New Delhi, 19/8: The billionaire founder of Paytm faces a crucial test of investor confidence Friday, when shareholders will decide whether they want him at the helm of a fintech pioneer that made one of the worst debuts in Indian history. Vijay Shekhar Sharma’s role as the chief executive officer is among the items…
Kanchanpur, 19/8: A BSF jawan was killed in a fierce gunbattle with suspected NLFT militants at the India-Bangladesh border in North Tripura’s Kanchanpur sub-division on Friday. The jawan, identified as Grijesh Kumar of BSF’s 145 Battalion, sustained four bullet wounds during the gunfight. A BSF team was on area domination operation at Sima-II…
New Delhi, 19/8: The CBI’s action against Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia soon after he got global praise for his initiatives in education was not unexpected and is seen as the ruling BJP’s attempt to foreclose AAP’s political bid in the untested waters of Gujarat in the immediate future and whatever national ambitions it…
Washington DC, 19/8: Elon Musk on Friday said that Parag Agrawal-led Twitter is avoiding sharing information on the actual number of bot and spam accounts on his platform, as his lead team sought documents from advertising technology firms working for the micro-blogging platform. His legal team subpoenaed two ad tech firms — Integral…
New Delhi, 19/8: India on Thursday tacitly hit out at China for criticizing the Quad, with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar stating that opposition to the four-nation coalition was possibly a ‘unilateralist’ approach rooted in the desire to control the choices of other nations. With the more-than-two-year-long stand-off between the Indian Army and the…
New Delhi, 19/8: The CBI is conducting raids at the residence of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in an excise policy case. “The CBI is at my house,” Sisodia tweeted. The deputy chief minister said that he will fully cooperate with the CBI in the investigation so that the “truth…
New Delhi, 18/8: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, who was in the state capital on Thursday, said he did not see any reason to worry if a few leaders quit the party and join the BJP. Addressing the mediapersons, he said, “It is a blessing in disguise if a few leaders quit the…
New Delhi, 18/8:The Supreme Court was on Thursday told that the Central Board for Direct Taxes (CBDT) has accused makers of the Dolo-650 tablet of distributing freebies worth around Rs 1,000 crore to doctors as consideration for prescribing the tablet. The drug has been used liberally during the Covid-19 pandemic. Senior advocate Sanjay…
Mumbai, 18/8: Star comedian Raju Srivastava’s condition is serious and his brain has also stopped functioning, says fellow comedian Sunil Pal. Raju Srivastava, 58, is admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi following a cardiac arrest on August 10. He collapsed while running on the treadmill in a gym…
New Delhi, 18/8: Change in centres at the last moment, far off centres and no clarity on retest options — students on second day of CUET’s fourth phase were a worried lot. The first shift exam is underway on Thursday. The exam was cancelled at 13 centres on Wednesday following technical glitches affecting…
