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Mumbai, Apr 8 (PTI) The Reserve Bank on Wednesday said HDFC Bank's board meeting minutes and other records are studied as part of supervision exercise, and reiterated that the largest private sector lender has not been found wanting on ethics and governance. "I would like to reiterate that at no point during our supervision or after examining their records did any governance or conduct-related material issue come to our notice. Under our regular supervision, board minutes are also reviewed. Cop ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 8 (PTI) Taking a swipe at the government, the Congress on Wednesday said the role played by Pakistan in bringing about the ceasefire between the US-Israel and Iran is a "severe setback" to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "highly personalised diplomacy" and asked what happened to "papa ne war rukwa di". The opposition party also asked why Modi, who claims very special friendship with the US, Israel, Iran, and the Gulf countries and who also holds the BRICS plus presidency this year ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 8 (PTI) A Trinamool Congress delegation's meeting with the Election Commission on Wednesday to raise issues related to SIR in West Bengal saw acrimonious exchanges, with the party leaders claiming the Chief Election Commissioner asked them to "get lost" and the poll panel accusing them of "shouting". The meeting, which barely lasted seven minutes, was followed by a terse statement from the Election Commission (EC), saying it gave a "straight-talk" to the Trinamool Congress (TMC) ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 8 (PTI) Young debutant Vaishnavi Adkar and Sahaja Yamalapalli notched up convincing wins as India bounced back in style, taking an unassailable 2-0 lead against New Zealand in their second Asia/Oceania Group I tie of the Billie Jean King Cup here on Wednesday. Vaishnavi and Sahaja had endured disappointing defeats as India went down 1-2 to Thailand in a rain-hit opener. However, the hosts scripted a swift turnaround, with both players showing composure under pressure in their re ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 8 (PTI) Delhi Lt Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Wednesday said Yamuna floodplain from Palla to Kalindi Kunj will be developed as eco-friendly spaces in lines with Vasudev Ghat area. LG Sandhu and Chief Minister Rekha Gupta visited Vasudev ghat and nearby areas along the Yamuna bank to take stock of the government's summer and monsoon preparations. During the visit, Sandhu instructed the Delhi Development Authourity (DDA) to undertake the rejuvenation of the entire stretch of ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 8 (PTI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Wednesday that the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY), a scheme brought by the Modi government that has completed 11 years, has empowered small traders and start-ups by providing collateral-free loans, thereby giving a new boost to self-employment and small industries. In a post on X, Shah said in the 11 years of the MUDRA Yojana, 58 crore loans worth more than Rs 40 lakh crore have been disbursed under the scheme, benefitting 12 cror ...Read More >
Srinagar, Apr 8 (PTI) A local court on Wednesday sent five operatives - two Pakistani nationals and their three local supporters - affiliated with proscribed Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror outfit to 10 days police custody here, an official said. The five were arrested following the uncovering of a "deep-rooted" interstate LeT module headed by Pakistani terrorist Abdullah, alias Abu Hureira, who had been on the run for 16 years and successfully established bases outside the Union Territory. Hurei ...Read More >
Shillong, Apr 8 (PTI) Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma and his deputy Prestone Tynsong on Wednesday met Union Minister Kiren Rijiju to flag concerns over provisions in the proposed amendments to the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) affecting charitable institutions in the state. The meeting, held in New Delhi, was also attended by representatives of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India and other stakeholders, a statement issued by the Chief Minister's Office here said. ...Read More >
Patna, Apr 8 (PTI) Bihar minister Leshi Singh on Wednesday said the state government has procured 36.79 lakh metric tonnes of paddy against a target of 36.85 lakh MT in the 2025-26 Kharif season. The procurement for rice stood at 12 lakh MT, short of the 25 lakh MT target for the season, she said. The food and consumer protection minister claimed that the rice procurement target is expected to be met by June 15. Talking to reporters here, Singh said, "For the 2026-27 Rabi marketing season, whe ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 8 (PTI) Country's top talents such as Kishore Kumar, Sivaraj Babu and Kamali Prakash will vie for honours when the inaugural Little Andaman Pro 2026, the national Surfing & Stand-Up Paddling championship gets underway in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands on Thursday. The four-day event, organised by the Surfing Federation of India, will feature close to 100 participants competing across categories