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MUMBAI: ICICI Bank has rolled back its rule requiring new savings accounts opened after Aug 1 to maintain a monthly average balance (MAB) of Rs 50,000 and has revised the threshold to Rs 15,000. The move follows a social media backlash against the higher balance requirement, which was criticised for making banking exclusive.The bank said it has revised its schedule of charges and MAB requirements following customer feedback. The changes do not apply to salary accounts, senior citizens above 60 y ...Read More >
Lucknow: Police arrested two men accused of gang-raping a 21-year-old mentally challenged deaf-mute woman after an exchange of fire with them in Balrampur district while they were trying to flee to Nepal early Wednesday.Harshit Kumar Pandey (23) sustained a bullet injury in his right leg during the encounter, while another accused, Ankur Verma (24), fractured his leg after falling on a boulder.Five policemen posted in Balrampur were suspended for laxity in patrolling. The woman was returning hom ...Read More >
MUMBAI: City-based businessman and BJP functionary Dilawar A Chaugle has appealed to the Centre to give Padmashree Award to Sunni Cleric "Grand Mufti of India" Kanthapuram A P Aboobacker Musliyar for getting execution of Malayali nurse Nimisha Priya suspended.Though office of the senior cleric claimed the execution order has been "revoked" by the Houthi militia in Yemeni capital Sanaa, there is no official confirmation either from the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) or family of Yemeni ...Read More >
Patna, Jul 19 (PTI) The Bihar government on Saturday said that more than 12,000 new polling stations have been created in the state as per the recommendation of the Election Commission, as part of special intensive revision (SIR). According to a release issued by the election department, the total number of polling stations has risen to 90,712 from 77,895, after the establishment of 12,817 new ones. Of these, 12,479 polling stations have been set up "at the same building or premises housing th ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jul 19 (PTI) Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari "cautioned" police officers not to take sides, stating that the BJP was monitoring their every move. Addressing a press conference, Adhikari claimed 57 BJP workers were killed, over 1,000 injured and lakhs were displaced in the violence that followed the 2021 assembly elections. Also Read | Bihar Special Intensive Revision Exercise: 95.92% Electors Covered; 6 More Days Still Left, Says Election Commission of India. Stating that a ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, July 18: Bangladesh has apprehended 34 Indian fishermen for allegedly fishing in its territorial waters and India has been pressing Dhaka to ensure their safe and early return, official sources said on Friday. The fishermen along with their two fishing trawlers were apprehended on the intervening night of July 14 and 15, they said. Immediately after information about the incident was received, the Indian high commission in Bangladesh took up the matter with Bangladeshi authorities a ...Read More >
THANE, July 18: A man and his two children died as their motorbike was dashed by a truck in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district of Maharashtra.Gopal Chandanse (36), his wife and two kids were riding to their village when the truck dashed the two-wheeler from behind around 3.30 pm.They were taken to the hospital where Gopal, his son Hriday (7) and daughter Avani (9) were declared dead. Gopal's wife Meenabai (32) was injured and undergoing treatment.The truck driver fled from the spot, leaving his ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: India's smartphone and electronics industry has raised serious concerns over what it describes as informal but targeted trade restrictions imposed by China. The India Cellular and Electronics Association (ICEA), in a letter to the government, sought swift policy measures to address these unofficial restrictions, which could derail the country's $32 billion export-driven manufacturing ambitions. As per the ICEA letter, India's electronics manufacturing sector remains heavily reliant o ...Read More >
An autorickshaw driver in Gujarat was arrested for throwing acid on a female home guard after she reprimanded him for improper parking. The incident took place in Gandhinagar's Kalol town, leaving the home guard with minor injuries. The accused, Ashok Ravat, was swiftly detained. An autorickshaw driver has been taken into custody in Gujarat's Gandhinagar district following an alleged acid attack on a female home guard. The attack was reportedly in retaliation for being reprimanded over improper ...Read More >
