Tag: India
Deepa Malik Dedicates Khel Ratna To Late Father
After being recommended for the highest sporting award in the country -- the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna -- para athlete Deepa Malik has dedicated the honour to her late father Bal Krishan Nagpal, saying the recognition was a real tribute to "Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikaas."....
Modi Calls Up Trump, Raises Pak's Anti-India Rhetoric
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday spoke with US President Donald Trump on phone and conveyed that "extreme rhetoric and incitement to anti-India violence by certain leaders in the region was not conducive to peace", in an obvious reference to the Pakistani leadership spewing anti-India venom over the Kashmir issue.....
Trump Urges Modi, Imran To Reduce Tensions
US President Donald Trump has urged his "two good friends", Prime Ministers Narendra Modi of India and Pakistan's Imran Khan, to work towards reducing tensions over Kashmir. He also advised Pakistan to "moderate rhetoric with India" over Kashmir.....
Govt Prevails Over RBI To Release Rs 176,000 Cr Surplus
On Monday, the government won and the RBI lost in what turned out to be an attritional war that saw a Governor being scalped. One can argue that the central bank works at the pleasure of the government and the RBI Act says this with great clarity. Mint Street after its board meeting announced that it will transfer a surplus of a little over Rs 1.76 lakh crore to the government.....
SC Bars Chidambaram's Arrest By ED Till Wednesday
The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended the protection from arrest for former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram in the INX Media case till Wednesday. ....
Rahul Tweets 'RBILooted', FM Says Criticism Outlandish
As the RBI central board accepted the recommendations of the Bimal Jalan panel on capital transfer and decided to pay the government Rs 1.76 lakh crore for the current fiscal, criticism of the panel and the government poured in on social media, with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi describing the development as a a theft, tweeting with "#RBILooted".....
No Deaths In Kashmir, 50k New Jobs Soon: Governor
Asserting that the Modi government decision to abrogate Article 370 is for the betterment of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, Governor Satya Pal Malik on Wednesday said the administration was "not hiding" the figures of "deaths" in the Kashmir Valley as no lives have been lost.....
No Decision Yet On Airspace Closure To India: Pakistan
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has made it clear that no decision has yet been taken to close the country's airspace to India, Dawn news reported.....
PC's Protection From Arrest Extended Till Sept 5
The Supreme Court will pronounce its order on September 5 on the anticipatory bail plea of former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram in a case being probed by ED in INX Media scam and directed that documents linked to the case be submitted under an authenticated sealed cover.....
Manoj Tiwari To Meet Shah To Push For NRC In Delhi
Describing the National Register of Citizens (NRC) a "must" in Delhi, BJP's city unit chief Manoj Tiwari on Saturday said he will meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah to pursue the case.....
