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5:00 PM

Mukesh Ambani calls for urgent policy measures to do away with 2G

Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani on Friday called for urgent policy measures to move away from 2G service, which started 25 years ago, and make it a "part of history".
 

On the silver jubilee of the 1st mobile phone call made in India, Ambani said that 2G era feature phones have kept around 30 crore subscribers away from basic internet services when both India and the world are venturing into 5G domain.
 

"I specifically refer to the fact that India still has 300 million mobile subscribers trapped in the 2G era, their feature phones keep them excluded even from the basic usage of the internet at a time when both India and the rest of the world are standing at the doorsteps of 5G telephony. I think necessary policy steps should be taken with utmost urgency to make 2G a part of history," Ambani said.

4:53 PM

BJP sends legal notice to Siddaramaiah and D K Shivakumar

The BJP's Karnataka unit on Friday said it has sent legal notice to the leader of opposition Siddaramaiah and state Congress chief D K Shivakumar for their "baseless" allegations of corruption in the procurement of Covid-19 equipment and supplies.
 

The party has demanded public apology from the two leaders, failing which they have been threatened with legal action.
 

"On one side Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah say the government was not sharing information with them despite writing twenty letters......when the government did not share any information, where did you get this figure, who gave you this," BJP general secretary N Ravi Kumar asked.

 

4:39 PM

Ex-CM Mufti's detention extended by three months

4:28 PM

Gehlot questions BJP's criticism over defection of 6 BSP MLAs to Congress

Accusing the BJP of adopting double standards over the merger of six BSP MLAs with the Congress in Rajasthan, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday reminded it about the induction of four TDP Rajya Sabha MPs into the saffron party last year.
 

Six BSP MLAs defected to the Congress in September last year which was initially challenged by BJP MLA Madan Dilawar before the assembly speaker in March this year and now he and the BSP have filed separate writ petitions in the Rajasthan High Court against the merger.

4:12 PM

CM Sarbananda Sonowal inspects erosion caused by the Kundil river on NH 37

4:03 PM

ED should register ECIR in Sushant Singh Rajput case: Fadnavis

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) should register an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) in connection with the money laundering angle in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case, former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Friday.
 

There is a "huge public sentiment" about handing over the case to the CBI, but the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in the state has been reluctant to do so.
 

"There is a huge sentiment among the people in the Sushant Singh Rajput case. They feel something is being hidden, new revelations are being made. Hence, people are demanding a CBI probe into it," he said.

3:51 PM

Delhi BJP to install screens across city to live telecast Ram temple 'bhoomi pujan'

The 'bhoomi pujan' of Ram temple in Ayodhya, being performed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 5, will be witnessed by party workers in all 70 Assembly constituencies of the national capital on LEDs screens, Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta said on Friday.
 

The 'bhoomi pujan' would be telecast live on various TV channels as well. The Delhi BJP chief said that the party workers should watch the event and inspire others to watch it too.
 

"All party workers should light up oil lamps in their homes on August 5 and inspire others to do it too. This day will be remembered in history and it is our responsibility to make it a matter of pride," he said.

3:38 PM

Supreme Court bars registration of BS-IV vehicles till further orders

The Supreme Court on Friday barred the registration of BS-IV vehicles till further notice and expressed its displeasure on the large number of vehicles that were sold in March during the lockdown period.
 

A Bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra said that an unusual number of BS-IV vehicles were sold during the lockdown.
 

The apex court sought details of the advertisements which were made by car dealers since March.

3:37 PM

Raj political crisis: 54 Gehlot camp MLAs on way to Jaisalmer, more to follow

Over 50 MLAs of the Ashok Gehlot camp, who were lodged in a hotel on the Jaipur- Delhi Highway amid the ongoing political crisis in Rajasthan, were being shifted to Jaisalmer on Friday, Congress sources said.
 

Three chartered flights carrying 54 MLAs to Jaisalmer took off from here in the first round. The remaining legislators will go in the second round, the sources said.
 

We are going to Jaisalmer for a change, Congress MLA Prashant Bairwa said.

3:28 PM

Under-construction road caves in due to rain, rubble falls on house killing 3 in Uttarakhand

Three persons, including two women, died in Uttarakhand's Tehri district when a portion of the under-construction Chardham all-weather road caved in and the rubble fell over their house early on Friday morning following heavy rains.
 

The buttress of the all-weather road caved in following heavy rains near Hindolakhal on Rishikesh-Chamba-Gangotri highway around 4 am and the rubble came crashing on a double-storey building in Kheragad village killing three persons sleeping inside it, Tehri's District Magistrate Mangesh Ghildiyal said.

3:05 PM

FB, Google bet on Jio pact to tap into opportunities in India; plan to take solutions global

Tech giants Facebook and Google - which have invested in Mukesh Ambani's Jio Platforms - are keen on leveraging the partnership to cash in on the fast growing business opportunity in India and expand the learnings to other countries as well.
 

During their investor calls, the US-based companies highlighted the importance of the Indian market which is home to one of the world's largest Internet consumer bases.

Referring to the investment in Jio Platforms, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the partnership "will be to wire up and get thousands of kiranas, small businesses across India, onboarded onto WhatsApp to do commerce there" and that the company is excited about the opportunity in India.

2:55 PM

Sushant Sigh Rajput death case should be handed over to CBI: Paswan

2:41 PM

Covid-19 provides opportunity for a new imagination: Rahul Gandhi

Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi in his conversation with 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner and Bangladesh Grameen Bank founder Muhammad Yunus said on Friday that the novel coronavirus pandemic has given an opportunity to have a brand new imagination and emphasised on going back to the rural economy as the western model opted for has some serious problems.
 

Speaking to the Congress leader, Yunus said: "I said Covid-19 pandemic suddenly stopped the whole machine, the entire economic machine. Now the whole thrust is coming over how quickly we can go back to where you were coming from."
 

Yunus said: "I said, what is the hurry to go back. Why do we have to go back to that world and why we have to go back to the world with global warming, with wealth concentration?"

2:28 PM

Punjab CM orders inquiry into suspicious deaths of 21 people

2:14 PM

Govt amends import policy of colour TV sets from 'free' to 'restricted'