New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) The Central Government has extended the Credit Guarantee Scheme for Microfinance Institutions-2.0 (CGSMFI-2.0) up to August 31, 2026, or till guarantees for an amount of Rs 20,000 crore are issued, whichever is earlier.The Government has also approved an increase in the maximum loan amount cap for large-sized NBFC-MFIs/MFIs from Rs 300 crore to Rs 1,000 crore under the overall ceiling of 20 per cent of Assets Under Management (AUM), according to a statement issued by th…

Sofia, June 10 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Wednesday visited the National Historic Museum in Bulgaria’s Sofia. Sharing pictures from his visit on X, EAM Jaishankar wrote, “Visited the National Historical Museum in Sofia today. Explored its remarkable collection of artifacts spanning millennia and gained a deeper appreciation of how Bulgaria has preserved the many facets of its rich history and cultural heritage.”Earlier in the day, EAM Jaishankar arrived in Bulgaria on…

Bhopal/New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh BJP President Hemant Khandelwal on Wednesday said the BJP had no role in the rejection of Congress leader Meenakshi Natarajan’s Rajya Sabha nomination and asked the Congress to look at its own issues. “If there is a lack of consensus or internal conflict within the Congress, what can the BJP do about it? The BJP is not in power in Telangana; who provided the documents from there? Now you claim the BJP did something wrong… we did nothing wrong…

Patna, June 10 (IANS) The Bihar Special Vigilance Unit (SVU) on Wednesday intensified its crackdown in the alleged Rishu Shree tender scam case by arresting three government officials in connection with corruption allegations linked to contract allocations and bill clearances. The arrests were made in connection with SVU Case No. 5/25.Those arrested include Mumukshu Chaudhary, Joint Secretary, Finance Department, Government of Bihar; Tarani Das, Chief Engineer, Bihar Construction Department (BCD…

Bengaluru, June 10 (IANS) Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Congress Working Committee (CWC) member Siddaramaiah on Wednesday alleged that the rejection of Congress candidate Meenakshi Natarajan’s nomination for the Rajya Sabha election from Madhya Pradesh was a “blatant illegality” and part of a larger conspiracy to undermine democratic institutions. In a statement, Siddaramaiah said it was ironic that the BJP was celebrating Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s long tenure in office while, accordi…

Shillong, June 10 (IANS) The Meghalaya government has decided to put on hold all officially funded foreign visits by Ministers, MLAs and government officials for a period of six months as part of a broader expenditure rationalisation and austerity initiative, officials said on Wednesday. The decision has been taken in the larger public interest and comes at a time when governments across the country are exercising fiscal prudence amid emerging global economic uncertainties, including rising geop…

Patiala, June 10 (IANS) Marking a paradigm shift in Punjab’s urban sanitation and cleaning initiative, state Local Government Minister Harjot Singh Bains on Wednesday announced a first-of-its-kind hybrid cleaning model that would make this city the cleanest in the state within a month and eventually position Punjab as India’s cleanest state. Demonstrating the new system on Patiala’s streets this morning, Bains said the hybrid model integrates mechanised shrub-cutters, super-suction machine…

Ahmedabad, June 10 (IANS) The Gujarat State Monitoring Cell (SMC) seized Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) worth more than Rs 1.49 crore during a prohibition raid on the Vadodara-Ahmedabad Express Highway near Bibipura village in Ahmedabad Rural, officials said on Wednesday. The operation was carried out during the night of June 9-10 near Bibipura in Daskroi taluka.Acting on specific information, an SMC team led by Police Inspector Y.J. Rathod intercepted a Tata truck allegedly transporting a la…

New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday served the popular Bengali snack ‘jhalmuri’ to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a crucial meeting of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the national capital.The meeting was held to celebrate the completion of 12 years of the NDA government at the Centre and to mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi becoming India’s longest continuously serving elected Prime Minister.Taking to his official Instagram account, P…

New Delhi/Imphal, June 10 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Wednesday met Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari and discussed the progress of National Highway projects and the state’s road infrastructure development. A senior official from the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said that during the meeting, held at Gadkari’s official residence in New Delhi, the Chief Minister briefed the Union Minister on the steps taken by the state government to address …