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JNU row: Look-out notice issued for 3 youths

JNU row: Look-out notice issued for 3 youths

Rediff.com20 Feb 2016

Delhi Police has issued look-out notice for three youths in connection with the controversial event at the JNU last week.

CAA does not violate fundamental rights: Centre to SC

CAA does not violate fundamental rights: Centre to SC

Rediff.com17 Mar 2020

The affidavit, filed by B C Joshi, Director in the Ministry of Home Affairs, said the CAA does not confer any arbitrary and unguided powers on the executive as the citizenship to the persecuted minorities of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh would be granted in a manner as specified under the law governing grant of citizenship.

'Trump has maturity of an 8-year-old boy with insecurity of a teenage girl'

'Trump has maturity of an 8-year-old boy with insecurity of a teenage girl'

Rediff.com17 Sep 2018

Ex-US secretary of state John Kerry has torn into Trump for accusing him of holding "illegal" meetings with Iran.

10 things you need to know about FATCA

10 things you need to know about FATCA

Rediff.com2 Jan 2015

FATCA is aimed to strengthen business ties.

Nearly 50 FIIs apply for licences

Nearly 50 FIIs apply for licences

Rediff.com14 Nov 2007

Less than three weeks after the curbs on participatory notes, overseas investors are rushing to invest in the booming Indian stock markets directly by applying for Foreign Institutional Investor licences.

Blow to India as US, UK courts confirm $1.4 bn award to Cairn

Blow to India as US, UK courts confirm $1.4 bn award to Cairn

Rediff.com8 Mar 2021

Courts in five countries including the US and the UK have given recognition to an arbitration award that asked India to return $1.4 billion to Cairn Energy plc - a step that now opens the possibility of the British firm seizing Indian assets in those countries if New Delhi does not pay, sources said. Cairn Energy had moved courts in nine countries to enforce its $1.4 billion arbitral award against India, which the company won after a dispute with the country's revenue authority over a retroactively applied capital gains tax. Of these, the December 21 award from a three-member tribunal at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Netherlands has been recognised and confirmed by courts in the US, the UK, Netherlands, Canada and France, three people with knowledge of the matter said.

Sensex, Nifty hit fresh highs; bank stocks drive rally

Sensex, Nifty hit fresh highs; bank stocks drive rally

Rediff.com18 Jan 2018

Domestic markets are also aided by a rally in the global markets with US market surging to record high and a firming trend at other Asian bourses.

Zakir Naik row: Colleagues back suspended MHA officer

Zakir Naik row: Colleagues back suspended MHA officer

Rediff.com6 Sep 2016

5 joint secretaries serving in the ministry of home affairs on Tuesday met Home Minister Rajnath Singh and urged him to reconsider the decision to suspend senior IAS officer G K Dwivedi for renewal of Foreign Contribution Regulation Act licence of controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik's NGO.

Respite for Bengaluru's 'Mother Teresa'

Respite for Bengaluru's 'Mother Teresa'

Rediff.com26 Jul 2011

Home Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday intervened to restore visa "without limit of time" for British-born Catholic nun Jacqueline Jean McEwan, known as Sister Jean, in Bangalore and making it clear that she can stay in India as long as she likes.

Court asks cops to hand over parts of Markaz to Saad's family

Court asks cops to hand over parts of Markaz to Saad's family

Rediff.com12 Sep 2020

Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Gurmohina Kaur gave five days to the investigating agencies to inspect the premises before it is handed over to Saad's family. The court was hearing an application filed by Saad's mother Khalida seeking unlocking of the premises where they resided.

US designates Hafiz Saeed's MML as terrorist outfit

US designates Hafiz Saeed's MML as terrorist outfit

Rediff.com3 Apr 2018

"Make no mistake: whatever LeT chooses to call itself, it remains a violent terrorist group. The US supports all efforts to ensure that LeT does not have a political voice until it gives up violence as a tool of influence," said Nathan A Sales, Coordinator for Counterterrorism at the Department of State.

