Mumbai, 23/10: Reliance Industries Ltd., controlled by Asia’s richest tycoon Mukesh Ambani, is nearing a cash and stock deal to buy Walt Disney Co.’s India operations, according to people familiar with the matter. The US entertainment giant may sell a controlling stake in the Disney Star business, which it values at around $10 billion, as…
Lanjigarh, 23/10: Vedanta Limited, Lanjigarh, India’s premier producer of metallurgical grade alumina, has launched ‘Ascend: Grow Responsibly, Learn Responsibly’. It is a mentoring series led by the company’s senior leaders with the goal of reaching out to students attending schools in the vicinity of the operational area. The initiative envisions a platform where the students…
New Delhi, 23/10: Congress Working Committee member Shashi Tharoor on Monday criticised the circulation of cropped images showing him with Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, calling it an act of “cheap politics”. The Thiruvananthapuram MP clarified that he was present at Moitra’s birthday party, attended by around 15 people, including his sister. He said he…
Amritsar, 23/10: Former India captain and country’s greatest ever left-arm spinner Bishan Singh Bedi died on Monday after prolonged illness. He was 77 years old and is survived by his wife Anju, son Angad and daughter Neha. Born in Amritsar in 1946, Bedi played 67 Tests for India and took 266 wickets with 14…
Manipur, 23/10: A militant has been arrested and more than 1,200 cartridges and 68 lathode explosives have been seized from his possession, police said on Monday. A car was stopped by traffic police at the Moirangkhom Road crossing in the Imphal West district on Saturday but it tried to flee. However, the law enforcers were…
New Delhi, 23/10: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday called Agniveer a scheme devised to ‘insult’ India’s bravehearts, saying that no pension or other benefits are given to the families of Agniveers after their martyrdom – a charge denied by the BJP. Gandhi shared a picture of Agniveer Gavate Akshay Laxman and said the…
New Delhi, 23/10: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said removing the Bharatiya Janata Party from power in 2024 Lok Sabha polls will be the “greatest act of patriotism,” as he accused the saffron party of failing to lead the country towards progress despite being in power for two terms. The AAP National Convener…
Gaza,23/10:Israel bombarded Gaza with air strikes early on Monday and its aircraft struck southern Lebanon overnight, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened a meeting of his top generals and his war cabinet to assess the escalating conflict. Israel’s attacks concentrated on the Gaza Strip’s centre and north, Palestinian media reported. A strike on a…
Dharmashala, 22/10: Virat Kohli’s spectacular innings of 95 helped India beat New Zealand by 4 wickets in match 21 of the ICC World Cup, at Dharamsala’s HPCA Stadium on Sunday Sent in to bat first, the Kiwis put up a total of 273, credits to Daryl Mitchell’s century. With this, India remains the only unbeaten…
New Delhi, 22/10: Cyclone ‘Tej’, brewing in the Arabian Sea, intensified into an extremely severe cyclonic storm on Sunday and is headed towards the Yemen-Oman coasts, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) . The cyclonic storm is predicted to move northwestwards and cross the Yemen-Oman coasts between Al Ghaidah (Yemen) and Salalah (Oman), close to the…
