- Business
Govt hikes windfall tax on crude petroleum, diesel
New Delhi: The government on Thursday hiked windfall tax on domestically produced crude oil to Rs 3,300 per tonne from Rs 3,200 per tonne with effect from Friday. The tax is levied…
- World
Indian students turning away from UK varsities; Here are reasons
London: Amid ongoing review for post-study work visas and restrictions on bringing along dependents on government-funded scholarships, official statistics released on Thursday showed Indian students are beginning to show signs of being…
- India
Noida Police to invoke CrPC 144 on Friday due to ‘Bharat Bandh’
Noida: The Gautam Buddh Nagar Police on Thursday said restrictions under CrPC section 144, including a ban on unauthorised public assemblies, would be enforced across the district on February 16. The decision…
- India
HC junks plea against Anant Ambani’s wedding at Reliance Greens in Jamnagar
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has refused to entertain a plea to direct Reliance Industries’ zoo and a trust to not hold Anant Ambani and Radhika Mechant’s wedding events while displaying the animals at…
- India
Putin says Biden presidency better for Russia than Trump
Washington: Russian President Vladimir Putin, under fire from US President Joe Biden and NATO allies for Ukraine invasion, shocked the world, saying “A Biden Presidency in the US is better for Russia”.…
- India
EC flagged its concern in SC in 2019 on impact of electoral bonds scheme on transparency
New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) had, in 2019, flagged its concerns in the Supreme Court on the changes made in several laws relating to political funding to facilitate the electoral bonds…
- Top Stories
Citizens’ groups flag dangers of Aadhaar-NPR exercise; cite policing, profiling issues
Mumbai: The Bombay Catholic Sabha and the Citizens for Justice and Peace on Thursday said using Aadhaar information for the National Population Register exercise was questionable and could lead to genuine citizens…
- India
Farmers marching to Delhi like Army on offensive: Haryana CM
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday criticised the “method” adopted by Punjab farmers to press their demands, suggesting that they were attempting to march to Delhi like an army…
- Hyderabad
RSS chief, MM Keeravani attend Sangh’s music event in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday attended a musical event organised by the Sangh at Ghatkesar near here titled ‘Swara Jhari’, in which Oscar-winning music director MM Keeravani…
- India
TN Govt repeals act to convert Jayalalithaa’s residence into a memorial
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Assembly on Thursday adopted a bill to repeal an Act, passed in 2020, to convert the Poes Garden residence of late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa into a memorial.…
- Pakistan
Imran Khan’s party nominates Umar Ayub Khan as PM candidate
Islamabad: Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s party on Thursday nominated as its prime ministerial candidate the party secretary general Umar Ayub Khan, grandson of former military dictator Ayub Khan. Umar Ayub…
- Business
RBI asks a card network to halt unauthorised commercial payment arrangement
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank on Thursday restrained a card network which enabled businesses to make card payments through certain intermediaries to entities that do not accept card payments, as the activity was…
- India
Protesting farmers fighting for country, just like soldiers do on borders: Rahul
Aurangabad: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday came out in support of the protesting farmers, likening the cultivators to soldiers who fight on the country’s borders to protect it. Gandhi was referring…
- India
Hemant Soren remanded to judicial custody in money laundering case
Ranchi: A special PMLA court on Thursday remanded former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren to judicial custody in connection with a money laundering case linked to an alleged land scam. The ruling…
- India
Shashi Tharoor slams BJP for UCC, calls Uttarakhand ‘nanny state’
New Delhi: Hitting out at the Uttarakhand government over the UCC bill and other regulations, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday said one should go there to see a “nanny state” in…
