For millions of street vendors across India’s cities and towns, access to affordable credit was once an impossible dream. Moneylenders charged ruinous interest rates, banks turned them away, and a single setback — a bad monsoon, a city crackdown — could wipe out their entire working capital. PM SVANidhi Yojana, launched in June 2020, changed…
NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Thursday sought to play down former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot‘s recent criticism of him, saying Gehlot has always shown him affection. Emphasising party unity, Pilot said Congress leaders and workers should work together to strengthen the organisation.“I heard his statement. What I remember is that he…
NEW DELHI: As the exodus continue in the party, TMC MP Shatrughan Sinha on Thursday said that he will not leave Mamata Banerjee in her difficult time.“I will not leave Mamata Banerjee in her difficult time. TMC chief Mamata Banerjee stood by me in my difficult time,” Sinha said.This comes after Shatrughan Sinha’s name reportedly…
NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha on Wednesday performed a special pooja at Rajinder Nagar to mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi becoming India’s longest continuously serving elected Prime Minister.On June 10, Modi completed 4,399 consecutive days in office, surpassing the 4,398 days of India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, to achieve the milestone.“History has…
BJP leader Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. (IANS photo) NEW DELHI: BJP leader and former MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Wednesday claimed he was aware of alleged misuse and theft of donations at the Ram temple in Ayodhya, but said he was not in a position to disclose details at present.Speaking to reporters at his…
BHUBANESWAR: Two empty train rakes came face-to-face on the same track near the Jharpada bridge area in Bhubaneswar on Thursday, railway officials said.However, railways said that there was no casualty, or disruption to train services.“Timely intervention reportedly prevented an accident. No injuries reported,” a railway statement said.Railway officials and technical staff promptly attended the site…
MK Stalin meets P Benjamin (Image/PTI) NEW DELHI: Former AIADMK minister P Benjamin has joined the DMK along with his supporters, in a significant political shift that adds to the continuing exodus of leaders from the opposition party in Tamil Nadu.Benjamin joined the ruling DMK in the presence of party president and chief minister MK…
Air India Ahmedabad plane crash NEW DELHI: As the first anniversary of the Air India Boeing 787 crash in Ahmedabad approaches, key questions over what caused the disaster that killed 260 people remain unanswered, as investigators are set to miss the formal one-year deadline for a final report.According to Bloomberg, India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau…
NEW DELHI: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Wednesday said it has unearthed “clear links” between Chinese criminal enterprises and scam compounds in South East Asia and beyond, being used for transnational fraud operations that “steal billions of dollars, exploit crypto currency and mercilessly traffic in human beings”.FBI co-deputy director Andrew Bailey shared at…
