Lok Sabha

Need robust global cooperation to fight cross-border tax evasion, avoidance: FM

TMC MP calls FM “venomous snake”, BJP says he’s talking “nonsense”

3:24 pm July 5, 2020

Kolkata: In controversial remarks, TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee has equated Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with a “venomous snake” for her handling of the economy, drawing a sharp reaction from the BJP which said Mamata Banerjee has lost control over her party leaders who are “uttering nonsense” out of frustration. Addressing a protest rally at Bankura against rising fuel prices and the proposed privatization of trains on […]

All cooperative banks to come under RBI supervision

8:47 pm June 24, 2020

New Delhi: The government on Wednesday said that all urban cooperative banks and multi-state cooperative banks will come under the supervision of the Reserve Bank of India, a development aimed at providing comfort to depositors and prevent repeat of PMC Bank like scams. The President of India will promulgate an ordinance to this effect, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar told reporters […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Former LS MP, banker Madhavrao Patil dies in Nashik

6:49 pm June 14, 2020

Nashik: Former Lok Sabha MP and founder of Janalaxmi Cooperative Bank Madhavrao Patil died after a brief illness on Sunday morning in Maharashtra’s Nashik district. He was 80 and is survived by his wife, two sons and two daughters. He was a staunch supporter of Sharad Pawar and was among the first to join when […]

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

IIIT (Amendment) Bill introduced in Lok Sabha

5:14 pm March 20, 2020

New Delhi: A bill which seeks to confer the status of Institution of National Importance (INI) to five Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) was introduced in Lok Sabha on Friday. Aadhaar issued to over 90 pc of population: Dhotre The Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2020 bill was introduced by […]

44-yr-old Coronavirus: NDA suspends large gatherings, expeditionsgaon resident tests positive of coronavirus

276 Indians, including 255 in Iran, infected with coronavirus abroad: MEA

8:12 pm March 18, 2020

New Delhi: As many as 276 Indians have been infected with coronavirus abroad, including 255 in Iran, 12 in UAE and five in Italy, the government informed the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. Iran warns virus could kill ‘millions’ in Islamic Republic In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State […]