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Maharashtra Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) announced its seat-sharing formula for the state’s 48 Lok Sabha seats, with the Congress ceding the pole position to the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT).While the Shiv Sena (UBT) gets the major chunk of 21 seats, the Congress will contest 17 and 10 seats go to the Sharad Pawar-led […]
The Supreme Court set aside a ₹2,800 crore arbitral award in favour of the Anil Ambani firm, Delhi Airport Metro Express Pvt Ltd (DAMEPL) against the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) in a dispute over Delhi Airport Express Line. A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud with Justices BR Gavai and Surya Kant […]
Arvind Kejriwal will have to stay in jail as Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to give him any relief in his March 21 arrest in the alleged liquor policy scam. The Delhi CM’s Aam Aadmi Party responded swiftly, confirming, within the hour, that it will appeal to the Supreme Court.The court noted the Enforcement […]
Faced with a brewing rebellion over ticket distribution in Karnataka, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has a stern message for the state’s BJP cadre — rally behind Prime Minister Narendra Modi or face consequences. According to party sources, with dissent brewing in seats such as Chitradurga, Davanagere, Tumkur, and Chikkaballapur, Shah, who travelled to Bengaluru […]
The Supreme Court on Monday quashed the Madras High Court’s decision to cancel bail granted to a YouTuber, ‘Sattai’ Durai Murugan, who was accused of making derogatory remarks against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin. “If before elections, we start putting behind bars everyone who makes allegations on YouTube, imagine how many will be jailed,” […]
Vistara on Sunday announced reducing 25-30 flights a day or 10 per cent of its operating capacity and most of the cancellations are in the domestic network. According to travel industry insiders, fares have surged by approximately 20-25 per cent across key routes such as Delhi-Goa, Delhi-Kochi, Delhi-Jammu and Delhi-Srinagar. Vistara faced significant disruptions last week with […]
India’s household debt levels are reckoned to have touched an all-time high of 40% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by December 2023, while net financial savings had likely dropped to their lowest level at around 5% of GDP, as per a research report from leading financial services firm Motilal Oswal. In September 2023, the Reserve […]
Adani TotalEnergies E-Mobility Limited (ATEL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Adani Total Gas Limited (ATGL) and MG Motor India signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen the EV charging infrastructure in India. The joint collaboration to develop the charging solutions for electric vehicle (EV) and value-added services to MG’s EV customers nationwide will underpin […]
Known for courting controversies with her odd statements, actor Kangana Ranaut, BJP’s candidate from Mandi for the LS polls, is on the party radar and efforts are on to keep her under check till the elections are over.From strict instructions asking her to stick to one-line statements and focus instead on issues like the work […]
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has issued instructions to its affiliated schools regarding the national framework prepared under the new education policy. Under the new rules, students of Class 9 and 10 will study two Indian languages along with one foreign language and students of Class 11 and12 will study two Indian languages.In […]
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has separated its newsroom in India, handing over its publishing license to a private limited company founded by Indian employees.This unprecedented move by the UK public service broadcaster is being related to the last year’s tax searches and FDI questions surrounding it.The new entity, called “Collective Newsroom,” is established by […]
Dozens of users on social media platform X expressed their frustration over the prolonged wait times for US visas and green cards following a 99-year-old Indian woman finally getting American citizenship after years of wait. “They say age is just a number. That seems true for this lively 99-year-old who became a #NewUSCitizen in our […]
Though India is one of the top five countries in the world from where students go overseas to pursue higher education, restrictive changes to immigration laws by certain countries may curtail such outflow and spell trouble for prospective students planning to go abroad.Some estimates suggest that by 2024, there may be 1.8 million Indian students […]
PM Narendra Modi in his latest salvo against the Congress said its poll manifesto (declared a day before), “has the stamp of the Muslim League” — the party blamed for the Partition — and “every page reeks of breaking India into pieces” (har panne par Bharat ke tukde karne ki boo aa rahi hai).He said: […]
Prohibitory orders, including internet curbs, have been imposed in Ladakh a day ahead of the planned border march being led by climate activist and education reformer Sonam Wangchuk to “highlight the ground realities in Ladakh”. Wangchuk, who is currently on a hunger fast in Leh, advised people in Ladakh to not carry out the march, and […]
The Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) has attached assets worth more than Rs 36 crore in a bank fraud case under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), pertaining to Rakesh and Sarang Wadhawan, promoters of Housing Development Infrastructure Limited (HDIL), and others. The case involves Rakesh Wadhawan and Sarang Wadhawan, who are the promoters […]
The cost of the vegetarian ‘thali’ increased by 7% in the past one year, from March 2023 to March 2024, according to India’s largest independent research house, CRISIL Market Intelligence and Analytics (MI&A). The reason for this was the surge of 40%, 36% and 22% in the prices of onion, tomato and potato, respectively. The […]
In one of the holy cities in the country, Vrindavan, Hindu nationalist ideologue Sadhvi Ritambhara runs a school for girls, Samvid Gurukulam Girls Sainik School. Founder of Durga Vahini, Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s (VHP) women’s wing, she was a key figure in the Ram temple movement. Her girls’ school in Vrindavan and another, Raj Luxmi Samvid […]
Since 2014, at least 25 prominent politicians from opposition parties, who were under investigation for corruption cases by Central agencies, have switched allegiance to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and most of them subsequently got reprieve.The politicians who shifted to the BJP include individuals from various parties such as the Congress, NCP, Shiv Sena, Trinamool […]
The Rouse Avenue Court provided no relief to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who was sent to judicial custody for 15 more days. The High Court, after taking the view that the counsel of the State was not served with the copy of the petition, granted the ED time till April 2 to file its […]
