‘Anil Ready To Discuss, Settle With Banks’ New Delhi: Supreme Court Thursday dismissed three appeals filed by beleaguered industrialist Anil Ambani and Reliance Communications (RCom) for stay of proceedings related to ‘fraud tagging’ of their bank accounts following a forensic review of debts and alleged diversion and siphoning of loans by ADAG group to the…
CHENNAI: Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president Vijay announced a slew of freebies in his election manifesto, ranging from six free LPG cylinders a year and 200 units of power, to Rs 2,500 monthly dole for women below 60, and Rs 25 lakh family health cover. Releasing the manifesto in Chennai on Thursday, Vijay also promised…
New Delhi: Nearly a decade after declaring instant divorce through triple talaq unconstitutional and void, Supreme Court Thursday agreed to examine the validity of blatant discrimination of Muslim women in property inheritance under the 90-year-old Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act.A bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi sought…
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir police’s state investigation agency (SIA) on Thursday filed chargesheet against 10 people accused in the “white collar” terror module case. One amongst them, Umar Un Nabi, was killed in the Red Fort blast last Nov.The other nine accused are: Arif Nisar Dar, Yasir Ul Ashraf Bhat, Maqsood Ahmad Dar of Nowgam,…
NEW DELHI: A massive fire broke out on Thursday at three cottages near a beachside property in Mandrem, Goa. According to Namdev Pawar, in-charge of Pernem Fire Station emergency teams rushed to the spot to bring the situation under control.This is a breaking story. Details awaited Source link
The ruins of Honiak Music Academy after the strike. NEW DELHI: In the shattered remains of his 15-year-old music school, Iranian musician Hamidreza Afarideh sat on a debris-laden floor, drew his bow and played with a kamancheh, what he called “the last sound” of a life’s work reduced to dust.Weeks after a strike destroyed Honiak…
BENGALURU: Isro’s Space Applications Centre (SAC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) to combine satellite data with ecological field research.“The collaboration will focus on mapping India’s grasslands and other open natural ecosystems, which have often remained under-represented in policy and planning. It will…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday criticised the government for linking women’s reservation with delimitation, saying the law should be implemented immediately instead of being tied to the delimitation process. He also called for a detailed and wider discussion rather than rushing it through in a short time.Speaking to reporters outside the Parliament…
GRAP stage-1 curbs imposed in Delhi-NCR after air quality turns ‘poor’ NEW DELHI: The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) on Thursday imposed Stage-I measures across Delhi-NCR under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) after air quality slipped into the “poor” category.“The AQI of Delhi has been showing an increasing trend owing to unfavourable meteorological…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra took aim at the Centre in the Lok Sabha on Thursday while speaking on the proposed women’s reservation bill, using a sharp Chanakya reference that drew laughter from Union home minister Amit Shah himself and the treasury bench MPs.Backing the idea of reserving seats for women legislators, Priyanka…
