NSE has today filed a defamation suit against an organization for publishing what it called unsubstantiated and misleading reports against the exchange. The suit also names the officials of the organization that published such reports, the exchange said. “The exchange has sought withdrawal of those reports etc, as well as, has made a claim of […]
Even as concerns are raised that India’s joining of the Madrid Protocol of global intellectual property system is impacting small companies here, minister for trade and industry Nirmala Sitharaman said it would a good thing for small enterprises. Before India joined the system, India’s top Patent officer, the Controller General of Patents PH Kurian announced […]
BSE said it has issued advisory letters to 530 companies regarding levy of fines for non-compliance with the said provision within the prescribed timelines. The notices were sent following a circular by Securities and Exchange Board of India. SEBI, via its circular dated April 8, 2015 had prescribed the schedule of fines to be levied […]
The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has dismissed an appeal by Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) against an order by a lower body that imposed heavy damages on the company after faulty fixation of gas-tube led to an explosion at the premises of a customer. HPCL and its gas agency were told to pay Rs […]
A photo of IPS officer Rishiraj Singh sitting while all his colleagues stand up and salute Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala has gone viral on social media with many Malayalis supporting the defiant act of the IPS officer from Rajasthan. The Kerala government, led by the Congress Party, has been grappling with the question of […]
Tata AIG General Insurance Co, one of India’s top insurers, has been pulled up by the country’s top consumer court after the company claimed that it did not insure a buffalo as claimed by a farmer, and that someone had cheated the farmer by forging documents. “It is a sad story that the gullible persons […]
The Department of Telecom is unlikely to allow all telecom operators to conduct spectrum swapping, and permit only those players who hold only auctioned spectrum to do so. This move is likely to severely restrict the benefits and applicability of spectrum swapping as ‘subsidized spectrum’ allocated in earlier years is lying co-mingled with newer auctioned […]
This batch of writ petitions filed under Article 32 of the Constitution of India raises very important and far-reaching questions relatable primarily to the fundamental right of free speech and expression guaranteed by Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution of India. The immediate cause for concern in these petitions is Section 66A of the Information Technology […]
The rate of crime on Indian Railways is showing a steady increase every year, statistics show. The number of reported cases involving harassment of women and children, in particular, has shown a marked increase. It must be kept in mind that only a fraction of the crimes committed on Indian Railways is actually reported. In […]
Industry association ASSOCHAM, which has members from most of the big industrial groups in India, today said the opaque nature of decision making in India should be done away with to prevent incidents like the latest ‘corporate espionage’ involving top industrial houses in India. In a statement, the association said: “One fails to understand what […]
25% of Valentine Day couples in a survey conducted in India by Tripadvisor expressed concern over Hindu right wing organisations’ threat that anyone found sharing love tomorrow will be forcibly married. “While 44% respondents are not concerned with regards to threats from certain organisations to take action against public couples, 25% are concerned about the […]
My association with the Aam Aadmi Party predates its formation. I was among the first 500 or so people who joined the erstwhile India Against Corruption movement back in 2011 at a time when it was just another protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi. Over the next few months and years, I did my fair […]
FITE said it would hold a protest in Delhi today at 1 pm against what it called unjust termination of staff by TCS. TCS had, in its earnings press conference yesterday, asserted that the company had a policy of ‘involuntary attrition’ of those who failed to keep up with performance requirements. It also said only […]
Even as the controversy around ‘ghar vapasi’ is yet to die down, anti-caste crusader K K Sarachandra Bose is planning a different kind of ghar vapasi based on ‘caste’ – he wants everyone to become Brahmins. To this end, Bose has urged for support from top Hindu religious leaders to join him in his mission […]
A district forum in Karnataka faulted Bharti Airtel Ltd for failing to convert a corporate mobile connection into a personal connection despite the ex-employee producing a no-objection certificate from his ex-employer. The Tumkur forum also dismissed Bharti Airtel’s contention that it represented the ‘Telegraph Authority of India’ and it cannot be subjected to the proceedings […]
Liberals and conservatives faced off each other at the Marine Drive walkway at Kochi in Kerala over whether two people have the right to kiss each other in public. Things got violent at an event called Kiss of Love which was organized via Facebook after BJP’s student wing ransacked a restaurant alleging that a couple […]
The government of India, through Ministry of Consumer Affairs, has written to all consumer disputes redressal bodies asking them not to reject consumer complaints against telecom operators as many of them have been doing for years. Consumer forums, including state-level bodies, have regularly dismissed complaints against companies like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Idea, Reliance Communications and […]
Vodafone and Bharti Airtel have been told to compensate a customer after Vodafone disconnected a customer who ported from Airtel saying that the customer did not pay Airtel’s bills. The North 24 Parganas district consumer forum found that Bharti Airtel guilty of issuing ‘vague bills’ to a customer who had already ported out of the […]
Karbonn Mobile has been told to pay Rs 5,000 as compensation and litigation expenses after the company said it no longer had a new handset to give to a customer whose handset stopped working properly during warranty time. The company was also told by the District Consumer Forum in Ferozepur to return the original cost […]
The deallocation of coal blocks by the Supreme Court will hit metal players harder than most power players, Crisil Research said in a report. Power costs in West Bengal and Punjab could rise, it added. It said power generation companies will be able to pass through increased costs, but not metal companies. Coal is used […]
