Driving Naari Programme launched in ChandigarhPunjab farmers reaping benefits of Mann Government’s crop diversification initiativesPunjab and Kerala Join Hands to Address NRI ConcernsMacron refuses French Prime Minister’s resignation after chaotic election resultsModi lands in Russia for first visit since Ukraine offensiveSaudi Arabia approves granting citizenship to global experts under Vision 2030Vigilance arrests Panchayat Secretary, former Sarpanch for embezzlement in Panchayat fundsHousing crisis in Canada forcing residents to move out of pricier cities: PollHistoric Milestone: Canada Appoints Its First Female Chief of DefenseVictory parade of T20 World Cup-winning Indian cricket team concludes in MumbaiMaximizing impact of Aadhar in PunjabAmritpal Singh to take oath as Khadoor Sahib MP on July 5
New Delhi In a rare move, a word from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech in the Rajya Sabha was expunged from records. Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu expunged the word used by Modi on Thursday during his reply to the discussion on a motion thanking the President for hisRead More
Washington Noting that there is an “unlimited potential” in Indo-US relations, India’s new Ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu has said the two countries will stand shoulder to shoulder to combat terrorism and the Jihadi culture that is invading the world over. The 1988-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officerRead More
London The UK government on Thursday day announced career diplomat Sir Philip Barton as the new British High Commissioner to India, to succeed outgoing envoy Sir Dominic Asquith. The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) said Barton will take charge at the British High Commission in New Delhi in theRead More
New Delhi India has suspended all types of visas issued by its missions in China but has left the question of continuing with flights on the airlines. Diplomats here clarified that the intention behind suspending all types of visas and asking all holders to apply afresh at the Indian embassyRead More
Washington Taranjit Singh Sandhu, a career foreign service official, arrived here on Monday as India’s ambassador-designate to the United States. “Ambassador of India to the United States” Sandhu “arrived this morning and assumed charge”, the Indian Embassy said in a tweet soon after his arrival. He was given a warmRead More
New Delhi Saying the matter had been adjourned many times and it would have to hear it someday, the Supreme Court on Tuesday fixed April 14 for hearing a plea by Zakia Jafri, wife of slain MP Ehsan Jafri, challenging the SIT’s clean chit to then Gujarat chief minister NarendraRead More
New Delhi A second Air India flight carrying 323 Indians and seven Maldivians from Wuhan in China landed at Delhi airport on Sunday morning. In the first flight early on Saturday, 324 Indians were evacuated and were admitted to the two quarantine facilities set up by the Army and theRead More
New I-T slabs for taxpayers who forgo exemptions/rebates Taxpayers charter on cards; dividend tax for cos goes Increase in deposit cover in banks from Rs1 lakh to Rs 5 lakh Import duty up; kitchenware, footwear, furniture to cost more New personal tax SLABs* Income up to Rs 2.5 lakh NilRead More
New Delhi The railways got a budgetary allocation of Rs 70,000 crore and an outlay for capital expenditure amounting to Rs 1.61 lakh crore, a paltry 3 per cent more than the previous year, from Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Budget for 2020-21 presented on Saturday. In 2019-2020,Read More
New Delhi Asserting that the Union Budget will accelerate the economic growth, financially empower every citizen and strengthen the foundation of the economy in the new decade, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday heaped praise on it for having both “vision and action”. He also said provision of faceless appeal,Read More
