The Bihar government on Wednesday lifted a ban here on the sale, storage and transportation of fish from Andhra Pradesh. Earlier in January, the government banned fish from Andhra Pradesh in Patna after laboratory tests confirmed the presence of high content of formalin, a cancer-...
With Punjab's debt estimated at over Rs 2.10 lakh crore, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday urged the 15th Finance Commission to sanction a 'Special Debt Relief Package' to support his government's efforts to revive fiscal health, along with a one-time package to enable payment of the...
The CBI has registered five cases against Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) senior Manager Bhabhen Maitra and others for misappropriating funds to the tune of Rs 13 crore between 2013 and 2018. The agency registered the cases on the basis of a complaint by Uday Kumat Rout,...
Nineteen more bodies have been found amid the sludge of mine waste, mud and water that buried homes and vehicles in the Brazilian town of Brumadinho when a tailings dam failed last week, raising the death toll from the tragedy to 84, authorities said....
Russians continued to top the list of foreign tourists to Goa in 2018, with British tourists ranking second, according to statistics tabled during the ongoing budget session of the Goa Assembly on Wednesday. A total of 3.11 lakh Russians arrived in Goa from January to October 2018,...
New facts have emerged at the recent lenders meeting organised with Zee management. It has emerged that promoters loans directly or indirectly against security of their listed Zee Entt shares stand at over Rs 13,000 crore adding to the group's liability....
China on Tuesday alleged that the US was subjecting Chinese companies to "unjustified repression" in response to Washington's criminal charges against Huawei, accusing the tech giant of banking fraud, stealing trade secrets and evade economic sanctions on Iran....
The key Indian equity indices opened on a negative note on Tuesday tracking weakness in the Asian stock markets, with the S&P BSE Sensex losing nearly 100 points. At 9.25 a.m., the BSE Sensex traded at 35,561.64 points, lower by 95.06 points ...
The US has announced sanctions against Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA as part of its process of exerting pressure on Caracas after recognising Juan Guaido as the country's Interim President over Nicolas Maduro, the elected head of state. "Today's designation of PDVSA will help prevent further diverting of ...
The death toll in the mining dam collapse in Brazil's Minas Gerais state has reached 65, authorities have said. Rescuers have been trying to recover bodies and search for survivors following the January 25 collapse of a tailings dam in the town of Brumadinho, Xinhua...