The RBI on Friday asked Paytm Payments Bank to stop opening new accounts amid “material supervisory concerns” observed in the bank. “Reserve Bank of India has today, in exercise of its powers, inter alia, under section 35A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, directed Paytm Payments Bank Ltd to stop, with immediate effect, onboarding of […]
Day after the Congress suffered a resounding defeat in the assembly elections in five states, the group of rebel leaders called G-23 is up in arms again. The G-23 leaders who are also the members of the Congress Working Committee are likely to raise demands for reforms in the Congress party during the CWC meeting […]
Aam Aadmi Party chief ministerial candidate in the Punjab Assembly elections Bhagwant Mann on Friday was elected as the leader of the AAP Legislative Party in the state.This came a day after the Aam Aadmi Party registered a huge win in the elections bagging 92 seats in the 117-member Assembly. Mann, who was the party’s […]
Former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on Friday hit out at the Congress for blaming the anti-incumbency of his four-and-half-years tenure on the poor show in assembly polls, saying the party’s leadership will never learn. Singh, who was unseated from the post of chief minister last year, tweeted: “The @INCIndia leadership will never learn! Who […]
Russia said on Friday it would shut down the activities of Meta Platforms if the operator of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp allowed users to call for violence against Russians and death to President Vladimir Putin. Internal Meta emails seen by Reuters showed the US company had temporarily allowed posts that call for the death of […]
After winning the first match convincingly, India will look for a 2-0 sweep against Sri Lanka, when the two sides meet in the second and final Test, which will be played under the lights, here from Saturday. A dominating win by an innings and 222 runs in the first Test in Mohali consolidated India’s fifth […]
The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court on Friday granted bail to former UP minister Azam Khan in a case relating to a Jal Nigam recruitment scam. Passing the order, the court observed that the counsel representing the state government failed to point out any clinching evidence against Khan.The state counsel also could not […]
A committee for fixation and regulation of school fees in Jammu and Kashmir has allowed private institutions to hike transportation fees by 12 per cent, officials said on Friday. The increase was allowed after the committee received complaints that private schools had hiked transportation fees significantly following their reopening.”It is also alleged that private school […]
India’s estimated cumulative excess deaths due to COVID-19 between January 2020 and December 2021 were the highest in the world at 4.07 million, around eight times higher than reported, according to a new analysis in the Lancet. Responding to the findings, the Union Health ministry on Friday termed the analysis “speculative and misinformed” and said […]
A day after BJP recorded a major victory in Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami submitted his resignation and that of his Cabinet to Governor Lt Gen (retd) Gurmit Singh. “Since we’ve got a new mandate and this tenure is complete, I have tendered my resignation, along with that of the Cabinet, to the Governor. […]