India

Mumbai, Aug 26: A four-year-old boy was on Tuesday pulled out from the rubble of a five-storeyed building that collapsed in Raigad district of Maharashtra, police said.

New Delhi, Aug 26: The central government on Tuesday said that Punjab National Bank (PNB) has informed the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) that it has received USD 3.25 million (the equivalent of Rs. 24.33 crores) as the first tranche of recoveries in fugitive Nirav Modi case from the USA.

Moscow, Aug 25: The Centre said on Tuesday that India and Russia are in communication regarding the Sputnik V vaccine. While some initial information has been shared, detailed information is being awaited by India.

New Delhi, Aug 25: Currency notes of Rs 2,000 denomination were not printed in 2019-20 and the circulation of these notes have declined over the years, according to RBI's annual report.

Mumbai, Aug 24: More than 50 to 70 persons are feared trapped as a five-storey building caved in at Mahad in the Raigad district, on Monday. The crash site is located some 170 kilometres away from Mumbai.

New Delhi, Aug 24: Hours after a political drama unfolded in the Congress Working Committee meeting to discuss the issue of the party leadership, the party sources said that Sonia Gandhi would continue to remain the interim chief and the new chief would be elected within six months.

New Delhi, Aug 24: Activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan refused to offer an apology to the Supreme Court on Monday for his two tweets against the judiciary saying what he expressed represented his bona fide belief which he continued to hold.

New Delhi, Aug 24: Ahead of the crucial Congress Working Committee meeting on Monday, the party was deeply divided on the leadership issue with a section demanding a "full-time" chief and another backing Gandhis at the helm, amid indications that interim president Sonia Gandhi might offer to quit.

New Delhi, Aug 23: Arindam Chaudhuri, Director of Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM) was arrested by the Central Goods & Services Tax (CGST) South Delhi Commissionerate on Friday under Section 89 of the Finance Act which enlists penalties for evading payment of service tax.

New Delhi, Aug 23: Congress supremo Sonia Gandhi, 73, is learnt to have asked her colleagues to find new party chief and expressed her desire to step down in a letter in the wake of many senior leaders questioning the party’s top brass.