Ahmedabad: A minor dispute over parking of vehicle escalated into a violent acid attack on a woman home guard in Chhatral area of Kalol taluka in Gandhinagar, on Friday morning.The accused, identified as autorickshaw driver Ashok Ravat, allegedly hurled toilet-cleaning acid at 38-year-old Bhavna Parmar after she asked him to move his vehicle to ease traffic near Chhatral overbridge. He was arrested shortly after the attack, police said.Parmar was on traffic duty with her team when the incident o ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 17: Syrian government forces began withdrawing from the southern city of Suwayda following a tentative ceasefire deal with Druze militias after days of intense clashes. The move came hours after Israeli airstrikes hit Damascus, targeting government installations in a sharp escalation of regional tensions. At least three people were killed in the strikes on the Syrian capital, which Israel said were carried out in support of the country's Druze population, an Arab minority group c ...Read More >
Kolkata: A day after DGCA ordered checks on fuel control switches of Boeing aircraft based on a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) NM-18-33 issued by US regulator Federal Aviation Authority in Dec 17, 2018, an Airworthiness Directive (AD) issued by FAA on Sept 19, 2015, on fuel shutoff valves has come to light.This AD, which required mandatory compliance, was flagged again a month later by UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), which issued a safety notice requiring airlines to check ...Read More >
Riyadh/New Delhi, July 15 (UNI) Augustin Dassayan, an Indian national working as security guard onboard the merchant vessel 'Eternity C' which sank on July 9 in the Red Sea following a hostile attack by the Houthis, has reached Jizan, Saudi Arabia, after he along with some other crew members were rescued. India thanked Saudi Arabia for its support and assistance in the matter. The Indian Embassy in Riyadh said in a post on X that a team from the embassy met the rescued Indian crew member and fa ...Read More >
Six members of the outlawed CPI (Maoist) from neighbouring Chhattisgarh have surrendered before police in Telangana's Kothagudem town on Saturday, taking the total number of surrenders in Bhadradri Kothagudem district to 300 this year. The welfare measures being implemented by the Telangana government for the surrendered Maoists is the main driving force behind the spate of surrenders, police said. As many as six Maoist cadres and militia members from Chhattisgarh's south Bastar region, a hotb ...Read More >
Nuh (Haryana), Jul 14 (PTI) The Brij Mandal Jalabhishek yatra concluded peacefully on Monday as it passed through Nuh amid tight security arrangements after a mazar was damaged ahead of the yatra the previous night. As a unique confluence of devotion, faith and social harmony, members of both Hindu and Muslim communities welcomed the procession at more than 60 different points when the yatra passed through the Nuh district. Many Muslims who welcomed the procession said that Mewat is recognised ...Read More >
WARANGAL: Five members of the banned CPI (Maoist) party, including two women, surrendered to Superintendent of Police Shabarish on Monday as part of the "Poru Kanna Ooru Minna - Mana Ooriki Tirigi Randi" initiative, jointly undertaken by Mulugu Police and the CRPF Battalion in Mulugu district. SP Shabarish told the media that among the five was Area Committee Member Shyamala Rajesh, alias Itha (22). The others are Kadthi Iduma (20) from Sukma district; and three from Bijapur district: Uke Jogi ...Read More >
Lucknow: Taking inspiration from Maha Kumbh model, the Uttar Pradesh govt has deployed an elaborate and technology-driven security apparatus for Kanwar Yatra ensuring real-time surveillance from land, water, and air to provide a safe and seamless experience to devotees. A modern control room has been established to monitor activities through an extensive network.Speaking on security arrangements for Kanwar Yatra, DGP Rajeev Krishna said, "Traffic diversions have been implemented across the entir ...Read More >
Hyderabad, July 12 (UNI) Six members of the outlawed CPI (Maoist) from neighbouring Chhattisgarh surrendered before the Bhadradri Kothagudem district police in Telangana today. This takes the total number of surrenders in Bhadradri Kothagudem district to 300 this year, according to district Superintendent of police B.Rohith Raju. The welfare measures being implemented by the Telangana government for the surrendered Maoists and also development of welfare schemes for tribals, provided under ' O ...Read More >
RAIPUR: About 22 Maoists carrying combined bounties of Rs 37.5 lakh surrendered before Narayanpur police in Chhattisgarh's Bastar division on Friday. Among them are eight women, and senior cadres such as Sukhlal Kunjam, the Area Commander of the Kutul Area Committee, who alone carried a bounty of Rs 8 lakh.His wife, also an active Maoist, surrendered alongside him. The surrendered members were active in the Kutul, Nelnar, and Indravati area committees within the Marh division of Narayanpur distr ...Read More >
Jaipur: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) expanded its probe into Home Guard commandant Navneet Joshi, a day after he was caught allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 25,000 at the Home Guard Training Centre in city. Bureau sources said that they will also look into allegations that the accused officials may have been demanding monthly payments from home guards in exchange for favourable duty postings.According to some representatives of a home guard association, the bribery was not an isolated incid ...Read More >
