CBI chargesheets CG Power and Industrial Solutions, Gautam Thapar in Rs 2435-cr bank fraud case

Mumbai, 4/1: The CBI has filed a charge sheet against CG Power and Industrial Solutions and its former promoter Gautam Thapar in an alleged Rs 2435-crore bank fraud case that affected 12 banks, officials said. This comes after the agency conducted a probe for nearly 19 months into the allegations of diversion of bank funds,…

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Never heard of Nidhi, murder charges should be slapped on her: Delhi hit-and-run victim’s kin

New Delhi, 4/1: Nidhi is lying and should be charged with murder, Anjali Singh’s family said on Wednesday and claimed they had never seen or heard of the ‘friend’ who was with the 20-year-old killed when she was dragged under a car.     Giving her narrative of what had happened that night, Nidhi had…

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SC stays Allahabad HC order on urban body polls without OBC quota

New Delhi, 4/1: The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the Allahabad High Court’s order directing the Uttar Pradesh government to conduct urban local bodies polls without reserving seats for Other Backward Classes.   A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice P S Narasimha noted that if elections are held without reservations, a…

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Siddheshwar Swami of Jnanayogashrama passes away

Vijaypura, 3/1: Siddeshwar Swami, the seer of the Jnanayogashrama here, who was known for his scholarly discourses and powerful oratory passed away on Monday. The 81-year-old seer was suffering from age-related ailments for some time now.   Announcing the passing away of the seer who was known as “walking god” among his disciples, Deputy Commissioner…

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There was no pothole on road where Rishabh Pant’s car met with accident: NHAI official

Uttarakhand, 3/2: There were no potholes on the road where cricketer Rishabh Pant’s car met with a near-fatal accident, a National Highways Authority of India official said on Monday.     Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, after meeting the cricketer at a hospital in Dehradun on Sunday, had said Pant told him that his…

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Russia says 63 soldiers killed by Ukrainian strike in Donetsk region

Kyiv, 2/1: Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Monday that 63 Russian soldiers had been killed in a Ukrainian New Year’s Eve attack on their quarters in the Russian-controlled part of Ukraine’s Donetsk province. Footage posted online showed a building purported to be a vocational college in the town of Makiivka, twin city of the regional…

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