on Friday following cardiac arrest. He was 75. Pyarelal, brother of singer Puranchand Wadali, died at…
Haryana’s record budget has no new taxes
Chandigarh, March 9 (IANS) With a record budget pegged at Rs 115,198.29 crore, Haryana’s Finance Minister Abhimanyu proposed no new taxes in the annual budget for 2018-19. The budget was presented in the state assembly…
BJP alliance made no difference to TDP in 2014: Chandrababu
Amaravati, March 9 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Friday asserted that the alliance with the BJP had fetched nothing for the TDP in the 2014 elections. At a meeting with party…
Parliament worked better under Vajpayee: Sonia
Mumbai, March 9 (IANS) There is no spirit of accommodation towards the opposition under the Modi government and Parliament worked in a much more positive way when Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the Prime Minister, UPA…
Even I am not being allowed to speak in Lok Sabha: Speaker
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Friday said that even she was not being allowed to speak in the lower house of Parliament, and hoped that order will be restored…
Bangladesh PM greets new Tripura CM
Agartala, March 9 (IANS) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday congratulated Biplab Kumar Deb after his swearing-in as the new Chief Minister of Tripura, an official said. “The Bangladesh Prime Minister talked to Deb…
Rahul to meet Macron on Sunday
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to meet French President Emmanuel Macron during the four-day visit of the foreign dignitary that begins later on Friday. Though the meeting does not…
Security up in Sri Lanka after communal clashes
Colombo, March 9 (IANS) Security was heightened throughout Sri Lanka on Friday to maintain law and order after deadly communal clashes erupted in the central Kandy region earlier this week, killing three and injuring several…
B.Com girl student stabbed to death
Chennai, March 9 (IANS) A first-year commerce student, M. Aswini, was stabbed to death outside her college here on Friday. Police said the attacker was arrested. Aswini died on the spot. The assailant, Alagesan, was…
Part of Delhi Metro’s ‘Pink Line’ to open on March 14
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Part of Delhi Metro’s Pink Line — envisaged to connect Majlis Park and Shiv Vihar — will open for the public from March 14 onwards, the transporter announced on Friday….
CBI gets Karti’s custody for 3 more days
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) A court here on Friday extended by three more days the CBI custody of senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram’s son Karti Chidambaram to interrogate him in the INX Media corruption…
UP bypolls: Congress blames SP for ruining joint front against BJP
Allahabad, March 9 (IANS) State Congress chief Raj Babbar on Friday accused Sawajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav for bungling a joint opposition front against the ruling BJP in Uttar Pradesh for the Lok Sabha bypolls…
Soldier injured in Pakistan firing
Srinagar, March 9 (IANS) An Indian soldier was injured on Friday in Pakistani firing on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Defence sources said the Pakistan Army resorted to unprovoked…
When I made ‘Guzaarish’ on euthanasia, there was hue and cry: Bhansali
By Subhash K. Jha Mumbai, March 9 (IANS) After the Supreme Court announced on Friday that a person has the “right to die with dignity” in case of an irreversible stage of terminal illness, filmmaker…
Companies must have policy to protect data against insider trading: KPMG Report
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) As the investors’ confidence is on a rise in India, the companies must have a policy to manage unpublished price sensitive information (UPSI) to prevent insider trading, says a report….
‘Acche din’ will do to Modi what ‘India Shining’ did to Vajpayee: Sonia
Mumbai, March 9 (IANS) UPA Chairperson and former Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Friday said the promise of “achhe din” will work against the BJP in the same manner as ‘India Shining’ campaign did against…
Equity indices pare all gains on selling pressure
Mumbai, March 9 (IANS) Paring entire gains of the day, the key Indian equity indices provisionally closed in the red as a sell-off in metals, banking and healthcare stocks, among others, subdued investors’ risk-taking appetite….