KARNATAKA ELECTION RESULTS – 2018 2018 Vote Share% 2013 Vote Share% BJP 105 36.5 40 19.9 INC 76 37.9 122 36.6 JDS 39 18.1 40 20.2 OTHERS 2 NA 2 NA Refresh The Bharatiya Janata Party is all set to fall temptingly short of the halfway mark in Karnataka Legislative Assembly, making it more […]
Politician Shashi Tharoor said his wife would never commit suicide, and termed the charges of abeting her suicide “unbelievable”. “I have taken note of the filing of this preposterous charge sheet & intend to contest it vigorously,” Tharoor said. “No one who knew Sunanda believes she would ever have committed suicide, let alone abetment on […]
Delhi Police has dropped its initial charge of murder against politician Shashi Tharoor in its final chargesheet in the Sunanda Pushkar murder case. Instead, the police has gone with ‘abetment to suicide’ and ‘cruelty’ towards spouse. Initially, the police had started investigations on the basis of an FIR mentioning murder and section 302, but the […]
India has withdrawn its decision to impose a duty of 7.5% (effectively around 10%) on imports of solar modules, and this could give a shot in the arm for the solar power industry, according to India Ratings. The move could also help achieve the government’s target of achieving total, grid-connected solar power capacity of 100 […]
Two companies belonging to the Aditya Birla Group issued clarifications that they were not impacted by an attempted hacking of computers as reported in media reports. Telecom services provider Idea Cellular and financial services firm Aditya Birla Capital said they were not impacted. However, a third firm, Ultratech Cement, said there was an attempt “to […]
Companies belonging to the Future Group, which runs India’s largest super market chain Big Bazaar, said they have not taken any decision on selling a minority stake to any global retailer. Their comments came in response to a clarification sought by the stock exchanges into a news report that quoted Future Group founder Kishore Biyani […]
Two Congress Party MPs refused to proceed the with their petition in the Supreme Court on the impeachment of the Chief Justice after the judges refused to share the order passed by the Chief Justice of India on the matter. The Chief Justice of India had, last evening, taken up the matter and allocated it […]
Asaram Bapu, the religious leader popular in many parts of North India, has been held guilty of assaulting a 16-year-old girl at his ashram near Jodhpur earlier that year and was later sent to the Jodhpur Central Jail. The verdict was pronounced by the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe court in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. “We haven’t […]
Reliance Industries said it was not aware of any inquiry into the funds received by entities connected with it or its promoters from Singapore-based Biometrix Marketing. It also said, as far as it was aware, that the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal “was satisfied with the source of funds”. The clarifications came after report by the […]
The government of India has blamed a sudden spurt in currency demand, to the tune of Rs 45,000 cr in 13 days, for the ongoing cash crunch reflected in ‘dry’ ATMs in many parts of the country. In a statement, the finance ministry said the sudden demand has come from the states of Andhra Pradesh, […]
Finance minister Arun Jaitley blamed a ‘sudden and unusual’ increase in the demand for cash for causing a scarcity in currency notes in some states. Commenting on the reports that banks are running short of cash in many states such as Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, Jaitley said he has reviewed the […]
Mahindra Defence Systems said it has entered into a long-term partnership with Government of India-controlled defence electronics manufacturer Bharat Electronics Ltd “to jointly address emerging opportunities in the domestic market”. The two will address opportunities created by policy initiatives of the Government of India, like ‘Make in India’ and the ‘Export Promotion Policy’ of the […]
Punj Lloyd, Rave Gears (USA) and Adani Group said they will set up a joint venture to manufacture helicopter parts. The collaboration will use the manufacturing base in India for exports to global OEMs, both in the military and civil aerospace domain, Adani Defence & Aerospace said. The JV will design, manufacture and assemble high […]
The Supreme Court today asked the government why it was dragging its heels on the implementation of the court’s order on the sharing of the Cauvery river water. The court asked the center to file a draft sharing plan by May 3. The court’s sharp comments come in the context of it missing the March […]
Bollywood’s second biggest star Salman Khan has been handed a prison term of five years by the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate of Jodhpur in the black buck killing case after a 20-year trial. The sentence implies that Salman Khan is most likely to spend at least one day in jail, before he applies for […]
Salman Khan has been convicted of killing a black buck, a protected animal, while out on a ‘hunt’ 20 years ago during the shooting of “Hum Saath Saath Hain”. UPDATE: Media has reported that the actor has been given 2 years of imprisonment, but there’s no confirmation yet. UPDATE 2: The final quantum of punishment […]
The Central Bureau of Investigation has closed its investigation into complaints of financial irregularities at the Delhi & District Cricket Association, the Lok Sabha was informed today. “A preliminary enquiry was registered in SC-II branch (of the CBI) on 23.10.2015 against unknown office bearers of Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA) and unknown others, on […]
Faced with severe criticism from the media and the opposition, the Prime Minister’s office has directed the Information & Broadcasting ministry to withdraw the ‘fake news’ directive. The ministry had, last evening, issued a statement that envisaged provisions to punish journalists who reported ‘fake news’. According to the press release issued yesterday, action — including […]
The core sector growth in India’s Index of Industrial Production was at 5.3% for February 2018, the government said today. In January, the growth was 6.1%. The highest growth was seen in refinery output (7.8%) and cement (22.9%), while crude oil and natural gas production went down. With this, the overall growth for the IIP […]
Chief Justice of India Deepak Misra refused to hear a petition filed by a Dalit activists’ organization seeking urgent relief from the a recent judgment by another bench that imposed restrictions on the powers of the police in cases filed under the SC ST Prevention of Atrocities Act. “If you have filed a petition, it […]
