The callousness with which these political dissidents are being treated goes against the Supreme Court's directive, given right at the beginning of the lockdown. The apex court had directed states to release prisoners to decongest jails, which had become hotspots of the coronavirus.
Special judge Arvind Kumar issued notice to the agency and directed it to file a reply on Michel's plea, which had stated that he had not named anybody in connection with the deal during investigation by the ED and that even though the court has not taken cognisance of the documents, in order to make the entire case a sensation again in the media, the agency had leaked the chargesheet.
Kenya's Ruth Chepngetich overcame extreme heat and humidity to win the World Championship midnight marathon on Friday, in a gruelling test of survival that saw nearly a third of the 70 starters fail to reach the finish line.
New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori took three Bangladesh wickets in one over as the hosts slumped to 13 for three at the close of the fourth day of the rain-affected second Test against in Chittagong on Tuesday. New Zealand declared their first innings on 262 for six midway through the final session with Jesse Ryder (91) and Brendon McCullum (66) hitting half-centuries.
Prithvi Shaw became the youngest cricketer to score a century in the final match of Duleep Trophy, reaching the milestone while propping up India Red against India Blue on the opening day, in Lucknow, on Monday.
The ruling Shiromani Akali Dal in Punjab on Sunday retained the Amritsar South assembly seat. SAD candidate Inderbir Singh Bolaria trounced his nearest rival Congress candidate Navdeep Singh Goldy by a margin of 22, 233 votes.
The market capitalisation of Satyam fell to Rs 1,607.04 crore (Rs 16.07 billion) on Friday from Rs 15,262 crore (Rs 152.62 billion) at the end of trade on December 16, 2008, the day when Satyam announced an $1.6 billion acquisition deal of two firms promoted by the kin of IT firm's former chairman Ramalinga Raju. However, the company aborted the deal hours later after the investors dissent.
The veteran batsman eclipsed a few rercords during his innings of 79 in the fourth ODI against Australia.
Opener Aaron Redmond scored a well made 83 as New Zealand ended the opening day at a score of 262 for the loss of 6 wickets during the second Test against Australia in Adelaide on Friday. Lower-order batsmen Brendon McCullum and Daniel Vettori stayed unbeaten on 30 and 12 respectively at the end of the day's play.
Looking into the flexi-fare scheme in Rajdhani, Duronto and Shatabdi trains introduced in September 2016, the CAG stated that occupancy in all classes except the sleeper class in Duronto decreased.
The central bank may be permitted to lend to the oil companies through authorised dealers in foreign exchange at a cheaper rate of say 4.5-5 per cent. The oil companies can meet their import payment commitments in the foreign currency borrowed from RBI.
The voter turnout in the first three phases of the civic polls in the valley has been low.
Office-goers had a tough time following traffic jams due to water logging.
Gym addicts, it's time you stopped working out solo!
Top gainers in the Sensex pack included Hero MotoCorp, Maruti, M&M, Bajaj Auto, HUL, HCL Tech, Bajaj Finance, ITC, HDFC and L&T, rising up to 7.51 per cent.
This, despite squeeze in start-up funding; $946 mn Bharti Infratel deal is biggest so far this year
'Lifting of lockdown should be very gradual. Some facilities should remain closed through the month of May like schools, colleges, malls, cinema halls, religious places and markets'
The NSE Nifty ended at 2,954, down 87 points. The market breadth was fairly negative - out of 2,597 stocks traded so far, 1,568 declined, 957 advanced and the rest were unchanged on Wednesday.
Jeev Milkha Singh came tantalisingly close to his second European Tour title only to settle for second place after a final hole bogey dashed his hopes at the Enjoy Jakarta Astro Indonesia Open in Jakarta on Sunday.
Riding on the century stand by openers RF Morris and DS Jadav, Mumbai Champs romped home to a four-wicket win over Chandigarh Lions in the round robin league one-day encounter of the Indian Cricket League's domestic tournament in Chennai on Thursday.
The second highest-ranked Indian on the circuit is now perched at 262.
Only TCS, Sun Pharma and HDFC notched up gains in their m-cap
Openers Abhinav Mukund and M Vijay put on 256 runs for the first wicket As Tamil Nadu scored 262 for 1 against Saurashtra on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy match in Chennai.
The NSE Nifty ended with a loss of 45 points at 4,292. The market breadth was negative - out of 2,702 stocks traded, 1,568 declined, 1,035 advanced and 99 were unchanged on Wednesday.
Anustup Mazumdar (103) and Arindam Das (117 not out) scored chanceless centuries to propel Bengal to 262 for 2 against hosts Vadodara on the first day of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group 'B' match at the Matibaug Palace ground in Vadodara on Thursday.
The ED also told the special court that Christian Michel had spoken about 'the son of the Italian lady' and how he is going to become the 'next prime minister of the country'.
New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming described his team's performance as "rubbish" after they suffered their heaviest one-day defeat against Sri Lanka on Saturday.
The market breadth was fairly bullish - out of 2,776 stocks traded, 1,736 moved up, 971 declined and the rest were unchanged on Monday. The BSE Realty index surged 5.3% to 5,799. The Bankex advanced over 4% to 7,702, and the Oil & Gas index surged 3% to 10,437. The NSE Nifty moved up 91 points to end at 4,620.
Regulator has suggested a lower reserve price even in service areas where spectrum was sold in November 2012.
The m-cap of HDFC Bank soared Rs 13,030.16 crore to Rs 3,10,188.96 crore, emerging as the biggest gainer among the top-10 firms.
The bear market has lasted 10 months and the Nifty is down by over 20 per cent from its all-time peak of 9,119 in March 2015.
Microsoft has had a rough track record in making big acquisitions pay off.
Silver also gained Rs 300 to Rs 41,300 per kg.
'Mere fundamentals will not do the trick,' cautions former commerce secretary Rahul Khullar.
Speculation high because of low number of end-users, says study.
The BSE Realty index zoomed 9.5 per cent (645 points) to 7,451. The Bankex rallied 8% (627 points) to 8,371, and the IT index zoomed 7.7 per cent (264 points) to 3,686. The market breadth was fairly positive -- out of 2,762 stocks traded, 2,075 advanced, 640 declined and 47 were unchanged on Tuesday. The NSE Nifty ended with a gain of 268 points at 4,877.
They won the fourth ODI at Auckland, leveling their five-game series at 2-2.
Finolex Cables Ltd has posted a net profit of Rs 47.10 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2002 as compared to Rs 262.70 million in the quarter ended December 31, 2001.
However, if the rupee depreciates much, the economy in dollar terms would be that much smaller.
