India

AAP: Power Minister Satyendar Jain accepts Goa counterpart's 'challenge' for debating Delhi's electricity model

Action will be taken against those who celebrate Holi in public: Jain

9:50 pm March 27, 2021

New Delhi: Opining that lockdown is no solution to COVID-19, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday urged residents to celebrate Holi at home and warned that action will be taken against those who celebrate Holi in public. He said that the Delhi government is creating various teams in order to implement the measures with […]

Bangladesh deploys border guards after deadly anti-Modi protests

2:45 pm March 27, 2021

Dhaka: Bangladesh has deployed border guards after deadly protests against a visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi rocked the country. The violent protests, which began on Friday at the main mosque in the capital, Dhaka, spread to several key districts in the country, leaving five people dead and scores injured. A spokesman for the […]

No possibility of lockdown in Delhi: Jain

2:19 pm March 27, 2021

New Delhi: Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday dismissed any possibility of imposing another lockdown in Delhi, saying it was not a solution to check the spread of the coronavirus that is again surging rapidly. Jain said there was a logic behind the lockdown enforced earlier as nobody knew then how the virus propagates. ”It […]

India, Canada take stock of ongoing cooperation

11:59 pm March 24, 2021

New Delhi: India and Canada on Wednesday carried out a comprehensive review of their bilateral cooperation in areas of trade and investment, energy, education and counter-terrorism. The two sides took stock of the ties at a virtual meeting held under the framework of India-Canada foreign office consultations. “Both sides undertook a comprehensive review of ongoing […]

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

LS passes NaBFID Bill; commercial decision-making kept out of CVC, CBI, CAG purview

12:05 am March 24, 2021

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the development finance institution (DFI) being set up to fund the infrastructure sector will remain outside the purview of the CAG, CVC and CBI, a move aimed at enabling faster decision-making. The DFI, called the National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development (NaBFID), however is going to be answerable to […]