The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday to find out if any persons under scanner for financial irregularities or involved with the brutal rape and murder of a junior doctor were still in “positions of power” within Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. A three-judge Bench headed […]

The Supreme Court on Monday said there is currently nothing to show that animal fat was used in the preparation of Tirupathi laddus during the previous Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) regime in Andhra Pradesh. The court said Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu should have “kept the Gods away from politics” before […]

The US Embassy in India has opened an additional 2,50,000 visa appointments for Indian travellers, including tourists, skilled workers and students, to reduce the waiting time for interviews for applicants. “The recently released new slots will help hundreds of thousands of Indian applicants take timely interviews, facilitating the travel which is the backbone of the […]

A little over 9000 properties were registered in Mumbai in September, showing a fall both on year and sequentially as the inauspicious shraadh period dampened buying sentiments , customers avoiding big ticket purchases. The shraadh period this year started on September 18 and ends this week on October 3. This is the first time since […]

Resource geopolitics over dwindling fish-stocks owing to illegal fishing and other maritime exploitation of hard-to-find minerals and rare earth elements will come up for deliberations at the three-day long 2024 edition of the Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue (IPRD), the annual apex-level international conference organised by the Indian Navy. The event will be held in Delhi from […]

The US has retained its position as India’s top trading partner in the January-July 2024 period with bilateral goods trade surpassing $190 billion and Indian exports growing 9.3 per cent to $48.2 billion.  Top export items from India to the US in this period included garments & textiles, pharmaceuticals, precious and semi-precious stones, smart phones […]

Capital market regulator SEBI has approved the initial public offering of Vishal Mega Mart, ACME Solar Holdings and packaging equipment manufacturer Mamata Machinery. On the other hand, the regulator has returned the draft offer document of manpower services company Innovision. The company had proposed to raise ₹315 crore through issue of fresh shares and an […]

Veteran actor Mithun Chakraborty will be conferred with the Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award for 2022, announced Union Information & Broadcasting Minister Ashwani Vaishnaw on Monday. Born Gourang Chakraborty on June 16, 1950, in Kolkata, West Bengal, he earned the National Film Award for Best Actor in his very first film, Mrigayaa (1976). An alumnus […]

The Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) case whistleblower Snehamayi Krishna has been booked by police on charges of sexual harassment, filed by a woman at the Nanjangudu Police Station on August 21, 2024. The activist denied all charges, calling it a ‘conspiracy’ to silence him. Snehamayi was charged under Sections 85, 126(2), 74, 352, 351(2), […]

Notwithstanding the blood bath on the exchange, three companies made sterling debuts across the main board and SME exchange on Monday. In all, 12 companies that raised about ₹1,052 crore through IPOs will get listed this week. Of these, three companies — Manba Finance, The Rappid Valves and Wol India 3D — were listed on […]