New Delhi, 30/8:After the CBI searched his bank locker, Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia on Tuesday said that nothing was found in the locker just like nothing was found at his residence during the CBI raid. “I am happy that I have got a clean chit. The CBI officials treated us well, and…
Mumbai, 30/8: Benchmark indices bounced back in early deals on Tuesday after falling sharply in the previous trade amid buying in banking counters and mixed global trends. The BSE benchmark Sensex climbed 488.4 points to 58,461.02 points in early trade. Similarly, the NSE Nifty advanced 154.55 points to 17,467.45 points. From the…
New Delhi, 30/8: The G-23 is preparing itself to take the official faction in the Congress head-on by forcing a contest for the party president’s post despite odds against them, as it wants to bring the crisis the party is facing to the fore for a wider discussion. Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor…
New Delhi, 29/8: Journalists are not terrorists”, the Supreme Court said on Monday, as it deprecated the Jharkhand police knocking on the door of a scribe of a local Hindi news channel at midnight and dragging him out of his bedroom before placing him under arrest in an extortion case. Calling the police action…
J&K, 29/8: Former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday said he had assumed Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be a “crude man” but he had displayed humanity while recalling a terror-related incident during the farewell speech for Azad in Rajya Sabha. After Azad quit the Congress, the party had alleged that he was “Modi-fied”…
Bhubaneswar , 29/8:On the occasion of National Sports Day today, Odia athlete, weightlifter Jhili Dalabehera and shooter Shriyanka Sadangi were conferred with the prestigious Biju Patnaik Sports Award for Outstanding performance in Sports and Games by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at an award ceremony held at Convention Centre in Loka Seva Bhawan Bhubaneswar. …
Mumbai, 29/8: Billionaire Mukesh Ambani on Monday laid bare the succession plan at India’s most valuable company, identifying twins children Akash and Isha for telecom and retail leadership, and youngest son Anant for new energy unit. He, however, insisted he isn’t retiring yet and will “continue to provide hands-on leadership as before”. …
Kolkata, 29/8: Veteran actor of the Bengali silver screen, Pradip Mukherjee, who became legendary after his iconic role of Somnath in Satyajit Ray’s ‘Jana Aranya’, died in a hospital here on Monday. He was 76. He also received critics’ accolades for his role of Dr Maiti in the Vidya Balan and Arjun Rampal starrer…
New Delhi, 29/8: Days after his exit from the grand old party, former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday tore into the Congress and said that he was forced to leave his ‘home’. “I have been forced to leave my home,” Azad told reporters in Delhi. He added that Modi is…
New Delhi, 29/8: The rupee depreciated 31 paise to an all-time low of 80.15 against the US dollar in early trade on Monday tracking the strength of the American currency and firm crude oil prices. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 80.10 against the dollar, then lost ground to quote…
