New Delhi: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a special economic package worth US$175 million while hosting Seychelles President Patrick Hermini for a bilateral meeting, reiterating India’s continued support and assistance to the Indian Ocean neighbor to meet its maritime security and defense needs. Modi said the package, which includes a US$125 million credit line … Read more
NEW DELHI: Nearly two-thirds of workers believe that working conditions will improve with increased break breaks and leave practices once four new labor laws are fully implemented, and expect income security to improve due to wage transparency. A similar proportion of employers believe that the new code will improve the ease of doing business due … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the West Bengal police chief to file a personal affidavit in response to the Election Commission’s allegations that officials of the ruling TMC are systematically, deliberately and concertedly trying to “sabotage, paralyze and frustrate” the special enhanced revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls. While state counsel Menaka … Read more
New Delhi: Launching discussions on the 2026-27 budget in the Union House on Monday, Congress MP P Chidambaram attacked the government for cutting capital expenditure in 2025-26.“This is a budget to forget… prepared by a finance minister who has forgotten the promises he made in the House last year,” the former finance minister said.Chidambaram pointed … Read more
New Delhi: During the budget discussions that began in the Union House on Monday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman rebuked DMK member P Wilson for claiming that Tamil Nadu was neglected in the Union Budget. Highlighting the various initiatives announced in the Budget for the poll-hit state, she said “blanket statements like this, which are without … Read more
New Delhi: Supreme Court Banks must devise an artificial intelligence-based mechanism to flag all suspicious transactions in an account, raise alerts and suspend transfers until the transactions are verified by the account holder, it said on Monday. A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Home Ministry NV Anjaria said the Home … Read more
New Delhi: Supreme Court The party on Monday said it would not allow any delay in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in 12 states under any circumstances, but expressed readiness to accept suggestions to ensure that genuine voters are not left out, reports Dhananjay Mahapatra. The CJI-led bench extended by a … Read more
New Delhi: Comply with Supreme Court orders, law enforcement bureau A special investigation team has been set up to investigate the alleged money laundering case involving Anil Ambani and Reliance Group companies involving Rs 40,000 crore. The move comes as the Education Bureau intensifies its investigation into the industrialist. The agency was scheduled to question … Read more
NEW DELHI: Long before smartphones, search engines and artificial intelligence entered the classroom, Prime Minister Modi Says one habit shaped his thinking as a student – reading newspapers and discussing ideas. Recalling his school days, Modi told students that a teacher once gave him a daily task based on curiosity and discipline. “My teachers used … Read more
NEW DELHI: India’s oil procurement strategy will be guided by national interest and will not be dependent on the needs of any single country, the government said on Monday, while stressing that actual procurement is done by oil companies and decisions depend on market conditions, supply conditions, pricing and risk assessment. Foreign Minister Vikram Misri’s … Read more