Mumbai: Non-resident Indians (NRIs) and overseas citizens of India (OCIs) don't require prior approval for buying or selling immovable properties like houses in the country, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) clarified on December 26. "At present, NRIs and OCIs are governed by provisions of Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) 1999 and do not require prior...
New Delhi: Ahead of the Assembly polls, the internal rift in Punjab Congress has widened with state party chief Navjot Singh Sidhu attacking his own government and ministers, including Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi. According to sources, party leaders in Delhi are unhappy with the state of affairs in Punjab and have asked the state leaders...
Jammu: Twelve people were killed and 14 injured in a recent stampede at the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district. Officials of the shrine said the stampede occurred when a large number of devotees entered the Mata Vaishno Devi Bhawan without permission slips. "Extremely saddened by the loss of lives due to a...
New Delhi: A large chunk of Omicron cases in India as the country faces a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic have been reported from big cities, the head of the country's vaccine task force told NDTV, adding the third wave of the pandemic is very much here. Large cities like Mumbai, Delhi, and Kolkata have...
New Delhi: The BJP is set to comfortably win the assembly election in Uttar Pradesh making Yogi Adityanath the first chief minister serve two consecutive terms since 1985, an opinion poll conducted by VETO for Times Now Navbharat has predicted. According to the survey, the BJP might end up bagging 230-249 seats in the 403-member House...
From empty stadiums during Tokyo Olympics to a 10-wicket haul in a Test and first-ever Olympics gold by Neeraj Chopra, sport saw it all as the world slowly reopened after a long spell of pandemic Neeraj Chopra clinches Olympic gold Neeraj Chopra fought his way into the spotlight with a throw of 87.58m and immortalized himself...
From Republic Day protests in Delhi in January to the recent Nagaland civilian killings – 2021 saw numerous significant events in India. The year brought with it the unprecedented Delta-fuelled second wave of COVID-19 that overwhelmed the country's health system and killed tens of thousands of people. Here is a recap of the most noteworthy...
Dilip Kumar Legendary actor Dilip Kumar, credited with bringing method acting to Hindi cinema, passed away at the age of 98. He was admitted to the hospital on June 30 and passed away on July 7. He perfected the brooding hero role in movies such as Devdas (1955) and Mughal -E-Azam (1960). The actor, whose original...
The Center and J&K government held the first ever 'Real Estate Summit 2021' in Jammu on Monday to encourage people from across India to invest in real estate and property in Jammu and Kashmir. Before Jammu and Kashmir was stripped of its special status and statehood, outsiders, classified as non-permanent residents, were barred from buying...
