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India’s fintech startups grow fivefold in last three years
New Delhi: India’s financial sector is growing at a rapid pace as fintech startups have grown by about five times in the past three years, according to a report. The growth has…
- India
Third JPC meeting on Waqf Amendment Bill underway
New Delhi: The Joint Parliamentary Committee, constituted to deliberate the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024, began its third meeting on Thursday in the Parliament premises, with presentations from various Union Ministries on the…
- India
Doctor’s rape-murder: Parents allege police tried to hush up case, bribe them
Kolkata: Family members of a doctor, who was allegedly raped and murdered here last month, joined the protesting medics at RG Kar hospital on Wednesday and accused the Kolkata Police of attempting…
- India
‘Illegal’ construction in mosque: HP minister, party’s MLA’s different views
Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh assembly on Wednesday witnessed a face-off between state minister Anirudh Singh and his own party’s MLA Harish Janartha during a discussion on calling attention motion on the ‘illegal’…
- India
Aircraft engine’s part found outside Delhi airport; DGCA orders probe
New Delhi: Aviation regulator DGCA has ordered a probe into the incident of an aircraft engine part found outside the Delhi airport, sources said on Wednesday. While the sources mentioned the metal…
- News
90-year-old ex-serviceman beaten to death by grandson over money dispute
New Delhi: A 90-year-old ex-serviceman was beaten to death allegedly by his grandson following a monetary dispute in northwest Delhi’s Adarsh Nagar area, police said on Wednesday. The victim, Bhojraj, and his…
- India
India should send signal to Bangladeshi Hindus that they are welcome: BJP
New Delhi: BJP leader Swapan Dasgupta on Wednesday said India should send signals to Hindus in Bangladesh that they are always welcome here. The former member of Parliament also said Hindus residing…
- Telangana
TS Waqf Board: Guardians turned predators; Trust betrayed
Hyderabad: Think of Waqf Board and what comes to mind is the image of fences eating the crops. Yes, the Waqf properties have suffered more at the hands of their custodians than…
- India
World looks at India for new models, solutions to current challenges: Pradhan
New Delhi: The world looks at India for new models and solutions to current challenges, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Wednesday. Pradhan also called upon the academic fraternity to reinvent…
- India
Railway officers use track maintainers for own work: Union tells Rahul
New Delhi: The All India Railway Track Maintainers Union gave its representation to the Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi recently when he visited the Delhi Cantt railway station to apprise himself…
- Middle East
Women lead management committee at Riyadh’s Indian International School
Jeddah: In a significant development, the Indian International School, Riyadh (IISR) governing body is now led by women majority. The new management committee for the school was announced on Tuesday, September 3,…
- India
Yogi Adityanath’s ‘Tipu Sultan’ dig at Akhilesh Yadav over bulldozer remark
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday responded to Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav’s “bulldozers will turn towards Gorakhpur after 2027” remark, saying not everyone is fit for “handling the…
- India
Haryana screening committee will decide on Vinesh, Bajrang: Pawan Khera
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Pawan Khera on Wednesday, September 4 evaded direct answers on the probable fielding of star wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Poonia in Haryana Assembly elections on the…
- Middle East
Three Indians among 6 dead after ship sinks in Kuwaiti waters
At least three Indian nationals were among the six people who have died after the sinking of an Iranian ship—Arabakhtar I in Kuwait’s territorial waters. The incident, which occurred on Sunday, September…
- India
Shivaji statue would not have collapsed, had it been made of stainless steel: Gadkari
New Delhi: Union minister Nitin Gadkari has said if stainless steel had been used for construction of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s statue at Rajkot fort in Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg district, it would not have…