Global financial institutions, including Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, have invested Rs 963 crore in One 97 Communications (Paytm's parent company) through open market transactions, acquiring a 1.34 per cent stake from SAIF Partners and Elevation Capital.
Equipped with advanced weaponry, the HMS Anson is fitted with "Tomahawk Block IV land-attack missiles" with a range of 1,600 km and "Spearfish heavyweight torpedoes," providing formidable offensive capabilities.
The headmistress of a government school in Chhattisgarh has been suspended after a question in a Class IV English question paper allegedly set by her triggered allegations of hurting religious sentiments, officials said on Sunday.
The state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has walked away with bulk of the 21 oil and gas exploration blocks in the fourth round of new exploration licensing policy.
The decision was taken by the ministry this week, a top Coal Ministry official said, while refusing to reveal the names of the companies.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin has strongly opposed the central government's award of tungsten mining rights in Madurai district, urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to cancel the decision. Citing concerns about a biodiversity heritage site and potential impacts on local communities, Stalin asserted that the state government will not permit mining in the area.
The AFSPA, often criticised as a draconian law, gives armed forces operating in disturbed areas sweeping powers to search, arrest and open fire if they deem it necessary.
Jindal Power bagged 2 coal mines in Chhattisgarh.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged people in the region to stay calm and follow safety precautions while keeping alert for possible aftershocks.
The government has so far closed bids for 13 blocks.
These 7 blocks are adding exploration acreage of 18,510 square kilometres spread over three sedimentary basins of India and have a resource potential of approximately 33 billion barrels of oil and oil equivalent gas.
Many ordinary citizens are drawn to by a sense of history and India's remarkable journey from bondage to freedom which culminated in this monumental building.
The court issued notice to the ministry and directed it to file its response in two days.
About 45 per cent work has been completed on the 33.494 km long Janakpuri-Kalindi Kunj Metro corridor by September
BG Group of UK is planning to buy stake in ONGC's oil and gas blocks.
Mining baron Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Group has bid for the most number of 14 coal mines out of 23 on offer in the first round of auction which also have aggressive bids by Aditya Birla Group, Adani and Naveen Jindal group, but was shunned by foreign players.
The courts in Pakistan have been flooded with petitions as candidates, mostly backed by jailed former prime minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), challenged the results of Thursday's general elections, alleging rigging.
Scindia claimed Tharoor is "lost in his esoteric world of thesaurus", and for him "data mining of selective press articles from the internet qualifies as "research".
Though the current National Democratic Alliance government has not endorsed the figure, it has not even repudiated it.
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JSPL and Balco had emerged as the highest bidders in the recently concluded auctions.
Turns out, food high in unsaturated fat may protect against cardiovascular diseases.
Jindal Steel and Balco emerged as the top bidders.
The states will get over Rs l lakh crore.
Videos circulating in China's social media showed clinics in Beijing and some other cities flooded with patients with queues extending onto footpaths with people patiently waiting for their turn in the cold winter.
Bids for eight coal blocks were sent for re-examination.
Govt to issue ownership rights of 15 coal mines on Mar 23.
While three operational mines in Chhattisgarh had a capacity of 12 million tonnes (mt), six were yet to start production.
Their coal block bids may be referred to CCI.
'I have to take better care of myself.' 'I was lucky that the cancer was diagnosed at a very early stage.'
The government is offering a total of 70 oil and gas blocks under NELP-VIII and 10 blocks have been offered under CBM-IV.
Klay Thompson chipped in with 21 points for the Warriors, who won their third straight overall and ninth in a row at home to maintain their No. 6 position in the Western Conference playoff race.
Those for power sector to see tussle between prior owners & new challengers
GEECL is looking to bid for the fourth round of Coal Bed Methane block auction. It plans to dilute 10 percent of its equity holding through an IPO in India. It plans to raise Rs 400 crore from the market by this year. It plans to develop 100 wells in two years with an estimated investment of Rs 825 crore and aim to invest another Rs 2,000 crore in 5 to 8 years in West Bengal.
Digital payments and financial services firm Paytm has filed a draft red herring prospectus for its proposed Rs 16,600-crore initial public offering (IPO) with the Securities and Exchange Board of India.
"The very fact that Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru believed that democracy has made revolution superfluous after independence and how it meant the complete opposite of a bloodless change," it said.
The 30-share Sensex ended up 142 points at 29,462 and the 50-share Nifty gained 26 points to end at 8,895.
A nine-year-old boy was murdered by his two teenaged neighbours, who kidnapped him after taking a cue from a Hindi film, triggering protests by angry locals who blocked roads, burnt tyres and tore down a shop. Satyam, a Class IV student of Doon Academy, was kidnapped on Thursday evening when he was playing outside his house and his body was recovered from Kankarbagh area of Patna on Saturday.
Yes, India needs desperate measures to kick-start growth. But selling off its lungs to the highest bidder to hack away cannot be the way out, says Sumit Bhattacharya.
