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9:17 PM

FM Sitharaman talks to US Treasury Secretary Yellen over phone on international taxation

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had a telephone call with US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen today. The two leaders held cordial discussions on international taxation, Ministry of Finance said in a statement.

9:11 PM

Moosa Zameer, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Maldives arrives in Delhi.

"Warm welcome to FM MoosaZameer of Maldives on his official visit to India. Discussions on bilateral & regional issues and seeking ways to provide impetus to our multifaceted relationship lie ahead," writes External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal on X (formerly Twitter).

7:24 PM

Congress leader Sam Pitroda has stepped down

Congress leader Sam Pitroda has stepped down from the post of Chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress and his resignation has been accepted by the party.

6:36 PM

RBI allows Bank of Baroda to onboard customers through BoB World app

RBI has revised its decision to impose restriction on BOB World, allowing it to onboard customers through the app, Bank of Baroda informed stock exchanges on May 8.

 

The lifting of restriction applies to PSU lender with immediate effect, the bank said.

 

Back in October 2023, the banking regulator had directed our BoB to suspend further onboarding of customers onto 'Bob World' mobile application, citing 'certain material supervisory concerns' observed in the processes.

5:25 PM

TVS Motor Q4 net profit rises 18% to Rs 485 cr

TVS Motor Company saw its fourth-quarter net profit rise 18 per cent to Rs 485 crore in the March quarter, aided by robust volumes, healthy product mix, better pricing and benign commodity costs. The Chennai-based two-wheeler manufacturer’s revenue from operations jumped by 24 per cent to Rs 8,169 crore in Q4FY24.

 

5:06 PM

Thanks for revealing your mindset and your attitude: FM Sitharaman on Sam Pitroda's 'racist' remarks

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today slammed Congress leader Sam Pitroda for his 'racist' remark, saying it reveals the mindset and attitude of Rahul Gandhi's mentor. In a post on X, Sitharaman retorted saying, "I am from South India. I look Indian! My team has enthusiastic members from north east India. They look Indian! My colleagues from west India look Indian! "But, for the racist who is the mentor of @RahulGandhi we all look African, Chinese, Arab and the White! Thanks for revealing your mindset and your attitude. I.N.D.I alliance's shame!"

5:03 PM

Live-in relationship an imported philosophy, remarks Chhattisgarh High Court

Live-in relationship is an “imported philosophy” and against the “expectations of Indian tenets”, the Chhattisgarh High Court has observed, holding that the institution of marriage no longer controls the people as it did in the past.

The division bench made the remark while dismissing an appeal of a man seeking custody of a child born from his live-in relationship with a 36-year-old woman.

4:51 PM

0.1% wildlife cover was on fire, Uttarakhand government tells Supreme Court

The Uttarakhand government infomed the Supreme Court today about the steps taken to control the raging forest fires and said 0.1 per cent of the wildlife cover in the state was on fire due to such incidents. The state government told the bench that from November last year, there have been 398 forest fires in the state and all of those were man-made.

4:48 PM

Tata Power Q4 net profit rises 15% to Rs 895 crore; revenue up 27%

Tata Power today registered a 15 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) growth in its consolidated net profit at Rs 895 crore for the fourth quarter, compared with Rs 778 crore in the last year quarter.

4:31 PM

Supreme Court to pass order on interim bail to Delhi CM Kejriwal on May 10

The top court will deliver its order on granting interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a money laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam on May 10.The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) nationa convener was arrested on March 21 and is currently lodged in Tihar Jail under judicial custody. 

4:29 PM

Gaza truce talks resume in Egypt 'with all sides present'

News agency AFP reported today that "all parties had agreed to return to the negotiating table" for talks towards a truce in the Israel-Hamas war. Earlier, some media outlets had reported that Egyptian, Qatari and US mediators were in talks with a Hamas delegation, without initially mentioning Israel.

4:21 PM

Why fool the passengers?: Ghulam Nabi Azad stuck amid Air India Express flight cancellations

Jammu and Kashmir's former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad was among the passengers who were hit by the sudden cancellations of the Air India Express flights today. Azad's Delhi-Srinagar flight was cancelled today morning following which he took an IndiGo flight after waiting 3-4 hours in Delhi. "If the flights have been cancelled, they should have informed us in the morning itself. Why fool the passengers? So many people are being harassed," Azad said.

4:06 PM

Kerala journalist covering man-animal conflict crushed to death by elephant

AV Mukesh,  a cameraman and columnist with a Malayalam TV channel Mathrubhumi News who was part of a news team covering wild elephant menace in Kerala’s Palakkad district was crushed to death by an elephant on Wednesday, the police said. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Opposition leader VD Satheesan have condoled the death of Mukesh.

 

 

 

3:36 PM

Have made it quite clear that JJP will not go with BJP now: Dushyant Chautala

Ruling out any possibility of supporting the BJP after its tie-up ended, Dushyant Chautala said, "I have made it quite clear that the JJP will not go with the BJP now". He said the government has lost majority and either the chief minister should prove majority or resign on moral grounds.

3:33 PM

Karnataka sex tapes case: JD(S) leader HD Revanna sent to judicial custody

Karnataka JD(S) MLA HD Revanna, who is facing kidnapping charges, was remanded to judicial custody till May 14 by a Magisterial court here on Wednesday.

Also, his bail petition before a sessions court has been posted for Thursday.

