A proposed High-Level Committee on Banking for Viksit Bharat will examine balance sheet constraints faced by public sector banks and ways to better leverage their capital, Financial Services Secretary M Nagaraju said on Friday, PTI reported.The government is expected to announce the terms of reference for the panel soon.“This committee is expected to review the…
Dibrugarh: Massive erosion by the Brahmaputra, over the past week, has wiped out at least five residential houses and a temple in Dibrugarh’s Tengabari Mirigaon, while leaving several other structures on the edge along the riverbank.The affected area includes Bindhakota, which is the birthplace of Union minister and former Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal.For the villagers…
CHENNAI: With campaigning prohibited during the silence period before polls, all parties went quiet on Wednesday. However, in the absence of an effective curbing mechanism by EC, canvassing on social media continued. Digital campaigns with candidates’ visuals kept popping up on netizens’ Instagram, WhatsApp and X feeds, seeking votes.Under Sections 126, 126A and 135C of…
A newly published French political book has sparked controversy after claiming that French President Emmanuel Macron exchanged private messages with Iranian-French actress Golshifteh Farahani as part of what the author describes as a “platonic relationship”. The allegations appear in Un Couple (Presque) Parfait (“An Almost Perfect Couple”), written by journalist Florian Tardif, and have drawn…
Lucknow: The family of a 71-year-old woman, who went missing under mysterious circumstances from the Ahimamau area in Lucknow, has announced a reward of Rs 2.51 lakh for anyone who helps trace her safely.The missing woman has been identified as Lalli Yadav, a resident of the Ahimamau area under Sushant Golf City police station.According to…
Indian students protesting in front of their college in Calgary, Canada, after they were refused work permit by the government. Thousands of students, mostly Indians, who attended the business management diploma program offered through Portage College and the Canadian Institute of Osteopathic Therapy in Calgary, are in limbo as they are not getting a post-graduation…
On July 18, the first year MBBS student told a friend he was going to visit a relative in Hadapsar, and has been missing since then Pune: Parents of a first year MBBS student of BJ Medical College missing for 13 days have alleged that their son’s batchmates had been harassing and ragging him, even…
Ahmedabad chief fire officer Amitkumar Dongre (left) and an alleged middleman, Bhavsinh Zala, arrested for taking bribe to issue fire-safety NOCs Ahmedabad: An alleged demand for a Rs 36,000 bribe to issue fire-safety NOCs for six buildings led the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to Ahmedabad’s chief fire officer.The agency arrested Amitkumar Dongre and alleged middleman Bhavsinh…
According to the FIR, the child’s father approached police after noticing a change in his behaviour (AI Image) NEW DELHI: A three-and-a-half-year-old boy was allegedly physically and sexually assaulted and mentally harassed at a private playschool in northeast Delhi’s Maujpur, with CCTV footage purportedly showing him being tied to a chair, kicked and held by…
Thane: The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT), Thane, has directed the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) to pay Rs 14.8 lakh compensation with 9% annual interest to a tempo driver who suffered permanent functional disability after an ST bus rammed into his vehicle in 2015.The award was passed on Aug 10, 2026, by MACT…
