NEW DELHI: The department for promotion of industry and internal trade (DPIIT) is holding a meeting with alternate investment funds (AIFs) here to discuss ways to promote funding for startups in the country, an official said. The official added that as many as 75 AIFs are expected to participate in the deliberations. Issues like capital…
Gautam Adani (File photo) NEW DELHI: Republican Congressman Lance Gooden wrote a strong-worded letter to US Attorney General Merrick B Garland against the indictment of industrialist Gautam Adani, calling it a “selective action” that risks damaging Washington’s “critical alliance” with India.Gooden, who is also a member of the House Judiciary Committee, demanded answers on the…
NEW DELHI: Since the 2020 assembly polls, when Aam Aadmi Party trampled upon the opposition with a massive mandate to govern Delhi for the second consecutive term by winning 62 of the 70 seats, a lot of water has flown under Loha Pul.The image of the ruling party, which was formed on the anti-corruption plank,…
NEW DELHI: Punjab government has written to the Centre, seeking Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan‘s intervention to end the impasse over the ongoing farmers’ protest at Punjab-Haryana border.The letter written by Punjab agriculture minister Gurmeet Singh Khuddian also highlighted the hunger strike by farmer representative Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who has been on a fast-unto-death…
NEW DELHI: The govt has lodged a strong protest with China over the recent creation of two counties in Hotan prefecture in its northwest, saying parts of these “so-called counties” fall in the Union Territory of Ladakh and India has never accepted the illegal Chinese occupation of Indian territory in this area.The creation of counties…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Thursday sought to know the Centre’s stand on implementation of the proposal to deliberate on legal guarantee of MSP, mooted nearly a month after the PM in November 2021 announced withdrawal of the contentious farm laws that led to blocking of NH-44 by agitating farmers, mainly from Punjab, for more…
A recent report by financial services firm Jefferies suggests that the government should raise capital expenditure (capex) by 10-12 per cent in the union budget 2025-26 to maintain its focus on infrastructure development and ensure confidence among stakeholders.“10-12 per cent YoY capex growth in Feb budget, based on broadly maintaining capex to GDP ratio, is…
BENGALURU: Karnataka’s Congress government handed to CID Monday a probe into suicide of Sachin Panchala, a contractor who died last week after leaving behind a note alleging threats from a key aide of minister Priyank Kharge. Priyank is Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge‘s son.The decision came amid opposition BJP intensifying demands for a CBI probe and…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader and Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi on Monday hit out at the Bihar government after police lathi-charged protesting Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) aspirants demanding a re-examination of the 70th BPSC preliminary exams.“Students were tortured for the second time in three days in Bihar. It is the government’s job to stop corruption,…
NEW DELHI: Ministry of home affairs on Saturday clarified government’s stance on establishing a memorial for former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at his final resting place and said that the Union minister Amit Shah, after the Cabinet meet, told Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge that the government will allocate space for the memorial.MHA, in a statement,…