Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is undertaking a quarterly performance review of state-run banks here on Friday not just to see the progress of various financial inclusion schemes, but also look at the overall health of the banking system, officials said. The meeting is also expected to take up suggestions made during the last review of […]
Ahead of the US-India-Afghanistan trilateral talks in New York later this month and in the wake of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s recently concluded visit to New Delhi, Washington has praised India’s “generosity and focus” in helping Afghanistan become a stronger nation. “We obviously support India’s generosity and focus on Afghanistan and willingness to help Afghanistan […]
A sense of unease prevailed in the Uttar Pradesh capital on Friday, hours after Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Shivpal Singh Yadav, his son Aditya Yadav and wife Sarla Yadav quit important party posts. Party Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has reportedly convened a meeting at the party headquarters here to thrash out a solution on the […]
A 29-year-old Italian man was arrested at Melbourne International Airport yesterday (12 September 2016) after Australian Border Force (ABF) officers found approximately 2.5 kilograms of cocaine concealed in the man’s luggage. The man arrived in Melbourne on a flight from New Zealand, after originally leaving from South America, and was stopped by ABF officers for […]
Westpac Banking Corporation (Westpac) has refunded approximately $9.2 million to 161,414 customers after it failed to waive fees on Westpac and St. George branded savings and transaction accounts over six years. For customers aged under 21 years, Westpac previously relied on staff to manually apply the following fee waiver benefits: a monthly service fee waiver […]
Nine-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt has announced plans to open a sports clinic in Jamaica after retiring from the track and field. The Jamaican, who last month brought down the curtains on his Olympic career after sweeping the sprint titles in the third successive Games, says he wants to address injury concerns plaguing young […]
The CBI on Thursday said it was examining the Defence Ministry request to probe allegations of kickbacks in the purchase of three Embraer aircraft in a $208 million deal during UPA rule in 2008. “We have not registered any case so far. We just got the reference from the Defence Ministry in the Embraer deal […]
Two Indian teachers who were abducted in Libya over a year ago have been released, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Thursday. “I am happy to inform that T Gopalakrishna (AP) and C BalaramKishan (Telangana) who were captive in Libya since July 29, 2015 have been rescued,” she tweeted. Both Gopalakrishna and Balaramkishan were […]
Substantive Brexit talks between the UK and the rest of the European Union (EU) were unlikely to start before the end of 2017, a former European Council president has said. Speaking to the BBC on Wednesday, Herman Van Rompuy — first President of the European Council from January 1, 2010 to November 30, 2014 — […]
Heavy deployments of security forces were made by authorities on Thursday in Srinagar and other places of the Kashmir Valley where life remained paralysed for the 69th consecutive day. A senior police official said: “Heavy deployments of police and paramilitary forces have been made in Srinagar and other district headquarters of the valley to maintain […]