NEW DELHI: Govt Monday asked people to verify their mobile connections through the Sanchar Saathi Portal (http://www.sancharsaathi.gov.in), which allows them to check all numbers issued in their name and block those that are unnecessary or not genuinely theirs. The advice from the dept of telecom (DoT) came after a cybercrime probe led to a point…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Monday set aside a magistrate’s order that had refused to probe Congress leader Sonia Gandhi’s alleged inclusion in electoral rolls three years prior to her acquiring Indian citizenship.The judgment, delivered by a Special Judge at Delhi’s Dwarka court after being deferred on September 19, heavily criticized the lower court’s…
NEW DELHI: The NCP (SP) on Monday demanded a complete rollback of the 0.4% Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on specified UPI merchant transactions above Rs 2,000, calling the move a “direct assault” on small traders and shopkeepers.NCP (SP) state spokesperson Mahesh Tapase alleged that the decision reflected “double standards” by the Narendra Modi government, questioning…
Punjab Chief minister Bhagwant Singh Mann Punjab Chief minister Bhagwant Singh Mann’s government has expanded its ‘Yudh Nashean Virudh’ anti-drug campaign beyond a conventional police crackdown, combining action against drug networks with prevention in schools, youth engagement, community vigilance and treatment for people battling addiction.The government said the campaign seeks to make it harder to…
Govt has dissolved its apex decision-making body for telecom and digital communication. (Representative image) NEW DELHI: Governmnet has with immediate effect dissolved its apex decision-making body for telecom and digital communication — digital communications commission (DCC), which was originally established as telecom commission in 1989 before being renamed in 2018.The communication ministry’s dept of telecommunications…
In the grand procession of Lord Ganesha organized by the Hindu Jagarana Vedike and the Hindu Mahaganapati Pratishthapana Committee in T. Narasipura. NEW DELHI: Karnataka Police on Sunday registered an FIR against former BJP MP Pratap Simha and others over an alleged provocative speech made during a Ganesha idol procession in T Narasipura, Mysuru.The FIR…
Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge has lambasted the Election Commission’s electoral roll revision, labeling it a misguided ‘Frankenstein Monster’ that adversely affects its constituents Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday stepped up his attack on the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, describing the exercise as a “Frankenstein Monster” after several prominent political…
The Delhi High Court will hear a criminal contempt case against AAP leaders on November 16 NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Monday listed for hearing on November 16 a criminal contempt case against AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, Sanjay Singh and others over allegedly “vilifying” social media posts targeting Justice Swarana Kanta…
Trivedi was reacting to Ansari’s reference to former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s view that the “real danger to India was not communism, but Hindu right-wing communalism”. NEW DELHI: BJP MP and national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi on Monday hit out at former vice-president Hamid Ansari over his recent remarks on Hindu nationalism, accusing the Congress of…
IIT-Bombay hostels to get wall-mounted fans NEW DELHI: IIT Bombay is planning to replace ceiling fans with wall-mounted fans in its student hostels, with sources saying the move had been under consideration for the past two months and was recently finalised. Students also claimed that the first batch of wall-mounted fans had arrived on campus.The…