Siddaramaiah Goes Backfoot On Local Quota Bill

Sources within the Congress, including those who have been members of the teams that drafted its 2019 and 2024 Lok Sabha poll manifestos, said the Karnataka government decision lacked any empirical......

Institute of national importance can also be a minority one: SC on AMU

There is nothing "fundamentally inconsistent" with a minority institution being an institution of national importance (INI), the Supreme Court said on Wednesday while hearing arguments on the vexed......

Regulation doesn't take away minority status: SC on AMU

Merely because an educational institution is regulated by a statute does not take away from it the character of a minority institution, the Supreme Court observed on Tuesday as it commenced hearing......

SC rejects plea for audit of EVMs, says won't enter into policy issue

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a PIL seeking an independent audit of source code of the electronic voting machines used by the Election Commission, saying no “actionable......

SoftBank to buy 15% stake in Uber, pump in $1 bn in early 2018

With the deal closing, SoftBank becomes an investor in two of India's largest on-demand cab service -- Uber and Ola. Japanese conglomerate SoftBank will pick up 15 per cent stake in Uber and pump......

Uber to drive into Indian sunset?

Comment by SoftBank board member sets off talk of Ola-Uber merger. A comment by Rajeev Misra, a board member of SoftBank and about to join the Uber board, triggered a strong buzz on Friday that......

Sumer Juneja to head India arm of $100-billion Vision Fund

Unlike many peers in the VC space, LSE grad Juneja doesn’t have an entrepreneurial background but is said to be strong in finance skills India’s most prolific start-up investor,......

Sink or die, pay back investors: SC to Supertech

The apex court directed Supertech to pay 10 per cent per month of the invested amount from January 5, 2015 to 17 home buyers, who are before the court, within four weeks The Supreme Court, on......

BCCI draft constitution submitted in Supreme Court

A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra made it clear that it would not allow any plea now seeking to intervene in the ongoing proceedings, saying that they would be 'cruelly' rejected. IMAGE:......