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Kolkata: Bandhan Bank said its collection efficiency for March improved to 98.9% as compared with 98.1% in December while assets under management rose 12.6% year-on-year. The ratio was arrived at after excluding the bad loan portfolio, the bank said, in a business update filing to stock exchanges. Collection efficiency measures the percentage of debt collection against the total amount owed. The Kolkata-based lender has been suffering from high stressed loans, arising largely on account of it ...Read More >
Chennai: The Centre brought the FCRA Bill targeting the properties of Christians and there can be no obvious national interest in the intention to divest the minorities of their properties, DMK Rajya Sabha MP P Wilson claimed here on Saturday. The Centre's intention of introducing the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment (FCRA) Bill was to target Christians during Easter, causing them to apprehensive, the senior advocate further claimed. Also Read: 'Hindi imposition': M K Stalin alleges ...Read More >
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday remanded Al-Falah group chairman Jawad Ahmad Siddiqui in 14 days of judicial custody, in connection with a money laundering case linked to the "fraudulent" acquisition of a Rs 45 crore worth land in Delhi. Siddiqui was produced before Additional Sessions Judge Sheetal Chaudhary Pradhan on Saturday, at the conclusion of his ten-day ED custody granted on March 25. He has now been sent to judicial custody till April 17. Also Read: ED arrests Al Falah group cha ...Read More >
Kolkata: AU Small Finance Bank's deposit growth outpaced its gross loan portfolio expansion, bucking an industry trend. The bank on Saturday reported a 22.8% year-on-year deposit growth to Rs 1.53 lakh crore at the end of March while its gross loan portfolio, which includes securitised loans, grew 21.3% year-on-year to Rs 1.40 lakh crore. Industry average till March 15 published by Reserve Bank of India showed that bank credit grew by 13.8%, 300 basis points more than the average deposit expan ...Read More >
Kasaragod: Congress leader V D Satheesan on Saturday accused the BJP of being "wolves in sheepskin" who go with cakes to Bishops' homes and churches on Christmas, but come out with legislations like FCRA amendment bill that affect the Christian community. Satheesan, Leader of Opposition in the state assembly, claimed that the proposed amendments to the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act provide that the central government can decline to renew licences, for any reason, of entities receiving f ...Read More >
Murshidabad: Congress candidate Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Saturday, during his election campaign in Murshidabad, alleged that he was attacked by TMC workers while canvassing in the Berhampore Assembly constituency. Chowdhury, who was earlier an MP from Behrampore, said he had raised concerns with the administration over security arrangements during the ongoing election campaign. Also Read: West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026: Baharampur poll battle hinges on religious divide, with Congress vet ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram: The Election Commission has directed all political parties and candidates contesting in the Kerala Assembly polls on April 9, not to publish any advertisements in print media, on polling day and its eve, without getting the contents pre-certified by the MCMC committee. The directive, issued by Kerala Chief Electoral Officer Rathan U Kelkar late Friday night, stated that offending, misleading, or inflammatory advertisements published in print media during the final stages of ...Read More >
Ambikapur (Chhattisgarh) [India], April 4 (ANI): The saying 'talent needs no introduction' found a fitting example at the Khelo India Tribal Games 2026, where wrestlers from Karnataka's Siddi community have made a powerful statement on the mat. Their success is no longer just about medals--it reflects the emergence of an entire community as a force in wrestling. Of African descent, there are about 50,000 Siddis in India, of which one-third live in Karnataka. Out of the nine wrestlers represent ...Read More >
Chennai: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) head coach Stephen Fleming admitted that during the auction of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026, the franchise had considered a wide pool of bowlers but missed out on several who have since found form. Speaking to reporters after CSK's second match against Punjab Kings (PBKS) in Chennai on Friday, Fleming said that while multiple options were discussed, he could not clearly recall the exact dynamics behind the final decisions, emphasising that the team had ...Read More >
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Saturday alleged that the recent violence in Malda was a "pre-planned experiment" sponsored by the Trinamool Congress (TMC). He said the main accused, Mofakkerul Islam, has been seen with top TMC leaders, including Mamata Banerjee and Kalyan Banerjee, and claimed that the ruling party is politicising institutions and promoting political violence. Speaking to ANI, Poonawalla said, "It was a pre-planned experiment sponsor ...Read More >
