New Delhi: The Delhi High Court is slated to hear Monday a criminal revision petition filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) challenging a trial court order that refused to take cognisance of its money laundering complaint against Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Leader of...
Mumbai: The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Sunday clarified that there is no change in the existing regulatory framework for short selling. The market regulator said that "a media article has incorrectly reported about changes in short selling framework which would become applicable...
Raipur: In a significant blow to Maoist activities, security forces have successfully thwarted a deadly Maoist conspiracy by recovering a large cache of explosives and weapons from a hideout in the remote Dadipani hilly area under the Mainpur police station in Chhattisgarh's Gariyaband district. The...
New Delhi/Kolkata: Asserting that 90 per cent of the Aravalli region will remain protected, the Centre Sunday rejected claims that the new definition of the Aravalli range will allow large-scale mining and cited a Supreme Court-ordered freeze on new mining leases in the region. It...
New Delhi: Noting that only Madhya Pradesh and the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu had reported creche facilities on the central portal for women construction workers, a Parliamentary committee has recommended that the Ministry of Labour explore the feasibility...
Kolkata: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat Sunday asserted that there are some misconceptions about the organisation among a section of people. Addressing a gathering at the Science City auditorium in Kolkata to mark the centenary celebrations of the RSS, Bhagwat clarified that the...
New Delhi: India Sunday slammed the "misleading propaganda" by Bangladeshi media regarding the protest outside the Bangladeshi High Commission in New Delhi and reaffirmed its commitment to ensure the safety of foreign missions/posts in its territories. This comes a day after protests erupted outside the...
Chennai: ISRO's upcoming LVM3 M6 mission will carry the BlueBird Block-2 satellite into orbit December 24, as part of a commercial deal with US-based AST SpaceMobile. The historic mission will deploy the next-generation communication satellite designed to provide high-speed cellular broadband directly to smartphones worldwide....
Narayanpur (Chhattisgarh): A jawan from the District Reserve Guard was dead after a weapon went off accidentally in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district Sunday, police said. The incident occurred in Kadenar camp in the morning when a team of security personnel returned from an area domination operation...
New Delhi: The Indian Railways announced a fare revision effective from December 26 this year, aiming to increase revenue by Rs 600 crore. Under the new ticket pricing structure, passengers will pay an additional 1 paisa per kilometer on journeys exceeding 215 kilometers in Ordinary...
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