Day: July 4, 2019

Outside court, Cong workers ask Rahul to withdraw resignation

1:43 pm July 4, 2019

Mumbai: As Rahul Gandhi reached a court here to appear before it in a defamation case, many Congress supporters gathered outside shouted slogans, asking him to rescind his resignation as the party chief. Across the road from the metropolitan court building, around 150 Congress supporters held placards and shouted slogans asking Gandhi to take back […]

Economic Survey 2018-19 highlights

1:40 pm July 4, 2019

New Delhi: Following are the highlights of the Economic Survey 2018-19 tabled in Parliament Thursday: * GDP growth pegged at 7 pc in 2019-20, up from 6.8 pc last fiscal * Growth in current fiscal to be driven by investment, consumption * Sustained 8 pc growth needed to become a USD 5-trillion economy by 2024-25 […]

Govt hikes divestment target to Rs 1.05 lk cr for FY20

Economic Survey pegs GDP growth at 7 pc in FY20

1:28 pm July 4, 2019

New Delhi: The government Thursday projected the country’s GDP growth for 2019-20 at 7 per cent, up from five-year low of 6.8 per cent, on the back of anticipated pickup in investment and consumption. According to the Economic Survey 2018-19, tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament, India continues to remain the fastest-growing major […]

Tiware dam breach: Death toll rises to 15

1:24 pm July 4, 2019

Mumbai: The death toll in the Tiware dam breach incident has gone up to 15 with the recovery of four more bodies on Thursday, police said. As several more people are feared dead in the incident, the search operation launched by the teams of police and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is still on, […]

TMC govt playing with emotions of Hindus: Adityanath

UP cracks whip on corrupt police officials

1:20 pm July 4, 2019

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has started an operation to screen corrupt police officials who will be asked to take compulsory retirement, the state’s top cop said Thursday. “The idea is to refurbish the image of the state police. As part of of the clean-up efforts, corrupt policemen will be asked to take compulsory retirement,” […]