Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia are among three AAP leaders yet to file their replies NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Thursday granted three Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders, including party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal, one final opportunity to file their replies to the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) revision petition challenging a trial…
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday carried out searches at multiple locations across four states as part of a money laundering investigation into the illegal infiltration of Bangladeshi nationals and Rohingyas into India, officials said.According to officials, the probe is focused on a purported syndicate that operated through public charitable trusts registered under…
NEW DELHI: TMC leader Koel Mallick on Thursday resigned from the Rajya Sabha amid the ongoing exodus of MPs and MLAs from the Mamata Banerjee-led party, news agency ANI reported, citing sources.“Rajya Sabha MP from TMC, Koel Mallick met Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman CP Radhakrishnan and has submitted her resignation,” sources told ANI.The…
‘Stressful for students’: SC tells Centre not to introduce 3rd language in Class 9 NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Thursday observed that introducing a third language in Class 9 under the National Education Policy would put undue pressure on students as they begin preparing for their board examinations.The court said Central Board of Secondary Education’s…
The animated film was originally scheduled to release on July 10, just days before the annual Rath Yatra festival. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court agreed to hear on Friday a plea challenging the Orissa high court’s order staying the release of the animated film “Mahaprabhu Jagannath”, which has become the centre of a controversy over…
PIL moved in Delhi HC had sought immediate medical intervention for Sonam Wangchuk amid hunger strike NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court Thursday asked the Centre and the city government, both led by the BJP, to regularly monitor the deteriorating health of Sonam Wangchuk, who entered the day 19 of his indefinite hunger strike against…
NPCIL said the reported data breach at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project did not involve any nuclear safety or security systems NEW DELHI: Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) on Wednesday said the reported data breach involving the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project pertains only to conventional Balance of Plant (BoP) facilities and not to…
Jobs, exports, talent and investment increasingly depend on urban India. Three reforms can turn cities from growth constraints into productive assetsIndia’s economic destiny will be decided in its cities. This is a no brainer. They concentrate people, ideas, capital and markets in ways no other mode of human habitation can. India’s transition to a high-income…
Medical staff check on environmentalist Sonam Wangchuk on the 18th day of his indefinite hunger strike as part of the Cockroach Janata Party’s (CJP) protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi NEW DELHI: Sonam Wangchuk on Tuesday said he is “not in good shape, but not so bad” as his indefinite hunger strike against alleged…
MUMBAI: Home Credit India Finance, a subsidiary of TVS Holdings, signed a share purchase agreement on Wednesday, to acquire Varthana Finance which specialises in lending for education, in an all-cash deal valued at Rs 967 crore.The transaction will result in Varthana becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Home Credit India, and a step-down wholly owned…