New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) India’s IT industry is witnessing a remarkable shift as growth expands beyond traditional metro cities, driven by the government-backed Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), the Parliament was informed on Wednesday. As of FY 2024-25, India’s software exports touched $224.4 billion, up from $136 billion in 2019, and total revenue from the IT industry stood at $282.6 billion, with the sector employing 5.8 million people, a significant rise from 4.14 million in 2019…

Jaipur, Aug 6 (IANS) The Rajasthan High Court has refused to stay the arrest of cricketer Yash Dayal, a fast bowler for the Indian Premier League (IPL) team Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), in a case related to the alleged rape of a minor girl.The court stated that since the victim is a minor, no interim protection can be granted to the accused cricketer from arrest.Justice Sudesh Bansal, while presiding over the matter in Jaipur, also summoned the case diary and listed the next hearing for Au…

Chandigarh, Aug 6 (IANS) Sharpening its ongoing battle against the anti-farmer land pooling scheme of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab, the BJP on Wednesday announced a state-wide “Save Land, Save Farmers” procession from August 17 to September 5. It will be led by the party’s state working President Ashwani Sharma. An announcement in this regard was made by party’s state Vice-President Kewal Singh Dhillon. He said during the yatra the BJP would go village-to-village, creat…

Patna, Aug 6 (IANS) The Patna Police on Wednesday arrested Roshan Sharma, a wanted inter-state criminal, and uncovered a major illegal arms network based on his revelations. His arrest has led to the recovery of multiple weapons and the exposure of a mini firearms manufacturing unit operating within the city.Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kartikeya Sharma, in a press conference, said that Sharma was apprehended in connection with the April 21 firing incident, in which a bus driver was gun…

New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside a Rajasthan High Court order that had suspended the sentence of a man convicted of raping a minor, and directed him to surrender by August 30 before the special Pocso court in the state’s Karauli. A bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and K.V. Viswanathan allowed the appeal filed by the minor victim’s father, holding that the Rajasthan High Court’s reasoning “fell far short of the parameters required for enlarging a convict, pu…

Bengaluru, Aug 6 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) said on Wednesday in its official statement that the autorickshaw blast which took place in communally-sensitive Mangaluru city in Karnataka was a part of the plan of the terrorist organisation ISIS. The Enforcement Directorate initiated an investigation into the blast case on the basis of the FIR registered by the Kankanady police station in Mangaluru on the complaint of K. Purushottama, an autorickshaw driver, relating to the expl…

New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday inaugurated Kartavya Bhavan at Kartavya Path, New Delhi, calling it a major step towards transforming India’s administrative infrastructure into a 21st-century system that is cost-effective, efficient, and environmentally conscious. Highlighting a significant point, the Prime Minister said that the government has been spending nearly Rs 1,500 crore every year on office rentals for ministries and departments functioning out of sc…

Washington, Aug 6 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced that he has signed an executive order imposing an additional 25 per cent tariff on imports from India, citing the country’s continued purchase of Russian oil.The White House said the decision is aimed at strengthening measures taken under earlier sanctions against Russia following its actions in Ukraine. The US President had announced a 25 per cent tariff on India last week.The order states that India is directly or indi…

Chandigarh, Aug 6 (IANS) Haryana is set to host the prestigious 18th Urban Mobility India (UMI) conference-cum-exhibition in Gurugram from November 7 to 9, government officials said on Wednesday. The preparations for the event were reviewed at a meeting chaired by Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi here. The conference is a flagship annual event organised by the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs and serves as a globally recognised platform for stakeholders to deliberate on emerging issues,…

Mumbai, Aug 6 (IANS) The Congress on Wednesday demanded that the voting in the upcoming local body elections in Maharashtra be held using the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) to ensure transparency. If voting through VVPAT takes time, then, the Congress said, the elections should be held on a ballot.Congress Legislature Party leader Vijay Wadettiwar took strong objection to the statement by the State Election Commissioner (SEC) Dinesh Waghmare’s statement made on Tuesday that VVPAT m…