Kovan, a folk singer in Tamil Nadu, was arrested on October 30 for criticising the state government in a song distributed on the Internet. Kovan was charged with sedition among other alleged crimes.
In the long run, the decision could bring clearer rules to a sector that has failed to provide India with enough power because it has been so hamstrung by confusion and scandals over concessions allegedly handed to government cronies.
The oil ministry is rejecting the monetisation of new discoveries as their production will not be viable at the present price of $4.2 per mmbtu
The CMOAI had earlier called for a three-day strike that began on Thursday.
The month also saw Adani Power acquiring the 600-Mw Korba West thermal power plant from the Gautam Thapar-led Avantha group for Rs 4,200 crore (Rs 42 billion).
Participants will watch out for the Brexit poll outcome in the late morning trades tomorrow.
Though the current National Democratic Alliance government has not endorsed the figure, it has not even repudiated it.
Did Jayalalithaa, who was also in jail then, know about these transactions?
Even as Pakistan continues to urge the international community to accept its membership to the Nuclear Suppliers Group, highly placed sources in the United States who are involved with the tracking of nuclear commerce have claimed that Islamabad is still selling nuclear materials to North Korea.
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It emphasised that agricultural infrastructure needs considerable investments and hence Section 80IA benefits must be extended to all such investments like IT infrastructure, computers, VSAT, solar panels, water harvesting facilities, storage etc.
He attacked the dispensation over issues such as the state of the economy, the situation in Kashmir, the National Register of Citizens in Assam and action by probe agencies against opposition leaders.
A large chunk of the Rs 8.8 lakh crore of investments the Patnaik government had attracted is in uncertain territory.
When Bastian Obermayer and Frederik Obermaier shone a light on the Pandora's Box that became famous as the Panama Papers, even they didn't know how it would shake up the murky world of finance, indeed the world itself.
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SpiceJet's ex promoter Ajay Singh is trying hard to pump in huge money into the airline.
A mix of industrialists and businessmen, who have inherited riches or rose from humble backgrounds and even endured boom and bust cycles, the top five MPs are illustrative of how the political stock of the wealthy is increasing rapidly.
Ahmedabad-based firm to fund deal through equal amount of equity and debt.
Authorities on Saturday continued to dig up currency to the tune of lakhs of rupees, including in new notes, across the country.
Natco Pharma, Wockhardt and Marksans have rallied between 50 and 70 per cent in the year till date.
In corporate India where family disputes have become far too common, the Miglanis work as a team.
M-cap of 35% of BSE-500 companies, excluding financial ones, is below their debt or just a shade above
Apart from around 40 Japanese companies and five global vendors of MG Motor India, many other biggies are eyeing Gujarat for either greenfield opportunities or brownfield expansion.
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Govt keen to revive business sentiment in india.
US President Barack Obama imposed fresh financial sanctions on North Korea and its senior officials in America's first public retaliation against the "provocative" cyber-attack on Sony Pictures.
'Saying that Snapdeal is not doing well is beyond premature. Suggesting that someone has won or lost is myopic.'
'I don't look forward to seeing my films because this only sort of gives me a deep sense of dissatisfaction that I could have done better, and I lose my self-confidence.'
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Since April 1, promoters of Jaiprakash Associates have released more than 225 million Jaiprakash Power Ventures shares (valued at Rs 425 crore) pledged with lenders.
"We will work out the parameters then we will see as to how mentioning will be done," he said.
Growing trees means much more than strewing seeds around; it takes an understanding of local climatic conditions, indigenous strains and partnership with local communities.
India and South Africa on Friday agreed to deepen engagement in key areas of defence production, manufacturing, mining and minerals and combating terrorism.
This is the first time the fight is between mother and son. Both sides don't look in the mood to relent: Advisors and spin doctors have been hired, lawyers have been consulted.
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Former AIIMS director Dr S K Kacker discusses the doctors' agitation in Maharashtra and West Bengal's crackdown on private hospitals with Veenu Sandhu.
The IT sleuths recovered 'incriminating' documents from the premises of Vijayabaskar and others, officials said.
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The combined networth of India's 100 wealthiest is $381 billion (nearly Rs 25.5 lakh crore), a rise of 10 per cent from $ 345 billion in 2015
The former McKinsey India head is presently on board of many big Indian conglomerates.
He added that the risks can increase if the Chinese slowdown gathers more speed.
There was a sharp fall in power output on Thursday from a plant in Gujarat that left India more than 9,000 megawatts short of peak demand, according to two officials at the state grid operator.
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