MUMBAI: Several banks revised their external benchmark lending rates after RBI cut repo rate by 25 basis points to 6% on Wednesday. Indian Bank said it will reduce its repo-linked benchmark lending rate (RBLR) to 8.7% from 9.05%, effective April 11. PNB has cut its repo-linked lending rate (RLLR) to 8.85% from 9.1%, effective April…
NEW DELHI: Courts are deluged with writs seeking protection of rights. But the one which turned up before Supreme Court bench of Justices Abhay Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan a few days ago grabbed attention because it fell in the ‘rarest of rare’ category. It was filed by Enforcement Directorate which has been at the receiving…
NEW DELHI: The death of a 28-year-old Air India Express pilot due to cardiac arrest, shortly after landing his flight in Delhi on Wednesday, and that of a 23-year-old woman while dancing at a wedding in Madhya Pradesh in Feb, has put the spotlight on rising incidents of sudden cardiac deaths among young people. Social…
NEW DELHI: Senior lawyer Dayan Krishnan, who was leading the proceedings for the extradition of 26/11 co-conspirator David Coleman Headley, will be spearheading the NIA‘s prosecution team which will make a watertight case against Tahawwur Rana. Krishnan will be assisted by a team including special prosecutor Narender Mann, an experienced criminal lawyer, who earlier represented…
AGRA: A woman from Agra district reportedly ‘delivered’ 25 times and underwent sterilisation on five occasions in 30 months, from 2021 to 2023, to claim a govt dole of Rs 45,000, records at a community health centre in UP revealed.That this was no real woman came to light after a recent audit found fraudulent claims…
26/11 Mumbai terror attack plotter Tahawwur Rana with NIA officials. (Image Credit: NIA) NEW DELHI: Who should take the credit for the successful extradition of Mumbai terror attacks accused Tahawwur Hussain Rana? Prime Minister Modi-led NDA government or the Congress-led UPA government? Ironically, even before the special flight carrying Rana from US to India had…
NEW DELHI: The lightning strikes in Bihar killed at least 25 people from seven districts- Nalanda, Siwan, Katihar, Darbhanga, Begusarai, and Jehanabad on Thursday, officials said. According to the chief minister’s office (CMO), in Nalanda, 18 deaths were reported, followed by two in Siwan, one each in Katihar, Darbhanga, Begusarai, Bhagalpur, and Jehanabad.Chief minister Nitish…
India’s natural gas consumption is expected to climb by nearly 60 per cent by 2030, pushed by growing demand in the city gas distribution (CGD) sector and increased use across transport, cooking, and industry.A new study by the petroleum and natural gas regulatory board (PNGRB) revealed that daily gas consumption are likely to rise from…
File photo: Allahabad high court NEW DELHI: The Allahabad high court has granted bail to a rape accused as the complainant “herself invited trouble” by agreeing to go to his house after consuming alcohol with friends. The order, passed by justice Sanjay Kumar Singh, noted that being an MA student, the woman was “competent enough…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s post from 2011 suddenly went viral on X after India extradited Mumbai attacks terror accused Tahawwur Rana on Thursday.Netizens shared PM Modi’s old post on X, in which he had criticised the UPA government’s foreign policy after the US cleared Tahawwur Rana of charges related to cooperating in the…
