Day: December 10, 2019

TMC for rollback of Mudra scheme due to rising NPAs

2:54 pm December 10, 2019

New Delhi: Voicing concern over increasing default in loan repayment under the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (Mudra), the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Tuesday demanded that the government rollback the scheme before rising NPAs stifle credit growth and bring ruin to the MSME sector. The Mudra Yojana was launched in 2015 for providing small loans to […]

Plan prepared to vaccinate all adults in 3 months: CM Kejriwal

HC stays proceedings in defamation case against Kejriwal

2:51 pm December 10, 2019

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday put on hold the proceedings in a criminal defamation complaint against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for re-tweeting an allegedly defamatory video circulated by YouTuber Dhruv Rathee in May, 2018. Justice Suresh Kait issued notices to the state and the complainant, seeking their stand on a plea by […]

Normal life hit in parts of Nagaland in shutdown against citizenship law

Slew of protests against Citizenship Bill in Delhi

2:49 pm December 10, 2019

New Delhi: The national capital is slated to witness protest demonstrations by political parties, students’ bodies and civil society groups over the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill on Tuesday. The Northeast Students’ Union is staging a protest against the bill at Jantar Mantar. People from various walks of life and across organisations have joined the stir. […]

Fire in Kirari’s furniture market godown; no casualty

2:47 pm December 10, 2019

New Delhi: A fire broke out in a godown of a furniture market in northwest Delhi’s Kirari area on Tuesday, officials said. No casualty was reported till now, they added. The fire department received a call about the blaze at 9 am, after which eight fire-tenders were rushed to the spot, the officials said, adding […]

Sunil Chhetri signs up 3-year deal with PUMA

2:45 pm December 10, 2019

Bengaluru: Indian men’s football team captain Sunil Chhetri on Tuesday signed a three-year deal with global sports giant, PUMA. Chhetri, who is the second-highest after Cristiano Ronaldo on the list of active international scorers in world football, joins the brand’s roster of global players like Antoine Griezmann, Romelu Lukaku, Luis Suarez and Sergio Aguero among […]