Mumbai: Police were put on high alert on Friday after an email threatened bomb blasts at the Bombay High Court, Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), Mahalaxmi Racecourse and actor Amitabh Bachchan's residence 'Jalsa' here, but it turned out to be a hoax. Police, Bomb Detection and...
New Delhi: Providing more leeway for raising funds, Indian companies can now list their convertible debentures and preference shares apart from equity shares on international exchanges in the GIFT City, with the government easing the norms. Also, unlisted public companies as well as those having...
Mumbai: Benchmark indices registered their seventh day of rally Friday, defying a global market rout, with the Sensex climbing 1,718 points and the Nifty regaining the 25,000 level, as sustained foreign fund inflows and easing crude oil prices boosted optimism among investors. The 30-share BSE...
New Delhi: Social media platforms must take responsibility for content, necessary steps to ensure child safety, ensure measures on algorithmic transparency, and give citizens an effective voice to address grievances, IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said Friday. The Minister said that internet and social media landscape...
A No Claim Bonus (NCB) lets you save on your car insurance premiums for every claim-free year. However, an eligible claim may reduce the discount you earn over the policy period. Protecting this benefit can make your policy renewal more cost-effective. If you are planning...
Bhubaneswar: In a major push to industrial development and investment-led growth, the Land Allotment Committee (LAC), chaired by Usha Padhee, Additional Chief Secretary, Housing & Urban Development Department and Chairperson of IDCO, Thursday approved 63 project proposals, including 55 land allotment proposals and eight related...
Kathmandu: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri Thursday called on Nepal’s Prime Minister Balendra Shah in Kathmandu ahead of Shah’s forthcoming visit to India, and also conveyed greetings from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Indian Embassy in Nepal said. “Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri called on the Rt....
St. John's (Antigua and Barbuda): External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar urged Commonwealth partners to de-risk and diversify supply chains through shorter, trusted routes, adding that more connectivity corridors benefit business. The EAM made these remarks at the Commonwealth Heads of Government and Business Leaders...
New Delhi: Supreme Court Wednesday held that a 1974 Constitution Bench ruling upholding states' power to impose additional sales tax or surcharge calculated as a percentage of the existing sales tax continues to hold the field, saying a reference on the issue had become academic....
New Delhi: India's services sector activity recorded the strongest pace of expansion in four months in October as demand buoyancy fuelled growth in business activity and new orders amid easing cost pressures, a monthly survey said Wednesday. Companies were cautiously optimistic about the outlook, and...
The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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The BJP appears to be clueless as to how to handle the people’s fury and the Opposition’s mega rally at...
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By Aakar Patel My thesis is that the Indian state under Hindutva is incompletely communal. I have written about this...
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