- Wednesday, March 12, 2025
THE PUBLIC Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has decided to review the functioning of top regulatory authorities in the country and has called heads of SEBI and TRAI for deposition on October 24. Top officials of the Ministry of Finance, (Department of Economic Affairs) and Ministry of Communications have also…
FOREIGN minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will visit Pakistan to participate in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit this month, the Indian foreign ministry spokesman said on Friday. The visit will be the first by an Indian foreign minister to Pakistan in nearly a decade and will take place at a time…
CONGRESS leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday attacked the BJP government, saying there was no use of bowing before Shivaji Maharaj after scaring people, destroying the Constitution and institutions in the country. Gandhi on Saturday unveiled a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the founder of the Maratha empire, in Kolhapur city…
IRANIAN Ambassador to India Iraj Elahi has said India as a "big power" and "voice" of the Global South can play an "active role" in the de-escalation of conflicts in West Asia. His remarks during an exclusive interview to PTI Videos on Friday comes in the backdrop of escalation in…
IN ONE of the biggest operations against Maoists in Chhattisgarh, security personnel killed 28 Naxalites in a fierce encounter in the Bastar region on Friday, a senior police official said. Chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai hailed the security forces for their operation and said the 'double engine' government (BJP government…
LEGENDARY Indian goalkeeper PR Sreejesh was on Friday named the Director of Hockey in the Delhi franchise for the upcoming Hockey India League. SG Sports, Media and Entertainment (SGSE), part of the APL Apollo Group, has acquired the Delhi team, to be named Delhi SG Pipers, for the HIL, which…
GERMAN luxury carmaker BMW Group on Friday said its BMW and MINI brands recorded a 10 per cent year-on-year increase in sales at 10,556 units in India during the January-September period of 2024, which are the highest-ever numbers in 17 years for the company in a nine-month period. The number…
THE INDIAN AIR FORCE (IAF) has slapped a show-cause notice on a wing commander after a court of inquiry probing allegations of rape against him found that he violated protocols, official sources said. The notice was served on the fighter pilot, who is posted at Ambala air base, on Thursday,…
BANGLADESH skipper Shanto Najmul Hossain on Friday promised that his new-look team will play aggressive brand of cricket in the upcoming T20 series against India, saying that the Test series defeat is now behind them. India whitewashed Bangladesh 2-0 in the Test series, winning the Kanpur game in mere six…
THE UNION CABINET has approved conferring classical language status to Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese and Bengali languages. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Union Cabinet on Thursday chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "This is a historical decision and it goes very well with Prime Minister Narendra…