Chennai: Chennai Super Kings head coach Stephen Fleming does not believe the traditional finisher's role holds the same relevance in modern T20 cricket, citing the shift towards all-out aggression from the outset, but expressed confidence in his side's resources. CSK have overhauled their squad, with the batting unit dominated by top-order specialists, leaving gaps in the middle and lower order, particularly in the finisher's role. Also Read: IPL 2026: CSK skipper Ruturaj says sometimes we jus ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram: For 81-year-old Krishnamma, the high-stakes April 9 Kerala Assembly elections boils down to a single, urgent question. When party workers arrived at the doorstep of her modest, tile-roofed home in the hill hamlet of Vithura to seek a vote, she didn't want to hear about manifestos or political rivalries. Instead, she looked at them and asked, "When will I get my next pension payment?" For thousands like her, the election is not just about politics, it is about survival, digni ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala CEO Rathan U Kelkar has said that the EC is taking strict action against anyone violating the MCC or other election rules both in the physical space and the digital world. The Chief Electoral Officer said that immediately after the elections were announced, it was made clear to all political parties and candidates that they shall abide by the Model Code of Conduct and "any violations will be dealt with strictly". Kelkar said that an FIR has been lodged and an investi ...Read More >
Assam elections: The state government had ordered the mobilisation of the forest force personnel to assist the Assam Police for the upcoming polls. Guwahati: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) stayed an order seeking the deployment of around 1,600 Assam Forest Protection Force personnel for the April 9 Assembly polls in Assam. The state government had ordered the mobilisation of the forest force personnel to assist the Assam Police for the upcoming polls. The NGT's eastern zonal bench in Kolka ...Read More >
Guwahati: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) stayed an order seeking the deployment of around 1,600 Assam Forest Protection Force personnel for the April 9 Assembly polls in Assam. The state government had ordered the mobilisation of the forest force personnel to assist the Assam Police for the upcoming polls. The NGT's eastern zonal bench in Kolkata, comprising judicial member Arun Kumar Tyagi and expert member Ishwar Singh, heard the plea filed by advocate Gaurav Bansal had claimed that by di ...Read More >
Chennai: Chennai Super Kings skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad lamented a below-par bowling effort after a five-wicket defeat to Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League clash here on Friday, admitting it simply wasn't their day despite fielding a balanced attack of three seamers and two spinners. Despite posting an imposing 209 for 5, powered by young Ayush Mhatre's 43-ball 73, Chennai Super Kings failed to contain the Punjab Kings batters, as a collective effort led by skipper Shreyas Iyer's 50 saw th ...Read More >
New Delhi: Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said India's judicial system is clogged with about 50 million pending cases relating to minor offences, most of which should have never gone to the courts. He was speaking a day after parliament passed the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026, to decriminalise and rationalise about 1,000 minor offences. The government is open to more suggestions on reviewing laws at the central government level, Goyal said. Also Read | Lok Sabh ...Read More >
New Delhi: India is considering measures to encourage companies to ramp up production of induction cooktops and utensils such as electric cookers amid surging demand, with the Iran war disrupting cooking gas imports, said an official. Towards this, a meeting was held on Friday chaired by commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal and attended by senior officials including secretaries of the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) and power ministry, as well as the Direc ...Read More >
New Delhi: Toll collections grew 14% to a record ₹82,900.16 crore in the just-ended fiscal year, underscoring addition of new toll roads, accelerated economic activity, and roll out of the new annual FASTag facility. Tolls worth ₹72,930.83 crore were collected in FY25. The volume of FASTag transactions rose 5.7% to nearly 4.45 billion in FY26 from 4.21 billion in the year before, showed National Electronic Toll Collection (NETC) data tracked by the National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI) a ...Read More >
Malda: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has taken serious note of the deployment of a large number of police personnel - around 2,185 - by the West Bengal government to provide personal security to ruling Trinamool Congress leaders, as well as party supporters, ahead of the announcement of the assembly polls. The ECI has directed West Bengal DGP Siddh Nath Gupta to conduct a strict professional review within the next two to three days in a fair and equitable manner, people in the know tol ...Read More >
