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Ministry mulls legal reforms to hit RON95 fuel subsidy cheats, block foreign cards at pumps

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 9 -- The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living (KPDN) is studying amendments to address abuse of subsidised RON95 petrol and shift liability to the perpetrators, said Minist... Read More


CIABOC to probe Speaker

Sri Lanka, Feb. 9 -- The Commission to Investigate Allegations on Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has decided to probe the complaint against Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne lodged by former Deputy Secreta... Read More


When elections refuse to end

India, Feb. 9 -- If democracy is a festival, Maharashtra has just lived through a long and tiring season. It began with the overstretched five-phase Lok Sabha elections in 2024, rolled almost immediat... Read More


Tourists flock to Nathatop as Jammu receives fresh snowfall

Jammu, Feb. 9 -- Tourists are flocking to Nathatop, the popular hill resort located 10 kilometres ahead of Patnitop in Jammu, as the region received fresh snowfall. Many visitors reached Nathatop afte... Read More


Govt to review cases of Tanti-Tatwa students after Supreme Court scrapped SC category to them : Chaudhary

Patna, Feb. 9 -- The Bihar Government on Monday assured the state Assembly that it would review cases of Tanti-Tatwa students who were ousted from educational institutions after the Supreme Court scra... Read More


BJP's Rajeev Chandrasekhar seeks exemption for Kerala from MSP bonus cut

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb. 9 -- BJP State President Rajeev Chandrasekhar has written to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman requesting that Kerala be excluded from the Centre's advisory on discont... Read More


Baseless, bogus allegations with polls in mind, Gaurav Gogoi on 'Pak links'

India, Feb. 9 -- Assam Congress chief Gaurav Gogoi on Monday dismissed chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's allegations against the former and his British wife of having links with Pakistan's establis... Read More


'Won't allow any impediment in SIR': Supreme Court pulls up Mamata govt over delay in sharing officers' details

New Delhi/IBNS, Feb. 9 -- The Supreme Court on Monday questioned the West Bengal government over the delay in sending the names of officers for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls ... Read More


UP CM listens to people's grievances during 'janta darshan' ahead of budget session

Lucknow, Feb. 9 -- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minsiter Yogi Adityanath on Monday held a 'janta darshan' in Lucknow and listened to people's grievances and complaints ahead of the state budget session set to ... Read More


Pawar-Parth bitterness over?

India, Feb. 9 -- A series of closed-door meetings in Baramati between NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar and the late Ajit Pawar's elder son, Parth, since February 4 has now become a major talking point in p... Read More