Within hours of the incident, police arrested the accused and said he was tasked by terror outfit Hizbul Mujahideen to carry out the attack.
The cyclone is expected to intensify into a very severe cyclonic storm by Tuesday, a home ministry statement said.
Former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir and People's Democratic Party leader Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has demanded that the Centre investigate the role of Lieutenant General (Retired) S K Sinha in the Malegaon blast as during the latter's tenure as the state's governor, religious leader Dayanand Pandey used to visit Kashmir regularly and was treated like a state guest.Sources close to Lt Gen Sinha rejected Mufti's charges as outrageous.
The attack also refreshed the memories of a virus attack on an Iranian nuclear facility.
On eve of completion of one year of the Narendra Modi government one of the not-so-debated issues has been the indecision and confusion in selecting a cabinet secretary suitable for the National Democratic Alliance government.
The names of AFI's Chief Mefical Officer Arun Mendiratta and national chief coach Bahadur Singh, who has not gone to Gold Coast, are being considered for the panel.
Gandhi has been repeatedly using the "chowkidaar" jibe to attack Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
In his first two years, Tyagi, a Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS officer, has implemented challenging stock market reforms and taken action against high-profile corporate entities.
Reacting to the announcement, MSME Minister Nitin Gadkari said clearing GST dues within 30 days will be highly beneficial for the MSME sector and will also be instrumental in increasing job opportunities.
The protocol aims to "democratise" lending, reduce costs of credit, and ensure accessibility of credit to small companies and street vendors, according to Nandan Nilekani.
After unfavourable response to the safety net, Sebi considers instruments with an option of conversion into equity.
The eight-member committee under Sinha will also examine the factors affecting the timely and adequate availability of finance to the sector.
Sebi Chairman U K Sinha has often chastised listed companies for not having enough women on their boards.
It is intriguing that the CBI has shown little interest in the most scandalous and biggest collective investment scheme ever, from the Sahara group, asserts Debashis Basu.
In a letter to Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha, the Commission said it had received complaints about hoardings with photographs of the prime minister being displayed at petrol pumps in poll-bound Goa.
The education would help investors in protecting them from volatility in the equity market and also reduce volatility in individual stocks.
Eight Bihar officers, including five IAS officers, have been nominated for the Prime Minister's Awards for Excellence in Public Administration for 2012-13.
Expressing concerns over a fast-growing grey market in the financial sector, Sebi chief U K Sinha called for a single watchdog to regulate all entities collecting public money under various illegal means.
As per norms these companies should have minimum public float of 10 per cent by August.
Sinha recalled how Sebi started functioning as an independent regulator in 1988, when its first Chairman S A Dave picked up six officers from IDBI and began functioning from IDBI's office itself.
UP Sinha is the eighth Chairman of Sebi since its inception as an independent regulator in 1988, when the central government headed by then Prime Minister Rajiv Fandhi decided to give a boost to the stock market activities as part of its economic liberalisation drive.
The web page also enables filing of grievances in relation to the implementation of GST
Major Somnath Sharma was awarded the Param Vir Chakra posthumously for his bravery in the Kashmir operations on November 3, 1947.
He is targeted because he is gone against corportates, says G E Vahanvati.
Due to present loopholes in the legislations, it is difficult for the regulator to curb dubious investment projects.
Vicky Nanjappa reports on the recent showdown between telecom operator Airtel and the Research and Analysis Wing over tapping of certain phones
'A great General who had become a legend in his lifetime.' 'India will not see the likes of Sagat Singh again.'
Sebi was also working on issues like the role of independent directors for board-level corporate governance, related party transactions and methodology for fixing of compensation of top personnel of companies.
Move to make board accountable for performance appraisal.
Measures announced by Sebi will stimulate financial savings among households.
The decision to quiz Sinha, as also former Sebi Chairman M Damodaran, was taken after examination of another former Sebi chief C B Bhave earlier this month, during which the agency sleuths were told that public interest was involved in grant of licence to MCX-SX to trade in currency derivatives.
The government is seriously considering strengthening of laws to regulate all kind of collective investment schemes.
Sebi chief U K Sinha questioned the credibility and feasibility of Shara's refund claims.
In an interview with Business Standard, Sebi Chairman U K Sinha discusses investment advisory rules and how regulators are coming together to resolve issues.
Market regulator Sebi on Friday said it is yet to receive "all papers" in the high profile Sahara case where the Supreme Court has directed two group companies to refund money to bond holders.
A barrage of requests by security agencies to a leading telecom company for telephone tapping led it to say a polite no even to the country's premier external intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing.
The chairman said if companies want to raise money, they should follow rules of the game.
Concerned over the non-performance of some schemes over a long period of time, Sebi Chairman U K Sinha said that fund houses need to look into the matter and consider merger of some schemes.
Sebi has directed promoters of all listed private sector companies to ensure they comply with minimum public holding of 25 per cent by June 2013.
Companies will not be able to access the capital market for at least one year if their IPO documents are rejected by market regulator Sebi, while managers of such public issues would also face penal action.
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