 

3:24 PM

PM Narendra Modi hit outs at ‘American uncle’ Sam Pitroda over skin colour remark

"Shehzade (Rahul Gandhi), you will have to answer. My country will not tolerate the disrespect of my countrymen on the basis of their skin colour. Modi will never tolerate this," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today at a rally in Andhra Pradesh. PM Modi referred to Sam Pitroda as American uncle.

 

"I got to know that there is an uncle in America who is the philosophical guide of 'Shehzada' and just like the third umpire in cricket, this 'Shehzada' takes advice from the third umpire. This philosophical uncle said that those who have black skin are from Africa. This means that you are abusing several people of the country on the basis of their skin colour," PM Modi added.  

3:20 PM

Enforcement Directorate raids Jharkhand's rural development dept premises

The probe agency today raided the premises of the Jharkhand rural development department in Ranchi as part of a money laundering investigation in which it recently seized huge cash, the official sources said.

The raids are being undertaken on the inputs gathered from the questioning of Jharkhand minister Alamgir Alam's personal secretary Sanjeev Lal and the latter's domestic help Jehangir Alam.

2:57 PM

Congress seeks dismissal of BJP govt, fresh polls in Haryana

The Congress today asked for  the imposition of President's Rule followed by fresh polls in Haryana after three Independent MLAs withdrew support to the BJP dispensation, reducing the Nayab Singh Saini government to a minority in the state assembly. The party said it would write to Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya to demand that the BJP government be dismissed.

 

2:38 PM

'Will not tolerate insult of fellow Indians': PM Modi on Pitroda's remark

The Congress on Wednesday sought the imposition of President's Rule followed by fresh polls in Haryana after three Independent MLAs withdrew support to the BJP dispensation, reducing the Nayab Singh Saini government to a minority in the state assembly. The party said it would write to Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya to demand that the BJP government be dismissed.

 

2:33 PM

Delhi High Court dismisses plea seeking facilities for CM Kejriwal to run government from jail

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed with Rs 1 lakh costs a public interest litigation by a lawyer seeking appropriate arrangements for Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to run the government from jail.

The petitioner also sought to restrain Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva from exerting any "undue pressure" for resignation of Kejriwal.

2:16 PM

'People in East look Chinese, South like Africans'; we are all brothers and sisters: Sam Pitroda

Indian Overseas Congress (IOC) chairperson Sam Pitroda has once again ignited controversy with his comments on diversity of the people of India amidst the Lok Sabha elections. In a video circulating online, Pitroda can be heard saying, "We could hold together a country as diverse as India – where people in the East look like Chinese, people in the West look like Arabs, people in the North look maybe White, and people in the South look like Africans. It doesn't matter. We are all brothers and sisters." Read here for more details.

2:11 PM

Decision will be taken according to the situation, says Speaker Gian Chand Gupta

I have not received any official information so far. We have not received it yet. Once the Governor's communication comes to us, decision will be taken as per the situation,  Speaker Gian Chand Gupta said today.

1:39 PM

2 revenue officers, another person booked for bribery in Maharashtra's Gondia

A case has been recorded against two revenue officers and another person in Maharashtra's Gondia district for allegedly seeking a bribe of Rs 1 lakh from two building material suppliers, the Anti-Corruption Bureau said. On May 4, revenue personnel caught two sand-laden tippers of the suppliers and took the vehicles to the Goregaon tehsil office. Both the suppliers were then asked to deposit a fine of Rs 1,23,883 each.

1:37 PM

News update: Talking to crew to understand reasons, says Air India management on flights delay crisis

1:34 PM

Normal services resume on Delhi Metro's Violet Line after temporary delay

Commuters todya faced inconvenience due to a temporary delay in services on Delhi Metro's Violet Line. Services on the other lines  remained unaffected, officials said. "Delay in services between Sarita Vihar and Mohan Estate. Normal service on all other lines," the DMRC posted on X.

 

1:03 PM

Russia launches wide attack on Ukrainian energy facilities

Targeting seven regions with more than 50 missiles as well as drones, Russia launched aerial attacks on energy facilities throughout Ukraine early Wednesday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. The attacks also damaged the railway station and tracks in the city of Kherson, and injured two people in Brovary,  officials said.

12:48 PM

Liquor policy case: Delhi High Court grants more time to ED, CBI to respond to Sisodia's bail pleas

The Delhi High Court today granted more time to the ED and the CBI to file their replies to former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia's pleas seeking bail in the corruption and money-laundering cases lodged by the agencies in relation to the alleged excise policy scam.

12:33 PM

AAP workers detained for pro-Kejriwal slogans at IPL match

Delhi Police detained approximately 12 workers from the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP’s) student wing for raising slogans and wearing t-shirts with the tagline 'Jail Ka Jawab Vote Se' during an Indian Premier League (IPL) match  on Tuesday. Read here for more details.

12:16 PM

Haryana crisis: Congress' wishes will not come true, says Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini

"Others may have problems, but there are no problems in the state government. The government is working hard. People of state won't make their (Congress') wishes come true," Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said today.

11:51 AM

India received $111 bn in remittances in 2022, highest by any country: UN

India received over $111 billion in remittances in 2022, the largest in the world, becoming the first country to reach and even surpass the $100 billion mark, the United Nations migration agency has said. India was well above the rest, receiving more than $111 billion, the first country to reach and even surpass the $100 billion mark. Mexico was the second-largest remittance recipient in 2022, a position it also held in 2021 after overtaking China.