Earlier in the day, Supreme Court allowed a plea by the Centre seeking allocation of Rs 5,000 crore, out of Rs 24,000 crore deposited by the Sahara group with market regulator Sebi, to repay depositors of the cooperative societies.
Thapa also raised the same concern during his valedictory remarks in the Assembly, wherein he stated, "We have around Rs. 3000 crores of revenue but our loan is about Rs. 27,000 Crores. Instead of plugging the leakage of revenue or increasing the revenue, we are borrowing all the time."
In a breakthrough in its ongoing operation against smuggling, the Serchhip Battalion of Assam Rifles, under the aegis of Inspector General Assam Rifles (East), recovered 235 cases of foriegn cigarettes worth Rs 3.525 crore in a general area Melbuk Refugee Camp, Zokhawthar, in Champhai distri
In yet another boost to self-reliance in defence sector, the Ministry of Defence on Wednesday signed three contracts - two with Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Ghaziabad and one with New Space India Limited (NSIL) - at a total cost nearly Rs 5,400 crore, to bolster the defence capabilit
"Government has respectively received about Rs 224 crore and Rs 123 crore from BEL and HUDCO as dividend tranches," said the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) secretary in a tweet.
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday said that irrigation projects worth Rs 5,500 crore have been sanctioned and launched across the state.
The Border Security Force (BSF) on Tuesday seized approx 221.96 gms of suspected brown sugar worth Rs 1.10 crore in Tripura's Unakoti district from a train going from Silchar to Agartala, the official said.
Rajnath Singh was delivering the Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw memorial lecture on the topic 'The role of youth in nation building' organised by Symbiosis International University in Pune.