Mumbai, 7/4: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday told the Bombay High Court that Maharashtra’s former home minister Anil Deshmukh was the “mastermind and brain” behind the money laundering conspiracy and that he had misused his official position to amass wealth. The agency also alleged that Deshmukh exercised undue influence to pass favourable transfers and…
Mumbai, 7/4: Walmart-owned Flipkart has internally raised its IPO valuation target by around a third to $60-70 billion, and now plans a US listing in 2023 instead of this year, two sources with direct knowledge of the plan told Reuters. Flipkart, which competes with Amazon.com Inc in India’s booming e-commerce space, had earlier…
Washington DC, 7/4: Amid the ongoing unrest in Sri Lanka owing to its economic crisis, the United States on Wednesday advised its citizens against travelling to the island nation, pointing to the fuel and medicine shortages there, besides the Covid-19 and terror threats. Reconsider travel to Sri Lanka due to Covid-19 and fuel and medicine…
New Delhi, 7/4: For the first time since April 1, petrol and diesel prices in the country remained unchanged on Thursday. Petrol in Bengaluru stands at Rs 111.09 per litre, while diesel prices in the state capital are at Rs 94.79 per litre.
New Delhi, 7/4: Confusion reigned supreme on Wednesday on what reportedly was India’s first case of XE variant of SARS-CoV-2 with the Centre rejecting the Maharashtra government and BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation’s claims of detecting such a variant in the western metropolis. The patient is a 50-year-old lady costume designer who works in the…
Bengaluru, 6/4: Days after joining the Aam Aadmi Party, former Bengaluru police commissioner Bhaskar Rao has expressed apprehension that cases may be registered against him or raids against him may be conducted. “Tomorrow, some cases may be registered against me or raids against me conducted. I am ready to face them,” Rao told…
Puri, 6/4: It has been decided to resume the service of Sambalpur-Puri-Sambalpur Inter City Express w.e.f. 10th April, 2022: 18303 Sambalpur-Puri Inter City Express will leave Sambalpur at 0600hrs (06.00a.m.) and will reach at Puri at 1250hrs (12.50p.m.). In the return direction, 18304 Puri-Sambalpur Inter City Express will leave Puri at…
Mumbai, 5/4:The first case of XE, a more transmissible Covid-19 variant, was detected in Mumbai on Wednesday, a civic health official said. A case of the Kappa variant was also detected during a sero survey, the official said, adding the results came in genome sequencing of 376 samples, the 11th batch of testing…
New Delhi, 6/4: Al-Qaeda chief Ayman Al-Zawahiri has used the recent hijab controversy in Karnataka to target democracy in India, saying “we must stop being deceived by the mirage of the pagan Hindu democracy”. In an 8.43-minute video clip released by the terror outfit online, and verified by the American SITE Intelligence Group,…
Dhenkanal, 6/4: In a major developmet, today at 12.40 PM Sri Bidhu Prasad Behera , Junior Assistant, O/o BEO, Bhuban, Dist-Dhenkal has been apprehended by Odisha Viglance while demanding and accepting bribe Rs.5000/- from a Complainant (Teacher)in order to sanction her pending RCM bill. The entire bribe money of Rs. 5000/- has been seized from…
