The Bretton Woods system of monetary management had established rules for commercial relations among the US, Canada, Western European nations, Australia and 44 other countries. NEW DELHI: Government on Saturday named academics Joram Aniya and R Balasubramaniam as new members of Niti Aayog as part of a revamp of the thinktank.PM Narendra Modi congratulated both…
KOLKATA: Ahead of the May 4 counting of votes for the assembly elections, key rivals Trinamool and BJP in Bengal sparred and flagged incidents of ‘lax security and blacked-out CCTV footage’ at EVM strongrooms on Saturday.Tension flared at Barasat Govt College in North 24 Parganas district on Saturday after the CCTV monitoring display reportedly went…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday lashed out at Bharatiya Janata Party and Election Commission after fresh polling was announced in the Falta assembly constituency following reports of “severe electoral offences and subversion of the democratic process” during the second phase of polling on April 29.Reacting to BJP leader Amit Malviya’s social…
CHANDIGARH/NEW DELHI: Punjab police are believed to have filed two FIRs against Rajya Sabha MP Sandeep Pathak, who switched from AAP to BJP a week ago along with six others.While sources close to govt confirmed the FIRs, no one was willing to talk about it. No official statement on the nature of the allegations had…
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Saturday appointed noted lyricist and communications expert Prasoon Joshi as chairman of Prasar Bharati, filling a key vacancy at the public broadcaster that has been without a fulltime head since December.Joshi, who is currently chairperson of the Central Board of Film Certification, brings with him decades of experience across advertising,…
People show their mobile phones during the nationwide test of the new ‘Cell Broadcast Alert System’, in Patna on Saturday Phones shrieked. Screens flashed. A commuter lunged for an emergency chain. Theatre audiences froze. Patients gripped chairs. With tensions in West Asia already on edge, many feared the worst as confusion swept cities — before…
KOLKATA: Ahead of the May 4 counting of votes for the assembly elections, Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee Saturday trashed exit poll results, saying they were conducted to “manipulate the stock market,” and told party colleagues in a virtual address that Trinamool “is winning and winning by 200-plus seats.”Banerjee urged counting agents not to leave their…
NEW DELHI: In a reaction to Congress LOP in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi’s opposition to the Greater Nicobar project , former IAF chief Air Chief Marshal R K S Bhadauria (retd) has said that the project is “important for India’s military footprint” in the area.Several defence veterans who have also voiced their support in favour…
NEW DELHI: CBI in coordination with the MEA and MHA, coordinated the return of two Red Notice subjects, Kamlesh Parekh and Aalok Kumar, from the UAE. Both fugitives were detained by UAE authorities following Interpol notices and returned to India to face judicial process.Parekh, the CBI said, was wanted in connection with a case of…
NEW DELHI: Indian Railways on Saturday rolled out from Modern Coach Factory (MCF) at Raebareli the 100th Vande Bharat train, marking a major milestone in the journey that started in 2018 with only two such trains.Prior to induction of this 16-coach chair-car trainset into regular passenger service, the train will undergo oscillation trials to validate…
