Bijapur (Chhattisgarh): At least eight Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district Friday, a source said. The gunfight took place in a forest near Pidia village under Gangaloor police limits when a team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxal operation, the source added. As per the field report, bodies...

New Delhi: The Centre’s decision to hand over the security of the Parliament to the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) from the Parliament Security Service (PSS) has led to concern among the latter. The Rajya Sabha Secretariat Employees’ Association (RSSEA) has taken up the matter with the Secretary-General highlighting the anxiety among the Secretariats’ employees, especially those...

New Delhi: A Delhi court Friday ordered framing of charges against former Wrestling Federation of India chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in a sexual harassment case lodged by six female wrestlers. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Priyanka Rajpoot also discharged Singh in a complaint filed by one of the six women wrestlers. The court...

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Friday filed a fresh charge sheet in the Delhi excise policy-linked money laundering case naming BRS leader K Kavitha as an accused, official sources said. The federal agency had arrested 46-year-old Kavitha, the daughter of former Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao, from her Banjara hills residence in Hyderabad March 15....

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Kolkata/ New Delhi: On a day the TMC accused NCW chairperson Rekha Sharma of "abusing her authority and being involved in a conspiracy" in Sandeshkhali, where women have claimed they were deceived by the BJP into filing sexual assault complaints against TMC leaders, the NCW asserted that the women were coerced into retracting their complaints. Stating TMC's...

New Delhi: Pharma major Cipla Ltd Friday reported a 78.7 per cent jump in consolidated net profit to Rs 931.87 crore in the March quarter on the back of higher sales. The company had posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 521.51 crore in the year-ago period, Cipla Ltd said in a regulatory filing. Consolidated total revenue...

New Delhi: As the IT sector goes through muted revenue growth, companies have become more conservative in their FY25 projections, baking in anticipated delays in executions and project closure activities, market analysts said Friday. The revenue growth outlook for FY25 has been discouraging, with tier-1 IT companies expected to report below mid-single digit growth on average, while...

Bengaluru: Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly Friday said the Indian team management should make Virat Kohli open in next month's T20 World Cup to exploit the star batter's rich vein of form in the ongoing Indian Premier League. Kohli is the current Orange Cap holder in this IPL with 634 runs from 12 matches, averaging 70.44 and...

New Delhi: The Election Commission Friday took strong exception to Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge's letter to opposition leaders over voter turnout data, terming it an attempt to "push a biased narrative" under the guise of seeking clarifications. In a five-page response with annexures, the poll panel rejected charges of mismanagement and delay in the release of voter...