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Bihar row after minister enters non-Hindus prohibited temple
A political row erupted in Bihar on Monday after State Minister Mohammad Israil Mansuri entered the Vishnupad temple in Gaya where the entry of Non-Hindus was prohibited. In a photo that is going viral on social media, Mansuri could be seen with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar inside the temple....
Ex-Punjab minister Ashu arrested on corruption charges
Former Punjab minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu has been arrested by the vigilance bureau after allegations of corruption against him. Bharat Bhushan Ashu, the former food and civil supplies minister, is at the centre of allegations in a transport scam in which tenders were allocated allegedly on fake registration numbers...
Paytm surges 4% on reappointment of Vijay Shekhar Sharma as MD
Shares of One97 Communications, which operates the financial services platform Paytm, gained nearly 4 per cent on Monday after shareholders of the company approved the re-appointment of Vijay Shekhar Sharma as managing director and chief executive officer of the company. The resolution to reappoint Vijay Shekhar Sharma as Paytm’s...
Radhakishan Damani to head Rakesh Jhunjhunwala Trust
Trusted friend, guru and ace investor-entrepreneur Radhakishan Damani is understood to be the main trustee of ace investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala’s estate. The other trustees include Kalpraj Dharamshi and Amal Parikh, both confidantes of Jhunjhunwala. Jhunjhunwala’s firm Rare Enterprises will continue to be managed by his two trusted lieutenants Utpal...
GST rate hikes to pressure prices upwards: RBI
The impact of recent changes to GST rates and somewhat uneven distribution of the southwest monsoon rainfall with the deficiency in the eastern region of the country could be a source of upward pressure on prices, according to the minutes of the RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). It also...
M-cap of five of top-10 firms declines Rs 307 billion
Five of the top-10 valued firms together lost Rs 30,737.51 crore in market valuation last week. In the holiday-shortened week, the Sensex advanced 183.37 points or 0.30 per cent. While Reliance Industries, Tata Consultancy Services, ICICI Bank, State Bank of India and Bajaj Finance were the laggards from the...
Centre denies plan to import wheat, says stocks sufficient
The government has no plan to import wheat into India and the country has sufficient stocks to meet its domestic requirements and the Food Corporation of India (FCI) has enough stock for public distribution. The Department of Food & Public Distribution said this on Sunday in response to media...
Cong says countdown on for new party chief by Sept 20
As the countdown began for the election of Congress president, the party’s election authority on Sunday said it would stick to the schedule of electing a new chief by September 20. Chairman of the party’s Central Election Authority Madhusudan Mistry said it was up to the Congress Working Committee...
Real-time payments solution UPI to remain free
The Finance Ministry on Sunday said United Payments Interface (UPI) is a digital public good and there is no consideration in the government to levy any charges on this. This statement allays fear emanating from the RBI’s discussion paper on charges in the payment system suggesting that UPI payments...
Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia in poll-bound Gujarat today
Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal will embark on a two-day visit to poll-bound Gujarat from today. Kejriwal will be accompanied by Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who is facing a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe in connection with the AAP...
Shah accuses KCR govt of drowning Telangana in debt
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday evening met popular actor Jr NTR in Hyderabad. Shah, who is on an official visit to Telangana, termed the RRR star as “the gem of Telugu cinema” and a “very talented actor”. “Had a good interaction with a very talented actor and...
CBI look-out circular against 8 ‘private’ accused
The CBI Sunday issued Look-out Circulars against eight private persons named in the FIR registered in the Delhi excise policy “scam” case, officials said. They said no LoCs have been opened against four public servants named in the FIR, including Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia and three former...
Zomato withdraws Hrithik Roshan ad amid backlash
Issuing a clarification amid controversy over a Hrithik Roshan-starrer advertisement, food delivery company Zomato said that the company will be withdrawing the ad. “We offer our sincerest apologies, for the intent here was never to hurt anyone’s beliefs and sentiments,” the company said. The statement came after priests of...
Mamata goes all out to clean govt’s tainted image
In strict rules sent to all districts of Bengal on 100 days of work and other programmes, the state government has stressed on ‘zero tolerance to corruption’ as its main message. The new rules issued by the government clearly state that if money has been disbursed in the name...
Cong seeks CBI probe into corruption by Mann govt
After the CBI registered an offence against Delhi’s deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, the Punjab Congress has now launched an attack on the Bhagwant Mann government seeking a probe into Punjab’s excise policy alleging that it had been ‘manipulated’ on the lines of Delhi. A battery of senior party...
Gujarat Cong demands deletion of 18-20 lakh ‘fake’ voters
Senior Congress leaders from Gujarat have alleged that there are at least 18 to 20 lakh duplicate voters found in the electoral list of the state. These duplicate voters misuse the elections, they said. Congress Legislative Party whip C.J. Chavda addressing the mediapersons in Gandhinagar on Saturday cited few...
Tejashwi issues code of conduct for RJD ministers
In an apparent attempt at image makeover for his party, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday came up with a list of do’s and dont’s for Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) ministers. The directives came as the RJD is facing the heat over criminal cases pending against many ministers. The RJD leader...
KCR charges Modi govt with ‘anti-people’ policies
TRS president and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Saturday accused the NDA government at the Centre of not deciding on the State’s share of Krishna river water and also of taking up several anti-people measures, even as he talked of working with the Left parties in future....
