The Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday increased the repo rate by 50 basis points to 4.90%. The current repo rate is 4.40% after the rates were increased by 40 basis points at an off-cycle meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee. The repo rate remains still below the pre-pandemic level, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said […]
A two-year-old boy fell into a deep borewell at a farm in Gujarat’s Surendranagar district, following which a team of the Army, fire brigade, police and health officials rushed to the spot and rescued him, officials said on Wednesday.The incident took place at around 8pm on Tuesday when Shivam was playing at a farm in […]
Thousands of people started coming early on Wedesday to attend the ‘Antim Ardas’ for Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala–who was shot dead on May 29–at Baharli Anaj Mandi in Mansa.Moosewala’s brutal killing sent shockwaves across the country and abroad, as thousands of his funs, supporters turned up at his residence after the news of his death. […]
The police have recovered three magnetic IEDs dropped by a drone in the border area of Jammu district in a fresh attempt to smuggle explosives through the aerial route, officials said on Tuesday.The IEDs, with their timers set and packed inside tiffin boxes, were recovered from the Kantowala-Dayaran area of Kanachak in Akhnoor sector, Additional […]
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will visit the house of slain Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala in Mansa district on Tuesday.Gandhi, who landed at the Chandigarh airport this morning, will express condolences to the family of Moosewala at his native Musa village in Mansa, said a party leader. Several Congress leaders including Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh […]
Embattled British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has narrowly survived a vote of confidence by his fellow Conservative Party lawmakers against his leadership, a ballot that has left his authority weakened and exposed rifts within his party.Some 211 MPs voted for the prime minister, compared to 148 votes against – a majority of 63. The vote […]
The Vigilance Bureau has arrested former Punjab minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot under the Prevention of Corruption Act.Official sources said he was arrested from Amloh in connection with the recent arrest of DFO Guramanpreet Singh in a corruption case. The arrested DFO and contractor Harminder Singh Hummy reportedly gave details to the bureau indicating wrongdoings in […]
The Enforcement Directorate on Monday conducted raids against arrested Delhi minister Satyendar Jain as part of a money-laundering investigation being conducted against him, officials said. The raids, including that at the residential premises of Jain in Delhi and certain other locations, are being conducted as part of a “follow up” in the case, they said. […]
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), without citing any incident particularly, asserted on Sunday that it respects all religions and strongly denounces insult of any religious personality. The BJP statement, however, can be seen as an attempt to defuse a controversy over comments allegedly made by party spokesperson Nupur Sharma against Prophet Mohammed, leading to violence […]