Jio slashes validity of popular Rs 1299 annual plan by 29 days

Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio has reduced the validity of its well-liked Rs 1299 annual plan by 29 days. Earlier, Jio used to offer the plan with a validity of 365 days, free Jio-to-Jio calls, free calls for 12,000 minutes from Jio to non-Jio numbers, 24 GB data, and 3,600 free SMSes. The plan now offers…

Bank credit growth may rise 200-300 bps next fiscal: Crisil

New Delhi, Feb 25 : Bank credit growth is set to bottom out but may rise 200-300 bps next fiscal while retail lending, supported by securitisation, will remain the key driver in the next fiscal. The prolonged slowdown in bank lending may be bottoming out this fiscal, with gross credit offtake set to rise 8-9…

Gold Today: Yellow metal slips 2.5% to Rs 42,555 on profit-booking

Gold prices in India fell today, following the bearish trend from global spot gold rates as investors booked profits on positions built up in the earlier session after the precious metal hit a seven-year high. On the Multi Commodity Exchange, Gold April 2020 Futures fell by Rs 1025 or 2.5% to 42,555 per 10 gm….

Over 500 protesters block Delhi road, force DMRC to shut Jaffrabad station

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) Sunday morning closed the entry and exit of the Jaffrabad station in Northeast Delhi amid a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) outside the station. In a tweet, the DMRC also said trains will not stop at this station. Security Update Entry & exit of Jaffrabad have been…

Residents block Jasola road demanding clearing of protest site

IANS New Delhi: Local people demanding opening of the road blocked due to the anti-CAA protests in Shaheen Bagh have started their own demonstration and have in turn blocked the main Jasola road here. Residents of Jasola village in Sarita Vihar sat in protest on the main Jasola road demanding opening of the Shaheen Bagh…

Modi-fied: Slain dacoit Veerappan’s daughter joins BJP

KRISHNAGIRI: In an interesting turn of events, slain forest brigand Veerappan’s daughter Vidya Rani joined the BJP at an event held in Krishnagiri on Saturday. She, along with 1,000 other members from parties including the PMK, joined the saffron party in the presence of national secretary P Muralidhar Rao. The 29-year-old told Express that she…

Class 10th Student throw acid on three girls and one boy

The crime case that has come up recently is from Hamirpur district of Himachal Pradesh. A student of class 10 allegedly threw acid on four classmates, including three girls, on Saturday. Talking about this matter, the police said that, this case is from a school in Utpur. Where in the evening three students of class…

Sabarmati Ashram ready to host Donald and Melania Trump

President Trump and US first lady Melania Trump Prime Minister Narendra Modi will accompany US President Donald Trump and the First Lady Melania Trump, who are scheduled to travel to India on February 24, 25, on their visit to Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad on Monday. The Trumps are expected to spend about half-an-hour at the…

Shaheen Bagh protesters open road from Jamia to Noida, Faridabad

In a huge relief to the commuters travelling from Delhi to Noida, a road in Shaheen Bagh, which had been blocked for past 70 days due to the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), has now been reopened. The road from Jamia to Noida in Uttar Pradesh and Faridabad in Haryana has been reopened…