Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi was elected unopposed as president of the Indian National Congress here on Monday. Briefing reporters, the party’s central election authority chief Mullappally Ramachandran said Mr. Gandhi will formally take over on December 16. “Since the withdrawal of date/time is over and as there is only one candidate (Rahul), as per Article XVII (d) of the Constitution […]
» Read moreThree militants were killed by security forces in an operation in north Kashmir’s Baramulla on Monday morning. A woman also died near the operation site. “Three Pakistani militants have been neutralised by the joint team of forces in Unsoo, Handwara,” said Director General of Police, Kashmir, S.P. Vaid. A police official said the militants were killed in a gunfight during […]
» Read morePost the merger of its five associates, State Bank of India has changed names and IFSC codes of nearly 1,300 of its branches. The country’s largest lender has changed the names and IFSC codes of branches located in major cities such as Mumbai, New Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Lucknow, among others. “Some of our old associate branches are […]
» Read moreThree young Mumbaikars’ steadfast determination to make a change in health care, education and gender violence, has earned them the coveted Queen’s Young Leaders Award. Aditya Kulkarni, 27, Deane De Menezes, 24, and Trisha Shetty, 27, will be felicitated at a special ceremony by Queen Elizabeth II at the Buckingham Palace in London next June. The trio, who received personal […]
» Read moreWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday announced a solatium of ₹3 lakh for the family of Afrajul Khan, 50, a migrant worker from Malda district, who was killed in Rajasamand, Rajasthan. She also announced a job for one of his family members. In a tweet, Ms. Banerjee described the incident as a “very sad” one. “Afrajul Khan of […]
» Read moreWith less than a month to go for the deadline to link Aadhaar with PAN, the government on Friday extended the deadline to March 31, 2018. “In view of the difficulties faced by some of the taxpayers in the process, the date for linking of Aadhaar with PAN was initially extended till August 31, 2017 which was further extended up […]
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