New Delhi -- Police have arrested three people suspected of brutally murdering five members of a family who were accused of witchcraft in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. Police said the victims were hacked to death and their bodies then burned by a mob of dozens of residents in the village of Temta on Sunday night. Three women were among the victims, said the police, who recovered the charred remains of the family on Monday evening. Residents reportedly suspected the family of causing a loca ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: A thriving underground network of non-duty paid liquor (NDPL) smugglers is working in tandem with private event organisers, causing an estimated ₹300 crore annual loss to the state exchequer. A recent crackdown by the excise department has unravelled the scale, sophistication, and spread of this illegal trade, particularly within the GHMC limits.In the past three weeks alone, excise officials have stumbled upon multiple NDPL smuggling routes, primarily from Haryana, Goa, and Karnataka ...Read More >
Shimla, Jul 7 (PTI) Himachal Pradesh has witnessed 23 flash floods, 19 cloudbursts and 16 landslides since the onset of monsoon on June 20, and 52 people have died in rain-related incidents in the state so far, officials said on Monday. In the worst-hit Mandi district, search and rescue operations have been intensified with drones and sniffer dogs being used to trace 28 people who went missing last week in the Thunag, Gohar and Karsog subdivisions, they said. On Monday, a landslide occurred in ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: A pre-dawn stampede during Rath Yatra festivities in Odisha's temple town Puri left three devotees dead and dozens injured Sunday as over 20,000 people crowded into a space meant for less than a third of that number.The dead were identified as Premakanta Mohanty, 78, a retired state govt employee from Bhubaneswar; homemaker Basanti Sahu, 42, from Khurda; and Prabhati Das, 52, of Balianta in Bhubaneswar.They had come with families for "darshan" of Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subha ...Read More >
Kullu: All eyes will be on the Dalai Lama when he turns 90 on July 6, as he may announce his successor that day. The year-long birthday celebration of the Tibetan spiritual leader will kick off on July 6 in Mcleodganj near Dharamshala, the headquarters of the Tibetan govt-in-exile, and conclude on July 5 next year.Many ministers in the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), including Penpa Tsering, Sikyong or the elected head of CTA, and deputy speaker Dolma Tsering, have said the Dalai Lama may ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Death of three devotees in a stampede near the chariots at Gundicha Temple in Puri early on Sunday has raised questions about the effectiveness of police's crowd control measures, despite deployment of advanced AI cameras and substantial manpower.On Friday, the chariot of Lord Jagannath could not be pulled till evening due to the influx of thousands of devotees following a reported breach of security cordon.Although the chariot pulling ceremony proceeded smoothly with the participat ...Read More >
New Delhi: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted that his country is supporting an armed group in Gaza that opposes Hamas. Hamas is a banned terrorist group that controls Gaza, which is involved in many terrorist attacks on Israel. A former Israeli minister has revealed that his country is also arming this anti-Hamas group. Israeli and Palestinian media have reported that the group Israel is working with is part of a local Bedouin tribe led by Yasser Abu Shabab. This group has also ...Read More >
Mumbai: Facing criticism over non-compliance with cases registered by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) against tainted officials, the state government has issued new guidelines to remove hurdles. The 8-page guidelines have been issued by the General Administration Department (GAD) headed by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who also heads the Home Department, under whom the ACB functions. As per data with the ACB, the approval is pending in 355 cases, of which 305 cases are pending for more th ...Read More >
Shimla, June 5 (PTI) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Thursday announced that six lakh stainless steel water bottles would be distributed among school students across the state as an initiative against plastic use. Presiding over the state-level World Environment Day function here, he said that the state government's top priority is environmental protection and concrete measures are being taken to control plastic pollution. Sukhu said that regulations related to plasti ...Read More >
Aden: A Houthi drone attack on a popular market in Yemen's Taiz province killed six people and injured eight others. The local pro-government military official, who requested anonymity, said on Sunday that "the Houthi bombing occurred in the Maqbanah district of Taiz during a busy market day when dozens of local residents were present," Xinhua news agency reported. The attack has drawn strong condemnation from the Yemeni government, which directly blamed the Houthi group for the incident. Mua ...Read More >
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