BJP CMs promote a lawless culture, one where groups backed by the State are encouraged to attack fellow citizens, where being trigger-happy is the official police policy, notes Jyoti Punwani.
Festive demand for gold in India got off to a tepid start, with local prices still at a heavy discount to the global benchmark, a bad sign for a period when buying is typically strong.
Delhi police on Friday filed a charge sheet in a city court against six Delhi University professors in the 2010 Mayapuri radiation case for endangering lives by auctioning an radioactive gamma irradiator without following mandatory precautions.
The second day of pre-Diwali Dhanteras witnessed a tepid response from shoppers on Friday as gold and silver sales have likely to be fallen by up to 35 per cent year-on-year due to high prices and COVID-19 induced financial distress, although consumers moved to online buying to make most of the festival, jewellers said. The buying was heavily restricted to light weight jewellery, coins and precious stones due to lower purchasing power and high gold rates, they said. Due to the fear of coronavirus infection, many customers who had booked in advance were taking delivery of wedding orders on Friday, while some were seen buying safely through online brands like Tanishq and Melorra.
Zakia, the wife of Ehsan Jafri, an ex-MP who was killed in one of the worst incidents during the riots, has challenged the Gujarat high court's October 5, 2017, order rejecting her plea against the SIT's decision.
The new restriction will be challenging for businesses, as they will have to do regular follow-ups with their suppliers.
Users like Shefali A Rastogi, a Pune-based homemaker, do not remember when they had last bought a music CD.
Ankit Rastogi, co-founder, IndianHotelReview, speaks about his start-up journey, career lessons, start-up dos and don'ts and his success mantras.
Priyam was named captain of the Indian under-19 team for the World Cup to be played in South Africa from January 17 to February 9.
The Supreme Court Monday extended by a week the parole of A G Perarivalan, serving life sentence in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, for undergoing medical check-up.
Indian tennis ace Somdev Devvarman has been given the top billing in the Singapore ATP Challenger series event starting in Singapore on Monday.
Assembly elections coming up in November and December could offer a window of opportunity to the government to make GST attractive through rate cuts.
The bench comprising Justice Pradeep Kant and Justice Rituraj Awasthi on Wednesday stayed the Mayawati government's notification of July 1, whereby Chattrapati Shahuji Maharaj Nagar district had come into being.
After stunning top seed Karan Rastogi on Thursday, sixth seed Yuki Bhambri turned giant-killer, scalping No 4 Gero Kretschmer of Germany in straight sets, to storm into the final of the CCI-ITF US$15,000 Men's Futures tennis tournament at the Cricket Club of India in Mumbai on Friday.
Indian tennis player Sania Mirza, who pulled out of the women's team championship due to throat and ear infection and is under medication, will take part in the singles and mixed doubles individual events in the Asian Games in Guangzhou.
If you are being over-charged, bring it to the notice of the staff and, if required, the tax authorities.
Somdev Devvarman jumped 30 places to reach career best singles ranking of 80 in the ATP charts following his stupendous show at the SA Tennis Open, where he ended runner-up.
Top seed Somdev Devvarman registered a straight sets victory over Australia's John Millman to enter into the quarter-finals of the Singapore ATP Challenger, while Karan Rastogi bowed out of the event after losing to Russia's Dmitry Tursonov in the second round. Somdev played some intelligent tennis to win 6-4, 6-3 in just 90 at the Kallang tennis centre, in Singapore.
Gulabo Sitabo was made with a budget of Rs 40 crore to Rs 45 crore. Amazon Prime bought the streaming rights for Rs 60 crore to Rs 65 crore, helping the producers make over Rs 20 crore.
'At the end of the day, this is Bachchan's film.' 'Despite the distracting makeup, his famous baritone and indisputable flair for dedicated inanity lend Mirza an air of significance,' observes Sukanya Verma.
It also directed the state government to assess the compensation liable to be paid to such victims under the scheme and submit a report to the court.
Private equity and VC investments declined by 50 per cent. E-commerce deals lowest in value, volume in over 24 months. T E Narasimhan decodes the new EY report.
A bunch of CEOs in their mid-30s and early 40s are trying to rectify the scenario where shady lending applications trap hapless borrowers with astronomically high interest rates and even bodily harm if the money was repaid. Anup Roy reports.
"We have appointed a committee to examine the structure and functioning of four companies (MSTC, FSNL, KIOCL and HSCL) and make recommendations regarding their re-organisation, merger with other companies or other structural re-organisation as warranted," Steel Secretary P K Rastogi told PTI. The steel ministry is of the view that the proposed restructuring will enhance the efficiency and profitability of these companies, Rastogi said.
SAIL is awaiting the steel ministry's approval for its proposed public issue to raise funds to part finance its Rs 70,000-crore expansion project.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
They demanded the immediate release of Kanojia, Anuj Shukla, who is the editor of Noida-based TV channel Nation Live, and its head Ishika Singh
Monsoons have had limited effect on market returns for a given year, report Sachin Mampatta and Sundar Sethuraman.
No more countdowns, no more artistes - television's music channels have rescinded their niche for non-music reality shows.
Ruling out any price band, the government on Friday said domestic steel prices should come downfollowing the softening global trend.
Four members of the Davis Cup team have written to the AITA saying they will not play under captain Leander Paes.
'People who have unaccounted money often park it in unregulated deposit schemes.' 'Curbing illegal deposit-raising activity will also carry forward the government's drive against black money.'
Rafael Nadal will team up with fellow Mallorcan Bartolome Salva-Vidal at the Chennai Open.
E-invoicing would be implemented on a voluntary basis by those having an annual turnover of above Rs 500 crore from January 1.
The second highest-ranked Indian on the circuit is now perched at 262.
All the remaining four players lost their second round matches in the qualifying event of the Chennai Open.
The Indian Davis Cupper wasted three match-points and was beaten by second seed Igor Kunitsyn of Russia 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 at the ONGC ATP Challenger tournament in Delhi.
The Gujarat high court had on April 20 last year upheld the conviction of 12 out of the 29 accused who were pronounced guilty on various charges by the trial court and had acquitted 17 others, including former BJP minister Maya Kodnani.
Vivek Shokeen and Somdev Dev Varman were named in the team to face Uzbekistan the Asia-Oceania Group 1 first round away tie.
Prakash Amritraj beat Karan Rastogi in the final to win the USD 10,000 ITF Futures men's tennis tournament.
