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Thieves drill hole in Delhi bank’s wall, decamp with Rs 55 lakh
An incident of theft was reported at a branch of Union Bank of India in Delhi’s Shahdara area on Sunday when a few men decamped with Rs 55 lakh in cash, the police said Monday. The thieves entered the bank by breaking through the walls of an under-construction building...
Sebi stops PNB Housing deal with Carlyle
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has directed PNB Housing Finance (PNBHF) to halt its proposed Rs 4,000-crore share allotment to a clutch of companies led by the Carlyle Group. In a stock exchange filing on late Saturday evening, PNBHF said Sebi has restrained the lender from...
Mamata moves SC against HC order in Narada sting case
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Calcutta High Court’s denial for filing of affidavits by her and state Law Minister Moloy Ghatak on their role on the day of arrest of four Trinamool Congress leaders on May 17 by the CBI in...
HC turns down Mamata govt plea on NHRC probe
In a major setback for the West Bengal government, the Calcutta High Court has turned down its request to recall or modify its directive where it has asked the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to examine all cases of alleged human rights violations cases during the post-poll violence in...
BJP launches UP poll campaign with free ration, vaccination
The BJP is getting into campaign mode in Uttar Pradesh, impressing upon voters that it is the Narendra Modi and the Yogi Adityanath governments that is sending them free ration under twin schemes, and is also offering them free vaccination in order to save their lives. The party is...
Scribe booked for raising Ram temple land scam
The Uttar Pradesh police have invoked a massive 15 sections of the Indian Penal Code and three sections of the IT Act against a journalist and two others in Bijnor district over an alleged land grab case. The case was filed on a complaint by the brother of Champat...
Modi govt blames UPA oil bonds for fuel woes
A “financial fraud” played by the UPA government (2004-2014) using the instrument of oil bonds is responsible for India’s consumers suffering today, government have sources. They also accused “non-politicians” of that day’s administration of dereliction of duty by not stopping the politicians in this matter. The Congress, however, brushed...
Congress says Udhav Thackeray govt won’t face any problem
Days after saying that the Congress will contest the next Maharashtra Assembly polls alone and not as partners of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance, the party’s state unit chief Nana Patole on Sunday assured that his party stands strong with Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray with all its might until...
Move to sell public sector oil companies to foreign investors
IPA Webdesk The government has initiated a move to sell state-owned oil companies to foreign investors. The Commerce and Industry Ministry has floated a draft cabinet note seeking inter-ministerial views on a proposal to allow up to 100 per cent foreign investment under automatic route in oil and...
Former IL&FS chief Ravi Parthasarathy arrested
Former chairman of the bankrupt Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS) Ravi Parthasarathy has been arrested by the Economic Offences Wing-II, here, following a complaint given by 63 Moons Technologies. “The kingpin and the mastermind of the several crore IL&FS and ITNL (IL&FS Transportation Networks Ltd) financial scam Ravi...
