Day: March 4, 2020

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Two aides of Mumbai gangster held for extortion

8:18 pm March 4, 2020

Mumbai: Two aides of gangster Harish Mandvikar were arrested for allegedly trying to extort Rs 10 lakh from a city-based businessman, police said on Wednesday. The Mumbai police’s crime branch on Tuesday arrested Gopal Singh (41) and Pratik Shaha (33), an official said. Shaha was operating the gang, as Mandvikar is lodged in Arthur Road […]

Chandrayaan-3 to be launched in first half of 2021: Government

8:16 pm March 4, 2020

New Delhi: Chandrayaan-3 will be launched in the first half of 2021, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said, indicating that there could be a slight delay in the launch of the third moon mission. In written response to a question in Lok Sabha, Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office Singh said four biological and […]

Woman naxal killed in encounter in Chhattisgarh

CAF jawan injured in encounter with Naxals in Chhattisgarh

3:57 pm March 4, 2020

Raipur: A Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) jawan was on Wednesday injured in an encounter with Naxals in Narayanpur district of the state, police said. The gun-battle took place at around 11 am when a joint team of security forces was was out on patrolling to ensure security to a road construction work under Chhotedongar police […]

Oppn plans march to Vijay Chowk in solidarity with suspended RS MPs

LS passes Direct Tax Vivaad Se Vishwas Bill

3:53 pm March 4, 2020

New Delhi: A bill to provide an opportunity to taxpayers to settle their tax disputes by paying just due taxes with complete waiver of interest and penalty by March 31 was approved by Lok Sabha on Wednesday. The Direct Tax Vivaad Se Vishwas Bill, 2020, which was introduced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the […]

Centre's new agri laws "farmer-friendly", says Chouhan

Congress not able to manage its MLAs in MP: Shivraj Singh Chouhan

3:49 pm March 4, 2020

Bhopal: The Congress levelling allegations against the BJP as it is unable to manage its own MLAs, former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Wednesday. State minister Jitu Patwari on Wednesday alleged that BJP leaders in Madhya Pradesh have taken eight MLAs to a hotel in Haryana as part of a conspiracy […]