New Delhi, November 20 : Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday launched an all-out attack on the government, accusing it of sabotaging the Winter session of Parliament on flimsy grounds. Addressing the meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC), she also accused the government of being “ill prepared” to implement the Goods and Services Tax […]
New Delhi : Ethiopia’s Almaz Ayana, 2016’s female world athlete of the year, clinched the gold medal in the Delhi Half Marathon today as thousands of Delhiites turned up despite concerns about air pollution. Ayana’s compatriot Berhanu Legese won the men’s event. Ayana, who set the 10,000m world record while winning the gold in the […]
Chandigarh : ‘Out of sight, out of mind’ best sums up the plight of border area residents. Once famous as the foundry hub of the state, Batala today is just another descript town plagued with the flight of industry, poor infrastructure and lack of job opportunities. Business boomed as migrants set up industrial units in the […]
Chandigarh : The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has found some private banks guilty of having given excess agriculture loans worth Rs 17,600 crore. These banks then claimed interest subvention on the money disbursed as crop loans. The loan amount sanctioned by the banks was more than the actual value of crops sold each year. […]
Ahmedabad : After prolonged negotiations, the Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) today reached an agreement with the Congress on the party’s formula to ensure reservation to the Patels, if voted to power in the Gujarat Assembly elections next month. Dinesh Bhambhaniya, PAAS spokesman, said their convener Hardik Patel would spell out the deal at a […]