New Delhi Opting for talent within, the government on Saturday named economist and banker Urjit R. Patel the next Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to succeed Raghuram R. Rajan — a development eagerly awaited for two months now. Patel, 52, a Deputy Governor since January 2013 and on a three-year further term […]
In yet another shocking incident after Dana Majhi’s case in Odisha, a 108 ambulance driver allegedly ordered the parents of a seven-year-old girl to get off midway after the child died in Malkangiri district on Friday. The deceased, identified as Barsha Khemudu of Ghusapalli in the district, was being taken along with her parents in […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that politicians should not make “reckless statements” as they are answerable to the nation. “I want to tell the politicians also…I will ask my party leaders also that reckless statements, saying anything about anyone or any person’s community…Media will come to you, they need their TRP but you […]
International credit ratings agency Moody’s said that former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment removed an aspect of political uncertainty in the country, but a lot remains to be done to improve its credit outlook. Rousseff’s successor, Michel Temer, who headed the interim government in the past several weeks, introduced a policy agenda that emphasized structural […]
You were introduced to Rakesh Dasgupta a year back; the well grounded, mature and focussed individual hasn’t stopped chasing his dreams. His ardent hardwork and love for acting has landed him in a dream project ‘Down Under’ now showing in selected theatres across the country. “As a child I’ve always wanted to be an actor […]
Incessant rains and landslides on Thursday blocked the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, authorities said. A senior traffic department official told IANS that overnight rains triggered lanslides in Khari area of the highway in Udhampur district. “Several vehicles are stranded in the landslide hit area of the highway. Efforts are on to clear the highway,” the official […]
Heavy rains lashed Lucknow and some parts of eastern Uttar Pradesh early Wednesday. The rains brought down temperature and ended a brief spell of hot and humid weather over the last one week. Officials of the regional Met department said the rains would continue through out the day. Due to the rains that started around […]
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Wednesday removed its Goa chief, Subhash Welingkar, for working against the Bharatiya Janata Party state government. “Subhash Welingkar has been removed from his post with immediate effect for faulting a political outfit and working against Goa government,” RSS publicity head Manmohan Vaidya told IANS.
A petition questioning the merger of State Bank of Travancore (SBT) with State Bank of India (SBI) was admitted in the Kerala High Court here on Tuesday. The public interest petition was filed by a forum of various political parties, trade unions, bank beneficiary groups, customers, shareholders, mass organisations, trade and industry bodies and bank […]
Lt Governor Najeeb Jung on Tuesday set up a three-member panel to study irregularities in over 400 files submitted to his office since an August 4 judgment of the Delhi High Court. The High Court had directed to review instances where prior approval of the Lt Governor was required under rules but was not obtained. […]