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Sisodia says liquor mafia behind ED, CBI cases
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday denied registering a money laundering case against Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and several others moments after an official said that the agency had registered a case to probe charges of alleged irregularities in Delhi excise policy. ANI news agency clarified stating the...
Supreme Court raps DMK over freebies justification
The Supreme Court on Tuesday came down on the DMK for some of its statements on the issue of freebies, saying the judiciary is “responsible” and the “wisdom does not belong to a particular party or a particular person”. A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana, during...
Kejriwal invokes Mahabharat, says Krishna on his side
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday sought to position the contest between the BJP and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the upcoming Gujarat Assembly polls as a “Dharamyudh” like the Mahabharat where the ruling outfit has the “armies” of probe agencies CBI and the ED on its...
Akhilesh party gears up for MP, Rajasthan assembly polls
Samajwadi Party, the main opposition party in Uttar Pradesh, is now gearing up to contest assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. The party will not just be contesting elections in these states but will also strengthen its roots in the run up to 2024 general elections. The Akhilesh...
Top Delhi bureaucrats suspended over liquor policy
Two senior bureaucrats were suspended on Monday by the Union Home Ministry amid a widening probe and an all-out BJP vs AAP political battle over Delhi’s now-overturned liquor sales policy that has also ensnared Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia. The then Excise Commissioner Arava Gopi Krishna and Deputy Commissioner...
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...