including men's open surfing, women's open surfing, SUP sprint (men & women), and SUP T ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 8 (PTI) Coal inventories at thermal power plants remained comfortable around 55 million tonnes as of Tuesday, sufficient for 24 days of uninterrupted power generation based on the average consumption over the last seven days, a senior coal ministry official said. The stock levels indicate "absolute no deficit" on the power generation side, coal Joint Secretary Sanjeev Kumar Kassi emphasised, allaying concerns over potential shortages amid rising summer demand. "Coal stock at the ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 8 (PTI) Kerala is all set for a crucial Assembly election on Thursday, with 2.71 crore voters poised to cast their franchise in a decisive contest that will test the ruling LDF's bid for a third consecutive term, the opposition UDF's comeback prospects, and the NDA's push to open its account in the state. After nearly a month of intense campaigning, the southern state will go to the polls in a single phase, with voting to be held from 7 am to 6 pm across all 140 constitu ...Read More >
Mumbai, Apr 8 (PTI) Tourism New Zealand on Wednesday said it has appointed Tishtar Parakh as the Country Manager for India. Based in Mumbai, Parakh will lead Tourism New Zealand's efforts to grow visitor demand and further strengthen and grow trade and industry partnerships in the India market. Prior to joining Tourism New Zealand, Parakh served as Travel Trade Lead at VisitBritain, where she co-led destination marketing initiatives across trade and consumer segments in India, a statement said ...Read More >
Chikkamagaluru (Karnataka), Apr 8 (PTI) A search operation was launched after a class 10 student from Kerala went missing during a family trip to Manikyadhara Falls in the Chandradrona hill range, police said on Wednesday. The girl was part of a group of around 40 relatives who had travelled from Palakkad, officials added. According to police, she went missing at around 5.30 pm on Tuesday while at the falls with her family. The family searched for her until about 8 pm before informing the auth ...Read More >
Mumbai, Apr 8 (PTI) Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP president Sunetra Pawar met Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday to discuss the strategy and campaign for the April 23 Baramati assembly bypoll she is contesting. Sources said Fadnavis assured Sunetra Pawar of full support from the BJP as an "elder brother". Sunetra Pawar was accompanied by her son Parth Pawar and other NCP leaders, sources said. The meeting discussed campaigning and strategy for the bypoll, which became n ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 8 (PTI) Shares of oil marketing companies rallied on Wednesday, with HPCL surging nearly 10 per cent, as crude oil prices retreated sharply to fall below the USD 100-mark after the US and Iran announced a two-week ceasefire. Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, dropped 15.16 per cent to USD 92.54 per barrel. The stock of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) zoomed 9.93 per cent to settle at Rs 364.30 on the BSE. Shares of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) jumped 7 ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 8 (PTI) Women borrowers in India hold a credit portfolio of Rs 76 lakh crore, which represents 26 per cent of the total system credit as of 2025 and marks a 4.8 times increase since 2017, according to a NITI Aayog report. The Aayog, in the report titled 'From Borrowers to Builders: Women and India's Evolving Credit Market', said that between December 2017 and December 2025, the number of credit-active women borrowers registered a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9 per cent ...Read More >
Madikeri (Karnataka), Apr 8 (PTI) The BJP on Wednesday demanded a thorough investigation into the case of Kerala trekker GS Sharanya, who went missing for three days and was later found. Members of the BJP's Kodagu unit lodged a complaint at the Napoklu police station, seeking a probe and stating that the case appeared suspicious. Sharanya, who had gone on a trek to Tadiandamol hill near Kakkabbe, went missing and was later found on Sunday following a search operation by the police, forest dep ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 8 (PTI) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Wednesday approved a sharp increase in the cost of the Rajasthan oil refinery project to Rs 79,459 crore, alongside additional equity support from Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL), as the government pushes to expand domestic refining and petrochemical capacity. The revised project cost of HPCL Rajasthan Refinery Ltd (HRRL) marks a significant jump from the earlier estimate of Rs 43,129 crore, according to an of ...Read More >
Kolkata, Apr 8 (PTI) The Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM), S Mahendra Dev, on Wednesday said that the Indian Rupee is expected to stabilise around the 92-93 level against the US dollar and expressed optimism that foreign investment flows will improve in the near future as geopolitical tensions ease and macroeconomic fundamentals remain strong. He also said that India must sustain 7-8 per cent growth and reforms to achieve developed nation status by 2047, ...Read More >
