Kochi: The Kerala High Court Thursday stayed the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) notices issued in connection with funds raised through Masala Bonds by the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB), granting interim relief to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, former Finance Minister Thomas Isaac, KIIFB CEO K.M....
New Delhi: With photographs of Mahatma Gandhi in hand, several opposition MPs Thursday took out a protest march inside the Parliament House complex against the government's G RAM G bill and demanded its withdrawal. Behind a huge banner that had 'Mahatma Gandhi NREGA' written on...
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI), from Thursday, will start sending notices for hearing on the claims and objections on the draft voters’ list in West Bengal, thus marking the end of the first stage of the three-part Special Intensive Exercise (SIR), which started...
Kochi: A major aviation mishap was averted Thursday when an Air India Express flight carrying around 160 passengers made an emergency landing at Kochi in Kerala after developing a technical snag mid-air. The flight, AIE 398, had originated from Jeddah in Saudi Arabia and was...
New Delhi: The highest court of Belgium, the Court of Cassation, has rejected the appeal of fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi against India's extradition request, while endorsing a lower court's view that there are no grounds for his claims of flagrant denial of justice, torture or...
New Delhi: The Delhi government will begin strict enforcement of the “No PUC, No Fuel” rule from December 18 as part of an intensified multi-pronged drive to curb worsening air pollution in the national capital. Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa Wednesday issued firm directives to...
New Delhi: Parliament Wednesday passed a bill to raise FDI in the insurance sector to 100 per cent from the current 74 per cent, which is expected to increase insurance penetration, lower premiums, and boost job creation. The Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha (Amendment of Insurance...
Panaji: A court in North Goa Wednesday remanded Gaurav and Saurabh Luthra, co-owners of the ‘Birch by Romeo Lane' nightclub, in police custody for five days. The brothers, brought to Goa from Delhi after being deported from Thailand in connection with the December 6 blaze...
New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday that the proposed India-Oman free trade agreement (FTA) would open significant opportunities across sectors, including textiles, food processing, automobiles, gems and jewellery, agrochemicals, renewable energy and auto components. Addressing the India-Oman Business Forum in...
New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) summoned the Bangladesh High Commissioner to India, Riaz Hamidullah, Wednesday to convey New Delhi's strong concerns over the deteriorating security environment in Bangladesh. According to the MEA, the Bangladeshi envoy's attention was drawn specifically to the activities...
At a time when there are nationwide protests demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar over the...
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