India’s PNB discloses $145 million additional exposure in fraud probe – document
MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s Punjab National Bank has told police that it has uncovered additional exposure of about 9.42 billion rupees ($145.2 million) in connection with a massive alleged fraud, according to a court filing seen by Reuters In what has been dubbed as the biggest fraud in India’s banking history, PNB, the country’s second-biggest […]
Aadhaar linking deadline extended indefinitely till Supreme Court delivers verdict
New Delhi:-A visitor gives a thumb impression to withdraw money from his bank account with his Aadhaar card, in Hyderabad.(AFP File Photo) The Supreme Court indefinitely extended on Tuesday the March 31 deadline to link Aadhaar with various services till a constitution bench hearing the matter delivers a judgment. Petitioners opposed to the mandatory linking […]
Most bureaucrats cannot even draft a letter properly in English: Punjab FM
Chandigarh,: In a strange development, Punjab finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal drew flak from opposition parties over his remarks that barring a few officers in the state government, most do not have a good command over English and cannot even draft a letter properly. “Except for a few officers of Punjab, most don’t know how […]
Drabu likely to be sacked from PDP too
Srinagar ): After facing ouster from the Ministerial Berth the former State Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu is likely to be sacked today from the People’s Democratic Party. Top sources told KNB that over his controversial statement on Kashmir Issue the party is highly angry and many are voicing opinion to sack him from the party. […]
Mattis pays surprise visit to Kabul
Kabul, March 13 : US Defence Secretary James Mattis arrived in the Afghan capital on Tuesday on a surprise visit to meet Afghan authorities and commanders of NATO and US forces in the country. The visit by the Pentagon chief comes at a time when the Afghan government is actively looking to broker peace talks […]
Explosion strikes Palestinian PM’s convoy in Gaza
JABALIYA,: An explosion struck the convoy of the Palestinian prime minister Tuesday as he was making a rare visit to Gaza, in what his Fatah party called an assassination attempt it blamed on Gaza militants. The explosion went off shortly after the convoy entered Gaza through the Erez crossing with Israel. Palestinian Prime Minister Rami […]
Google India makes address search, navigation easy on Maps
New Delhi, March 13 : In a bid to make it easy for users to find addresses and navigate, Google India on Tuesday announced a slew of updates and features on Maps, including “Voice Navigation” in six additional regional languages. According to Google, in India, it can be challenging to reach a given residential address. […]
Car bomb kills 3 in southern Yemeni city of Aden
SANAA, Yemen: — A car bomb went off on Tuesday outside a supply post belonging to a Yemeni security force backed by the United Arab Emirates in the southern port city of Aden, killing at least three people, security officials said. The attack injured five other people including two children, they said. The officials said […]
How India avenged their series-opening loss to Sri Lanka
March 13, 2018 Shardul Thakur’s career-best 4-27 and Manish Pandey’s mature 42 not out helped secure India’s comprehensive six-wicket victory against Sri Lanka in their Twenty20 tri-series match on Monday. Paceman Thakur led India’s disciplined effort with the ball to restrict Sri Lanka to a below-par 152 for nine in a rain-hit match which was […]
SBI slashes charges on minimum balance in accounts
New Delhi, March 13 : Country’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) has substantially reduced charges for non-maintenance of average monthly balance (AMB) in savings accounts, which would benefit 25 crore banks’ customers, an official statement said here on Tuesday. The revised charges would be effective from April 1, 2018. This step is taken […]
