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India’s Congress party says bank accounts frozen over $25 million tax demand

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's main opposition Congress party said on Friday its bank accounts had been frozen over a 2.1 billion rupee ($25.3 million) income tax demand in connection with a dispute,

Agniveer for benefit of business house, PM doesn’t want to spend on soldiers’ salary: Rahul

Mohania (Bihar), Feb 16 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday attacked the Narendra Modi government, alleging that it brought the Agniveer scheme...

India cenbank extends deadline for Paytm unit wind-down to March 15

MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's central bank has extended the deadline for winding down operations of Paytm Payments Bank, an associate of One 97 Communications, by 15 days in the interest of consumers, it

Karnataka to promote multi-modal integration of public transport to reduce traffic, pollution

Bengaluru, Feb 16 (PTI) While unveiling the state budget for 2024-25, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said that promoting public transport is his...

Indian carrier SpiceJet’s Ajay Singh submits bid for bankrupt Go First

By Kashish Tandon and Nandan Mandayam BENGALURU (Reuters) -Indian budget carrier SpiceJet said on Friday its managing director, Ajay Singh, and Busy Bee Airways had submitted a joint bid for Go First

Explainer-What were India’s electoral bonds and how did they power Modi’s party?

By Krishn Kaushik and Kripa Jayaram NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Supreme Court on Thursday scrapped a seven-year-old election funding system that let individuals and companies make unlimited and

Cricket-Duckett leads England’s robust reply with blazing hundred

RAJKOT, India (Reuters) -Opener Ben Duckett smashed an 88-ball hundred to lead England's robust reply to India's first innings total of 445 on day two of the third test in Rajkot on Friday. The

Power availability to mark substantial improvement in J-K’s Kishtwar district: Official

Jammu, Feb 16 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district is set to witness significant improvement in power availability following the successful charging of...

TPDDL Lok Aadalt for power theft cases settlement on Sunday

New Delhi, Feb 16 (PTI) A Lok Adalat of TPDDL discom for mutually agreed settlement of power theft cases will be held at Rohini,...

MP school painted like train becomes ‘joy ride’ for students and parents alike

Shivpuri (MP), Feb 16 (PTI) A government-run primary school in Shivpuri district of Madhya Pradesh has become a talking point and attracting crowds as...

On Camera

America’s out-of-control militarised police forces are a threat to democracy

The world watched aghast as police armed with tasers, tear-gas masks—and in one case backed up by snipers—arrested hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters at universities across the United States.

Government allows export of onions to six countries, sets buffer stock target

The government had imposed an export prohibition in order to ensure adequate domestic availability of onions in the country.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.