Guwahati: Union home minister Amit Shah Friday allayed fears of the Uniform Civil Code UCC stating it won't be applied to tribals. Addressing an election rally in Dudhnoi, Shah said, "I am the minister for co-operation, and I promise BJP, if voted to power, will provide a cow and buffalo to each tribal family." The home minister said there was a council election in Garo hills in Meghalaya and there was violence. "Infiltrators entered the Garo hills, deceived the Garo women and married them and ...Read More >
New Delhi: The split within AAP came out in the open as party's Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha said he was raising people's issues in the House and party retaliated saying he was not toeing AAP line. A day after AAP dropped him as deputy leader and informed Rajya Sabha secretariat not to allot party's time to him, the MP retaliated and released a video in his defence. "Whenever I get a chance to speak in Parliament I raise public issues. Maybe I raise topics not usually raised, but is raising pu ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: India's vast informal industrial sector using coal is cautiously building buffers, with brick kilns, small foundries and other smaller energy-intensive units gradually stockpiling the fuel in anticipation of a price increase triggered by global price pressure amid the West Asia crisis. Industry participants said the trend picked up over the last one week as these units, typically operating outside long-term fuel linkages, now anticipate higher spot prices led by international coal pr ...Read More >
Malda: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Friday credited the state's Criminal Investigation Department for arresting the alleged mastermind behind Wednesday's gherao of judicial officers in Malda district's Mothabari. The CID arrested the accused even before the NIA team reached the state, she said. Addressing a rally at Harirampur in Dakshin Dinajpur district, Banerjee also accused BJP of using CRPF vehicles to transport cash. "I have a record of these movements and will expose them at the app ...Read More >
Malda: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) began its probe on Friday into Malda's Kaliachak (Mothabari) incident where seven judicial officers were held hostage by a local mob two days ago, with a federal team arriving at the Mothabari police station from New Delhi. The NIA team visited the Block Development Office (BDO) complex in the area, where the officers were held hostage, prompting the Supreme Court to direct the Election Commission of India to initiate a federal investigation into t ...Read More >
Nalbari: In Lower and Southern Assam, which together account for around 45 seats, a multi-cornered contest is taking shape for the assembly polls. BJP and its ally Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) are contesting against Congress-led alliance and All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), making the contests triangular or multi-cornered. In two constituencies - Goalpara East and Gauripur - Congress and its ally Raijor Dal are engaged in a friendly contest. The divide along religious lines, recent evicti ...Read More >
Kolkata: India's foreign exchange reserve has depleted by another $10.288 billion in the week to March 27 as the Reserve Bank of India is said to be using its dollar stockpile to reduce volatility of the local currency, which is the worst performing this year among Asian peers. The reserves fell to $688.058 billion, the central bank said Friday. Another $11.413 billion was wiped out from the stock in the preceding week. There has been a steady depletion in the reserves ever since the West Asia ...Read More >
New Delhi: Amid law and order concerns in poll-going West Bengal, the Election Commission on Friday decided to continue deployment of 500 companies of central forces in the state even after counting of votes on May 4. The state goes to assembly polls in two phases on May 23 and 29. "During the last assembly elections, there was post-poll violence. The decision is also based on past incidents," an official explained. One company comprises 90 to 125 personnel. Additionally, 200 companies of Ce ...Read More >
Chennai: As smaller parties rally behind the Dravidian majors, ruling DMK and opposition AIADMK have allowed their allies in a direct duel in 21 constituencies in the April 23 Assembly election to prove their strength in their respective strongholds. These smaller parties, divided among the two major combines - the SPA (under the DMK) and the AIADMK-led NDA - will have the backing of the Dravidian majors, respectively, but they would have to eventually demonstrate their individual influence amo ...Read More >
New Delhi: The BJP said on Friday that removing Raghav Chadha as AAP's deputy leader in Rajya Sabha was an internal matter of the party but preventing him from speaking in the House was wrong. Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva slammed AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal as a "scared" leader who could not "tolerate any capable person" in his party. Also Read: 'Jo dar gaya samjho mar gaya': AAP's Saurabh Bharadwaj responds to Raghav Chadha's 'silenced' remark When asked about buzz that the AAP lea ...Read More >
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