The ministry also announced that a “significant milestone” has been achieved with the sanctioning of 1.25 crore houses under the flagship scheme since 2015, of which around one crore have been allotted to women NEW DELHI: Over one crore houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna in urban areas (PMAY-U) have been completed and delivered, the…
ED sought confiscation of properties worth Rs 8,078 crore attached earlier in the case, belonging to Reliance Communications and its promoters and directors, including assets of Anil Ambani. NEW DELHI: ED filed two chargesheets, one each against Reliance Communications (RCom) and Reliance Infrastructure Ltd, on Saturday before a special court here, naming Gautam Doshi, Sateesh…
After three years as ED director, Navin could get two more extensions and serve till Aug 2029, all through PM Modi’s tenure NEW DELHI: Rahul Navin has been granted a one-year extension as ED director as his two-year fixed tenure was due to end this month.The tenure of Navin, a 1993-batch Indian Revenue Service (I-T)…
The collegium is yet to decide on selecting judges for appointment as regular CJs to HCs of Rajasthan, J&K and Madhya Pradesh, which are manned by acting CJs NEW DELHI: At a time when seven of the country’s 25 high courts are without regular chief justices, the Supreme Court collegium, headed by CJI Surya Kant,…
R Madhavan compared beggar finding Rs 100 and businessman making Rs 20,000 crore, asked if money can buy happiness: ‘Who sleeps happier that night?’ A past clip of R Madhavan discussing money, wealth and happiness during his podcast appearance with Ranveer Allahbadia has resurfaced and is now gaining attention online. In the conversation, the actor…
IMD, however, predicted a rise in rainfall activity over Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Bihar from Aug 13 onwards NEW DELHI: Good rains in the past one week over Delhi, Haryana and east Rajasthan helped offset the shortfall in these areas, but they did not reduce the overall country-wide monsoon deficit by much. In this…
An archer steps up to the line, pulls back the bowstring and releases an arrow that hits a bullseye two hundred yards away through thick fog. The crowd applauds the incredible skill needed to make a shot that almost nobody else could manage.Then another marksman steps forward, turns forty-five degrees away from the target range…
INS Kalpeni sailed from Kochi on Saturday night to join the search operation and anchored one nautical mile off Neendakara on Sunday morning (Representative image) NEW DELHI: A search operation involving the Indian Navy for three fishermen who went missing following separate boat mishaps off Kollam and Thiruvananthapuram coasts will continue on Monday, a defence…
Zhuangzi was an ancient Chinese philosopher who championed freedom, natural living, and inner wisdom over forced rules and external rewards. When a carrot or a stick is needed to make a person act, the inner desire to do the task has already been lost.“Rewards and punishment is the lowest form of education,” wrote the ancient…
India’s Kuldeep Yadav (PTI Photo) India spin bowling coach Sairaj Bahutule has allayed concerns over Kuldeep Yadav‘s fitness after the left-arm wrist-spinner did not bowl in the second innings of the warm-up match against Sri Lanka Cricket XI.Kuldeep bowled 18 overs during the three-day fixture and had also delivered two-three overs before the match. According…