New Delhi, 28/9: In a major development, Senior advocate R Venkataramani has been appointed as the new Attorney General for India for a period of three years. Minister of Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju’s office confirmed the appointment in a tweet. “Honorable President is pleased to appoint Shri R. Venkataramani, Senior Advocate as Attorney General…
New Delhi, 28/9: In a surprise move, the Centre on Wednesday appointed Lt Gen Anil Chauhan, who retired last year, as India’s second Chief of the Defence Staff, within months of changing the rules to make retired officers eligible for the coveted post. Lt Gen Chauhan, currently serving the National Security Council Secretariat…
Bangalore, 28/9: Welcoming a galaxy of potential investors at Bengaluru Investors’ Meet today, Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik gave a clarion call to the captains of industry saying, “Come, Invest in Odisha and be our partner in ushering in a new Industrial Age in Odisha.” Emphasising the commitment of the State, he said…
New Delhi, 28/9: Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium, champions Made in India aluminium at the ‘ALUMINIUM 2022’ World Trade Fair in Düsseldorf, Germany.The company has put up its stall in Hall No. 6, Booth No. 64D5, at the tradeshow for displaying its top-of-the-line product portfolio and manufacturing excellence to global customers. “As…
New Delhi, 28/9: The Union Cabinet Wednesday increased the Dearness Allowance (DA) for central government employees and pensioners by 4 per cent, announced Union Minister Anurag Thakur.
Bangalore, 28/9: In a major fraud, financial assistance worth Rs 442 crore went to four lakh ‘ineligible’ and ‘dead’ farmers in Karnataka under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN), a flagship scheme of the ruling BJP government. Authorities are going after these farmers to recover the money they received. Under PM-KISAN,…
New Delhi, 28/9: The Centre on Wednesday banned Islamist organisation Popular Front of India (PFI) and its seven affiliates for five years charging it of being involved in “several criminal and terror cases” and having links with the terror outfit Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued the…
New Delhi, 27/9: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday restrained the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and several of its leaders from levelling “false” allegations against Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena, and directed them to take down the alleged libelous posts, videos and tweets against him on social media. Justice Amit Bansal, while pronouncing the order…
Mumbai 26/9: Google’s head of public policy for India has resigned just five months after taking the job, two sources told Reuters, at a potentially critical time for the US tech giant as it awaits the outcome of at least two antitrust cases in the country. The reasons for Archana Gulati’s resignation were not…
Bangalore, 26/9: Twitter Inc on Monday told the High Court of Karnataka that during farmers’ protest in 2021 it was simply asked to block certain accounts. Senior advocate Aravind S Datar, appearing for Twitter in the petition questioning the blocking orders under section 69A of the Information Technology (IT) Act, said that the blocking orders…
