UPI MDR seen as sustenance fee, not windfall; small merchants remain shieldedA new merchant discount rate will fund UPI's expanding infrastructure costs. Large value person-to-merchant transactions above two thousand...
16 Sep, 2026, 06.34 PM IST
DTH operators provide over Rs 11,000 crore against MIB licence-fee demandsDTH operators have provisioned over eleven thousand crore rupees against disputed licence fee liabilities. This industry awaits a governmen...
15 Sep, 2026, 02.37 PM IST
Census 2027: RGI asks officials to focus on sensitive questions during enumerator trainingCensus 2027 enumerator training will emphasize sensitive questions on religion and caste. Population enumeration in Goa and Uttar Pradesh s...
10 Sep, 2026, 06.49 PM IST
Census: Population enumeration in 4 poll-bound states from Dec 1, 2026 to Jan 4, 2027Population enumeration for Census 2027 will occur in Goa and Uttar Pradesh. Punjab and parts of Uttarakhand will also participate in this e...
05 Sep, 2026, 08.56 PM IST
Govt notifies 40-question Census 2027; caste to be recorded with SC/ST statusThe Registrar General of India has notified a 40-question schedule for Census 2027. This includes an open-ended caste question for all resp...
18 Aug, 2026, 06.42 PM IST
Serious doubts on intent: Congress attacks government on caste census issueThe government has notified forty questions for the upcoming Census. Caste details will be collected for the first time in the Census. Cong...
14 Aug, 2026, 01.15 PM IST
Govt seeks action plan for village programme along China borderThe Union government, during the budget presented last month, approved the centrally-sponsored 'Vibrant Villages Programme' for financial y...
08 Mar, 2023, 12.03 AM IST
Restricted/no patrolling at Ladakh LAC points flagged at police meetThere is restrictive patrolling by Indian forces between patrolling points 5-17, 24-32, 37, 51, 52 and 62. One of the papers submitted at t...
23 Jan, 2023, 11.29 PM IST
All pensioners in Ladakh migrated to CPAO, says officialThe official said the Ladakh administration, in coordination with the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), is continuously addressing the ...
26 Mar, 2022, 12.23 PM IST
How Leh is besieged by pandemic, loss of tourism income and the shadow of warA fresh spell of Covid-19 cases, consequent loss of tourism revenue and incursions by the People’s Liberation Army of China across the Line...
04 Jul, 2020, 11.11 PM IST
Sombre Hemis fest in Ladakh amid covid, Chinese incursionThe two-day festival, celebrated annually to mark the birth anniversary of Guru Padmasambhava, was a low-key affair this year as the regula...
02 Jul, 2020, 02.03 PM IST
Congress slams Pakistan for dragging Rahul Gandhi's name in petition moved in UNThe opposition party also demanded an apology from the ruling BJP for "doing cheap politics" on the issue.
28 Aug, 2019, 06.32 PM IST
Revocation of Article 370 will usher in a new dawn in J&K: PM ModiThis act of the government will usher in a new dawn in the region and help in the development of the youth there.
09 Aug, 2019, 06.57 AM IST
Jammu and Kashmir reorganisation bill: What it means for the two new Union TerritoriesET explains key details and the impact of the reorganisation of Jammu & Kashmir.
06 Aug, 2019, 01.14 PM IST
Mehbooba Mufti urged Centre to relax inner line permits for foreignersThe State government said the relaxation will help to improve tourism in the valley, generate employment and bring development.
03 Jun, 2016, 01.19 PM IST
Tata Steel to organise ‘Samvaad’, a four-day tribal conclave at JamshedpurTata Steel is planning to organise ‘Samvaad’, a four-day conclave for tribal communities in Jamshedpur to will mark the birth anniversary o...
14 Nov, 2014, 03.55 PM IST
- Article 370 a stumbling block to J&K's development: BJP
Arun Jaitley blamed Nehru's policy on J&K for the current state of problems and alleged the Centre, mostly headed by Congress, directly and...
24 Dec, 2010, 07.22 PM IST