NEW DELHI: Public sector banks need to aspire to global competitiveness, strengthen governance and operational resilience, and expand their role as sectoral champions across both traditional and emerging industries, a top official told the two-day brainstorming session of state run banks. M Nagaraju, secretary department of financial services, underlined that public sector banks have moved…
NEW DELHI: Unfazed by uncertainty hanging over the proposed summit in November, Quad cooperation at ground level remains intact with the focus this month on counterterrorism workshops.These will include a technical exchange on misuse of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) drones by terrorists and a seminar on preventing terrorist exploitation of new and emerging technologies, including…
NEW DELHI: Election Commission on Saturday filed an affidavit in Supreme Court declaring that it alone has full discretion to conduct a special intensive revision (SIR) or general revision of electoral rolls before a general elections, assembly polls or bye-elections to a constituency.Opposing a PIL by advocate Ashwini Upadhyay requesting SC to direct EC to…
NEW DELHI: Highlighting misuse of insolvency proceedings in real estate sector which is triggered by speculative investors and affecting the interest of genuine homebuyers, Supreme Court said such investors are acting like a “slow poison” for the residential real estate sector and they are interested in making profits and not in getting possession of flats.A…
PATNA: Provisions on seizure and confiscation of vehicles or buildings used to commit offences punishable under Bihar’s liquor prohibition law are “draconian”, Patna HC has said, calling for extreme caution during their application, reported.A division bench of acting Chief Justice PB Bajanthri and Justice SB Pd Singh said authorities were exercising unfettered power under the…
JAMMU: Police seized a drone that was found entangled in a tree in the Akhnoor area on Jammu’s city’s outskirts Saturday.Personnel from Garkhal post on routine patrol discovered the drone in Fattu Kotli village around 8.45am. “The team brought the drone to the police post and, on checking, found a thermal payload attached to it,”…
SRINAGAR: In its dossier on AAP MLA Mehraj Malik, who has been detained under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA), J&K administration describes him as “a habitual offender and history-sheeter”, who is “known to assert himself as a self-styled leader, making irresponsible statements as if law of land does not apply to him”.The dossier, accessed…
SRINAGAR: A day after AAP released a list of BJP representatives in Kashmir who it alleged were former terrorists trained in Pakistan, the BJP hit back with its own list, naming an AAP representative who allegedly was involved in a terror case. While the BJP cited only one AAP name, accusing him of past involvement…
JAMMU: The Vaishno Devi Yatra, scheduled to begin on Sept 14, has been postponed again due to persistent rains.A Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board spokesperson posted on X: “Due to incessant rain at Bhawan and the track, commencement of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Yatra scheduled from 14th Sept stands postponed till further order”. It…
SRINAGAR: Ahead of India-Pakistan cricket match in the Asia Cup, Jammu and Kashmir Students Association (JKSA) on Saturday issued an advisory to Kashmiri students across the country to refrain from making social media posts that could land them in trouble.The advisory comes in the backdrop of Kashmiri students getting into trouble in other states in…