Day: October 29, 2019

Modi invites Saudi companies to invest in energy sector

11:24 pm October 29, 2019

Riyadh: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday invited Saudi companies to invest in India’s energy space saying that the government has set a target of USD 100 billion investment in the sector. Addressing a session at the Future Investment Initiative 2019 here, Modi said India offers a huge investment opportunity in the infrastructure sector also […]

EX-PM Manmohan Singh, union ministers part of first jatha to Kartarpur Sahib

11:21 pm October 29, 2019

New Delhi: Former prime minister Manmohan Singh, Punjab Chief Minister Amrinder Singh and Union minister Hardeep Puri are among the 575 people who will be part of the inaugural jatha to Gurudwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan through the Kartarpur corridor, central government sources said Tuesday. India on Tuesday shared with Pakistan the list of 575 […]

Bangladesh captain and world number one ODI all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan was on Tuesday handed a two-year suspension by the ICC for failing to report

ICC bans Shakib for failing to report approaches from suspected Indian bookie

11:19 pm October 29, 2019

Dhaka/Dubai: Bangladesh captain and world number one ODI all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan was on Tuesday handed a two-year suspension by the ICC for failing to report three corrupt approaches, including one at the IPL, by a suspected Indian bookie, ousting him from the upcoming tour of India. Twelve months of that ban is a suspended […]

Smoky haze shrouds Delhi-NCR as air quality plunges to ‘severe’

11:10 pm October 29, 2019

New Delhi: The skies over the national capital were a smoky grey on Tuesday as the sun struggled to shine through the haze with the air quality deteriorating and slipping into the “severe” category in the city and the adjoining areas. At 8 pm, the city’s overall air quality index was 414 — worse than […]

Bandhan Bank fined Rs 1cr for not bringing promoter shareholding down within stipulated time

11:06 pm October 29, 2019

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has slapped a fine of Rs 1 crore on private sector Bandhan Bank for non-compliance of its guidelines on promoter holding requirement. The RBI has, by an order on Thursday, imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 1 crore on Bandhan Bank for non-compliance with the guidelines on promoter […]