Industry bodies urge RBI to extend card tokenisation deadline

New Delhi (IANS) The Merchant Payments Alliance of India (MPAI) and the Alliance of Digital India Foundation (ADIF) on Wednesday urged the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to extend the card-on-file (CoF) tokenisation deadline of December 31 for…

Jharkhand Assembly passes ‘Prevention of Mob Violence and Mob Lynching Bill, 2021’

Ranchi: The Jharkhand Assembly on Tuesday passed the Prevention of Mob Violence and Mob Lynching Bill 2021. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Alamgir Aalam tabled the bill in the assembly which was passed by the house despite stiff opposition by the…

Nearly 1400 petrol pumps in Jharkhand shut as dealers demand VAT reduction

Ranchi: Over their demand for reduction in VAT the Jharkhand Petrol Pump Dealers Association has gone a one day strike as a result of which nearly 1400 petrol pumps are shut across the state.

The pumps did not provide petrol, diesel or CNG…

Winter Session: After Dec 29 through special drive caste certificates to be made in schools: CM

Ranchi: On the fourth day of the ongoing winter session of the Jharkhand Assembly Chief Minister Hemant Soren said that after December 29 a special drive will be conducted across government and nongovernment schools of the state in which caste certificates…

CM launches souvenir on 72nd Van Mahotsav

Ranchi: Chief Minister Hemant Soren released the book ‘Souvenir’ based on the 72nd Van Mahotsav 2021 and the site description of Van Mahotsav-2021 in the Assembly.

In this souvenir, a collection of photographs related to plantations done by…

Pak rupee being circulated in many Afghan provinces

Kabul (IANS) Amid the collapse of Afghanistan's banking sector, coupled with Taliban-imposed restrictions on money exchange systems, local traders are now opting to use of Pakistani rupee as mode of financial transactions for payment in many provinces…

Goans will not tolerate comparing local deity to a person: Goa CM lashes out at Trinamool

Panaji (IANS) Goans will not tolerate any comparison of a human being with the local deity Shantadurga, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Tuesday.

Sawant was referring to comparisons made by a local Trinamool Congress leader Kiran Kandolkar…

KMC election results: Trinamool moving towards landslide victory

Kolkata (IANS) The early trends of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) election results on Tuesday showed that the Trinamool Congress was heading towards a landslide victory.

The early leads available for the 102 wards showed that the ruling…

In 72 hours, IDBI Bank releases 3 figures of loan defaults by Diamantaire group

Mumbai (IANS) In a strange development, the government-backed private sector IDBI Bank Ltd. here has revealed three different figures of the alleged loans defaulted by a well-known diamantaire group, surprising banking and diamond industry circles.

Jharkhand reeling under cold waves, McCkluskieganj goes below two degrees

Ranchi: The winds coming from the north have gripped the state in cold wave with temperatures in many districts going below the five-degree mark.

The minimum temperature in McCkluskieganj has gone below two degrees with people also reporting…