United States of America has entered into a pact with Taliban militants to put an end to the 18 years warfare in Afghanistan and allowing their soldiers to come back to US. American forces had entered Afghanistan in 2001 to curb the activities of Osama Bin Laden and terrorism. Under the agreement the US will
Allahabad Bank has decreased the interest rate on external benchmark-linked products by 40 basis points. The three-month Mumbai Interbank Offered Rate was reduced from 6.15 per cent to 5.75 per cent. This will be effective from March 1, 2020, the bank said in a regulatory filing. Reserve Bank of India’s repo rate remains unchanged at
Leading global telecommunications company Bharti Airtel has paid Rs.8,004 crores towards clearing of statutory dues to the Department of Telecom (DoT). Airtel had earlier paid Rs.10,000 crores and with this amount it has paid Rs.18,004 crores to the government. As per government calculations Airtel owes over Rs.35,000 crores and the Supreme Court in its order
A group of saffron clad young men raised pro-CAA slogans and chanted, “Desh ke ghaddaron ko goli maaro saalon ko” (shoot the traitors of the nation). The incident happened at the busy Rajiv Chowk metro station when the train was entering the station and was about to halt. The youngsters continued with their sloganeering
Maharashtra government-appointed Parambir Singh IPS as new Police Commissioner in Mumbai
New Delhi: After the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government of Maharashtra said it was planning to introduce a law offering 5% reservation for backward Muslims in government educational institutions, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad attacked the coalition alliance calling it "minority appeasement." VHP's Secretary General Milind Parande said, "I have read the newspaper reports that Shiv
Bhubaneswar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah offered prayers here on Saturday at the Jagannath Temple in Puri and in the Lingaraj Temple.In the morning, the minister visited the 12th-century shrine in Puri, accompanied by Union ministers Dharmendra Pradhan, Pratap Sarangi, and Prahlad Singh Patel, as well as other senior BJP state leaders, and paid homage
Washington: Indians wishing to immigrate to America will have to pay $50,000 in addition as EB-5 from 1st April 2020. Although, this additional tax would impact all visa categories, it will predominantly create a barrier for people investing in the EB-5 visa programme, the American Bazaar daily said in the report on Friday. In 2019,
SRK aces the casual look at wife Gauri Khan's event
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala state, which has led the country in several ways, has added another feather to its wings as the state assembly is now turned into an e-assembly. "The members (140) can have an online chat with me, when the session is live, even though I will not entertain it," said Kerala Assembly speaker P. Sreeramakrishnan on