Thiruvananthapuram: The ambitious Kerala Fibre Optic Network (K-FON) project of the Left government, which seeks to provide free internet connectivity to the poor, will be launched on June 5, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Friday.

New Delhi: The government on Friday announced that no tax will be charged on overseas spending of up to Rs 7 lakh in a year using debit or credit as it looked to douse backlash from its earlier decision of levying TCS on all spending.

New Delhi: Online gaming app Battleground Mobile India will resume operations in India after the government revoked the ban from it for a 3-month trial period.

Mumbai: Former NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede, accused of demanding a bribe from Shah Rukh Khan for not implicating his son Aryan Khan in the 2021 drugs-on-cruise case, has claimed in his petition that the superstar praised the officer's "integrity" and pleaded with him to be kind to Aryan.

Bankura (WB): TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee, who has been called by CBI to appear at its Kolkata office on Saturday as part of its probe into the school jobs scam, dared the central agency to arrest him if it has any proof of corruption or misconduct against him.

Nagpur: A passenger was found dead in a general coach of the Bengaluru-Danapur Sanghamitra Superfast Express in Nagpur, a police official said on Friday.

Gwalior: A 34-year-old woman was booked for allegedly throwing acid on the wife of her former live-in partner in Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh, a police official said on Friday.

Mumbai: In a significant move, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced the immediate discontinuation of printing new ₹2000 denomination banknotes. However, it has clarified that the existing ₹2000 banknotes will continue to be recognized as legal tender.