Imphal, Apr 8 (PTI) Manipur Chief Minister Y Khemchand Singh on Wednesday chaired a Unified Command meeting to review the prevailing law and order situation in the state, a day after fresh violence left four persons dead in Bishnupur district, officials said. In a post on X, Singh said, "Chaired a Combined Headquarters Security (Unified Command) Meeting today at the Secretariat, attended by Hon'ble Home Minister Shri K. Govindas, the Chief Secretary, Security Adviser, DGP, and senior officials ...Read More >
Mumbai, Apr 8 (PTI) Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty surged nearly 4 per cent on Wednesday, following an impressive rally in global markets and a drop in crude oil prices after the US and Iran announced a two-week ceasefire. The RBI decision to keep the policy repo rate unchanged, heavy buying across all sectors and a strengthening rupee against the US dollar also improved investor sentiment, traders said. Rallying for the fifth day in a row, the 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 2,946.32 po ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 8 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre how persons who are not devotees of Lord Ayyappa could challenge the customs of the Sabarimala temple in Kerala. The remark was made by a nine-judge Constitution bench hearing petitions related to discrimination against women at religious places, including the Sabarimala temple in Kerala, and on the ambit and scope of religious freedom practised by multiple faiths. The bench comprises Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Just ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 8 (PTI) The National Green Tribunal has asserted that its order directing GPS tracking systems fitting applies to tankers supplying groundwater for commercial purposes, as well as tankers transporting STP-treated water. Treated water is a byproduct of Sewage Treatment Plant (STP), and used for non-potable purposes, such as construction, horticulture, road sprinkling and similar activities, to reduce dependence on groundwater and promote sustainable water use. On May 28 last year ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 8 (PTI) The Central Information Commission (CIC) has voiced concern that "some public authorities continue to deny information without adequate reasons", and asserted that merely citing exemption clauses in the RTI Act is insufficient. The CIC emphasised that exemptions should not be interpreted in a way that would "shadow the very right itself". Highlighting the importance of reasoned decision-making, the CIC, which serves as the highest adjudicating body for RTI-related complain ...Read More >
Palakkad (Kerala), Apr 8 (PTI) Congress alleged that Sobha Surendran, the BJP candidate of the Palakkad constituency in Kerala, was "caught red-handed distributing" cash to voters ahead of April 9 elections to the state Assembly. Surendran denied the allegations, calling them "fabricated" to defeat her. He alleged that a local Congress leader and a journalist of a TV channel were behind the allegations, and she would be filing a police case against them. The BJP leader claimed that a video ai ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 8 (PTI) Aviation stocks ended sharply higher on Wednesday following a steep decline in crude oil prices after the US and Iran announced a two-week ceasefire. Easing of geopolitical stress led to a sharp fall in Brent crude oil prices, which tumbled 14.12 per cent to USD 93.95 per barrel. InterGlobe Aviation, the parent firm of IndiGo, jumped 8.16 per cent to settle at Rs 4,616.60 on the BSE. During the day, it zoomed 10.98 per cent to Rs 4,737.40. The stock of SpiceJet climbed ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 8 (PTI) Young debutant Vaishnavi Adkar bounced back in style, registering a 6-2, 6-4 win over Aishi Das in the opening singles to give India a 1-0 lead against New Zealand in their second Asia/Oceania Group I tie of the Billie Jean King Cup here on Wednesday. Vaishnavi had endured a disappointing start to her campaign on Tuesday as India went down 1-2 to Thailand in a rain-hit opener. Entrusted with the responsibility again, the youngster showed marked improvement, cutting down ...Read More >
Srinagar, Apr 8 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has terminated the services of two government employees as part of his "zero-tolerance to terror" policy, officials said on Wednesday. The dismissed employees have been identified as Farhat Ali Khanday and Mohammad Shafi Dar, the officials said. They said the dismissals were executed under Article 311(2)(c) of the Constitution and are part of the ongoing drive to root out terrorists embedded in the government machinery. W ...Read More >
Thane, Apr 8 (PTI) Police have registered a case against three persons, including a woman, for allegedly cheating a 56-year-old retired man in Maharashtra's Thane of Rs 22 lakh by promising him a job in the railways, officials said on Wednesday. Based on the complaint lodged by the man, a case was registered at the Kapurbawdi police station, they said. The alleged fraud took place between August 2024 and May 2025, during which the accused contacted the complainant through phone calls and perso ...Read More >
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