Bengaluru gears up for New Year celebrations, elaborate security arrangements

Bengaluru gears up for New Year celebrations, elaborate security arrangements

Bengaluru, Dec 31 (IANS) Silicon City Bengaluru is gearing up for New Year celebrations as the countdown to welcome 2025 begins. Elaborate arrangements have been made for celebrations across the city. The iconic M.G. Road and Brigade Road have been beautifully decorated and are all set for the festivities. Every year, over a lakh people … Read more

Bengal job scam: Accused shifted to ventilator, charges framing process delayed

Kolkata, Dec 31 (IANS) With Sujay Krishna Bhadra, one of the prime accused in the cash-for-school job case in West Bengal, being shifted to a ventilator at a private hospital in Kolkata uncertainties have surfaced over the process of framing of charges in the case registered by Enforcement Directorate (ED). He was put on a … Read more

Gross NPA ratio of India’s banks falls to 12-year low of 2.6 pc

Mumbai, Dec 31 (IANS) The asset quality of India’s banks has improved further with their gross non-performing assets (GNPA) declining to 2.6 per cent of total advances in September 2024 which is the lowest level in the last 12 years, according to the RBI’s latest financial stability report. The net NPA ratio was around 0.6 … Read more

Injured Kerala MLA Uma Thomas shows improvement, but condition still critical

Kochi, Dec 31 (IANS) The medical board attending Congress legislator Uma Thomas on Tuesday reported a slight improvement in her condition. She remains stable but continues to be critical. The head of the medical team at the private hospital, where she is on a ventilator, stated that her sedation dose was reduced at 6 a.m. … Read more

India's defence exports jumped from Rs 2,000 to Rs 21,000 crore in 10 years: Rajanth Singh

Mhow (Madhya Pradesh), Dec 31 (IANS) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that India’s defence exports have surpassed a record level of Rs 21,000 crore from a mere Rs 2,000 crore a decade ago. Addressing officers at the Army War College (AWC) here on Monday, he said the government has set a Rs 50,000 crore target … Read more

Health Ministry seizes spurious cancer, diabetes drugs worth Rs 6.6 cr in Kolkata

New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) The Union Health Ministry on Tuesday said it has seized spurious drugs – including anti-cancer and anti-diabetic formulations – worth Rs 6.6 crore in Kolkata, and made one arrest in the case. According to a Ministry of Health and Family Welfare statement, a joint investigation was conducted by the Central … Read more

Kejriwal a 'chunavi' Hindu: Delhi BJP on his 'Pujari Granthi Samman Yojana'

New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) The Delhi BJP launched a blistering attack on AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday, saying that the former chief minister’s love for Hindus can be seen only ahead of elections. Taking to social media platform X, the Delhi BJP shared a poster describing Kejriwal as a “Chunvai Hindu” (who remembers … Read more

Intense cold wave grips Kashmir

Srinagar, Dec 31 (IANS) Cold wave intensified further in Jammu and Kashmir as Srinagar city recorded minus 3.5 as the minimum temperature on Tuesday. The Meteorological (MeT) department has forecast an intense cold wave during the next four to eight days. A MeT department statement said, “Generally cold dry weather conditions on 31st December. Two … Read more

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