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New Delhi, Nov 4: The Congress on Wednesday alleged that the prices of edible oil are "skyrocketing" because of the "faulty" policies of the government and even the festival spirits had been dampened due to it. Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said people were already "struggling" with prices of onion, potato, tomato and now around the festival season, they are also grappling with the high

Amritsar, Nov 4: Amid the farmers protest at 32 locations in several parts of Punjab and Haryana, the Railways has lost revenue from freight to the tune of Rs 1,200 crore, the Railway Ministry said on Wednesday. A railway spokesperson in a statement said the Railways continue to lose revenue as freight operations remain forcibly suspended due to the track blockages in Punjab. "Till Date more than

New Delhi, Nov 4: The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday informed that the country's recovery rate reached 92.09 per cent while the case fatality rate stands at 1.49 per cent. 53,357 patients have recovered and discharged in the last 24 hours, taking the overall recoveries to 76,56,478, according to the Union Health Ministry's release. 80 per cent of the new recovered cases

Mumbai, Nov 4: In a surprising turn of events, the Mumbai Police has arrested Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami in a 2018 suicide case. A posse of policemen and plainclothesmen swooped at Arnab’s Lower Parel residence in Mumbai and detained him. He is being taken in a police vehicle to Raigad, according to his wife Samyabrata Ray Goswami. According to her, Arnab was assaulted by the police

Kochi, Nov 3: Customs on Tuesday filed a report in a court here seeking issual of a non-bailable warrant against an Egyptian national, a former employee of the UAE consulate in Thiruvananthapuram. The NBW was sought in a case registered in connection with allegedly smuggling out $1,90,000 to Egypt via Oman from the state capital with the help of two accused in the Kerala gold smuggling case. In a

New Delhi, Nov 3: The Finance Ministry on Tuesday said that there has been no increase in service charges by any public sector bank even as Bank of Baroda decided to withdraw changes made with regard to the number of free cash deposit transactions in a bank account per month. Bank of Baroda had made certain changes with effect from November 1, 2020, with regard to the number of free cash deposits

New Delhi, Nov 3: Indians are now spending around 7 hours in a week on playing games on their mobiles and the duration has increased among majority (53 per cent) since the lockdown began early this year and women are fast adopting mobile gaming in the country, a new report said on Tuesday. Interestingly, 15 per cent of the gamers switched to paid mobile gaming apps during the lockdown while

New Delhi, Nov 3: Abu Dhabi's Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) -- MIC Redwood 1 RSC Limited -- became the first foreign SWF to be notified and granted 100 per cent income tax exemption for long term investments to be made in specified priority sectors, the Union Finance Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. The MIC Redwood 1 RSC Limited of Abu Dhabi has been provided 100 per cent income-tax (I-T)

A vanilla commercial dispute is setting the stage for a clash between the world’s No. 1 and No. 6 richest men. But the legal wrangling is a sideshow. What Jeff Bezos and Mukesh Ambani are really fighting over is pole position in the only billion-plus-people consumer market available to both of them: India. The ostensible battleground is a $3.4 billion deal Indian tycoon Ambani’s Reliance

Mumbai, Nov 2: Alliance Air on Monday said it will launch flight from Kozhikode to Bengaluru starting November 11. The flights on the new route will be operated six times in a week except Tuesdays, Alliance Air said in a release. Air India's regional subsidiary will be deploying one of its 70-seater ATR 72 aircraft to cater to the traffic between the two cities, it added. Alliance Air is