Income Tax Department raids 42 locations across India, recovers Rs 2.3 cr cash

New Delhi (IANS) The Income Tax Department has seized cash over Rs 2.3 crore and jewellery worth Rs 2.8 crore during searches at 42 locations in Delhi-NCR, Haryana, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Goa, on a large network of individuals running a racket of…

PM Modi interacts with SVANidhi beneficiaries from UP

Lucknow (IANS) Brimming with confidence, Preeti from Agra greeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi for ensuring a loan for her under the SVANidhi loan scheme, which enabled her to tide over the adverse times of corona and lockdown.

Preeti sold…

With 36K new Covid cases, India records lowest spike in 3 months

New Delhi (IANS) With a spike of 36,470 in new Covid-19 cases and 488 deaths in 24 hours, India's tally stood at 79,46,429, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday. This is the lowest spike in new cases in the last three…

PM Modi calls for 'responsible' pricing of crude oil

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the world needs to move towards responsible pricing of crude oil.

In his address at the inauguration of the India Energy Forum, he said that there should be efforts to move towards…

Centre to SC, will bring new legislation in 3/4 days to address pollution due to stubble burning

New Delhi (IANS) Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Monday informed the Supreme Court that the Centre has taken a holistic view of the issue of air pollution in Delhi NCR, which also includes pollution due to stubble burning, and it intends to bring…

Campaigning for Bihar Phase I polls to end on Oct 26 evening

Patna (IANS) As campaigning for the first phase of Bihar Assembly elections is slated to end on Monday evening, Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav will address one dozen rallies across the state in a last-ditch efforts to woo the voters.

Himachal's Keylong sees season's first snowfall

Shimla (IANS) Keylong and its nearby areas in Himachal Pradesh's remote Lahaul-Spiti district experienced the season's first snowfall early Monday, bringing smiles on the faces of the locals, who largely grow potatoes and exotic vegetables.

BJP to overtake JD-U in Bihar seats tally, NDA getting clear majority

New Delhi (IANS) The NDA is comfortably returning back to power in Bihar with a clear majority but the remarkable twist is that BJP is emerging as the single largest party much ahead of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar led JD-U.

As per the opinion…

Challan in child rape-murder case this week: Punjab CM

Patiala (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday expressed satisfaction that his government has been able to expedite the challan in the six-year-old child rape-murder case in Hoshiarpur and the challan will be presented in the court…

India needs to be militarily better prepared against China: Mohan Bhagwat

New Delhi (IANS) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) supremo Mohan Bhagwat in his Vijay Dashami speech, the organisation's biggest annual event, said on Sunday that India needed to be militarily better prepared against China.

Bhagwat also…