A moderate intensity earthquake with 3.1 magnitude shook Himachal Pradesh’s Shimla district on Wednesday evening. There was no report of any casualty or damage to property, the meteorological department said. The quake’s epicentre was at a depth of 10 km northeast in Shimla, the department said, adding that tremors were felt in and around the district at 7.55 pm.

Market benchmark BSE Sensex ended marginally higher after a volatile trade on Tuesday, snapping its two-day falling streak on the back of gains in index heavyweights RIL, L&T and Bajaj Finance. After swinging 378 points during the day, the 30-share index settled 10.25 points or 0.03 per cent higher at 38,730.82. The index hit an intra-day low of 38,435.87 and ...

A Multi Disciplinary Terror Monitoring Group (TMG) has been constituted in the State of Jammu and Kashmir. TMG has been constituted to ensure synergized and concerted action against terror financing and other terror related activities in the State of Jammu and Kashmir. The Government has adopted a policy of zero tolerance towards terrorism. Effective response is given by the security ...

Occurrence of frauds was enabled by laxity in the financial system, and the underlying causes have been systematically dealt with by the Government through comprehensive steps for reduction in occurrence of frauds, and their proactive checking and timely detection. The steps taken in this regard include, inter-alia, the following: Government has issued “Framework for timely detection, reporting, investigation etc. relating ...

The federal anti-narcotics agencies of India and Myanmar Tuesday began their two-day high-level talks on issues of drug trafficking in the national capital. While the Indian side was led by Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Director General Abhay, the Myanmarese side was headed by Police Brigadier Gen and Joint Secretary of Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC) and commander of ...

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said India has long had a “field day” imposing tariffs on American products, which is “no longer acceptable” to the US. Trump’s terse comment came days after his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Osaka on June 28 where the two leaders aired their concerns over ...

Two days after a new fraud was reported in Punjab National Bank (PNB), the bank’s stock fell more than 10 percent on Monday. PNB had said two days ago that Bhushan Power and Steel Limited (BPCL) had fraudulently garnered Rs 3,805.15 crore. PNB shares were trading at 10.43 am at 73.95 per share, after which its shares declined by 9.54 ...

The view that a young leader should succeed Rahul Gandhi as Congress president is fast gaining traction with the party’s youth cadre batting for a Gen Next chief over the old guard. The young brigade’s preference for youth over experience got a boost when Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday asserted that a young person should be chosen as ...

With less than 20,000 seats left to be filled in Delhi University, the principals of colleges affiliated to the varsity Sunday said the cut-offs for admission to courses will see a marginal decline in the third list. According to the data shared by DU, 43,854 admissions have taken place after 778 withdrawals since the beginning of the process. The number ...

The government has made income tax return filing mandatory for high spenders even if their taxable income is below the threshold exemption limit of Rs 5 lakh. Those mandated to file returns include people spending more than Rs 2 lakh on a foreign trip or depositing Rs 1 crore in a year in a bank account or paying electricity bill ...