Karti Chidambaram moves court after CBI issues 'look out circular'

Karti Chidambaram moves court after CBI issues 'look out circular'

Rediff.com4 Aug 2017

In his petition, Karti contended that the July 18 circular had been issued arbitrarily and without jurisdiction by the Foreigner Regional Registration Officer and The Bureau of Immigration under the Union home ministry at the behest of different agencies to prevent him from travelling abroad.

Want to be an IAS officer?

Want to be an IAS officer?

Rediff.com1 Mar 2017

All you need to know about preparing for the Civil Services examination

Madras HC stays lookout circular against Karti

Madras HC stays lookout circular against Karti

Rediff.com10 Aug 2017

Karti contended that the lookout circular was part of the Centre's 'political vendetta'.

PIOs likely to be kept out of beneficial ownership restrictions

PIOs likely to be kept out of beneficial ownership restrictions

Rediff.com1 Aug 2018

The threshold for identification of BOs of FPIs on controlling ownership interest is 25 per cent in case of companies and 15 per cent in case of partnership firms

US seeks clarification from India on Ford Foundation, Greenpeace issue

US seeks clarification from India on Ford Foundation, Greenpeace issue

Rediff.com25 Apr 2015

The United States on Friday expressed concern over India's crackdown on Ford Foundation and Greenpeace, and said it is seeking "clarification" on the action.

Hafiz Saeed's son, son-in-law to contest Pak poll

Hafiz Saeed's son, son-in-law to contest Pak poll

Rediff.com21 Jun 2018

The JuD will contest the election on the platform of a little known "dormant" political entity, Allaha-u-Akbar Tehreek.

Activist's testimony would have been prejudicial to India: Govt to HC

Activist's testimony would have been prejudicial to India: Govt to HC

Rediff.com17 Feb 2015

Greenpeace activist Priya Pillai was offloaded from her flight to London as her proposed "testimony" before a British parliamentary committee would have been "prejudicial" to India's interests, the Centre has told Delhi High Court.

Akali Dal leader attacked by pro-Khalistan supporters in US

Akali Dal leader attacked by pro-Khalistan supporters in US

Rediff.com26 Aug 2018

Three people have been arrested for the attack.

Shanker Sharma banned from trading in bourses

Shanker Sharma banned from trading in bourses

Rediff.com19 Mar 2010

The Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) on Friday banned Shankar Sharma, director and chief global strategist of broking firm First Global from trading in bourses for one year.

Norwegian national asked to leave India for violating visa norms

Norwegian national asked to leave India for violating visa norms

Rediff.com27 Dec 2019

Janne-Mette Johansson, a Norwegian national on a tourist visa, came under the scanner of Bureau of Immigration authorities over her suspected participation in an anti- Citizenship Amendment Act protest in the Kochi three days ago.

H-1B visa: Trump has good news for IT professionals

H-1B visa: Trump has good news for IT professionals

Rediff.com11 Jan 2019

H1-B holders in the US can rest assured that changes are soon coming which will bring both simplicity and certainty to your stay, including a potential path to citizenship: Trump.

FRRO releases British plane-spotters

FRRO releases British plane-spotters

Rediff.com23 Feb 2010

A Delhi court on Wednesday granted bail to two Britons detained here for allegedly recording the conversation between pilots and Air Traffic Control.

Sebi relaxes FII entry norms, tightens buyback rules

Sebi relaxes FII entry norms, tightens buyback rules

Rediff.com25 Jun 2013

In a wide-ranging overhaul of rules to make India an easier, safer and attractive investment destination, Sebi on Tuesday unveiled a new set of streamlined entry norms for foreign investors, while putting in place checks against any wrongdoings by the company promoters.

FIIs may get more time to follow structural norms

FIIs may get more time to follow structural norms

Rediff.com4 Oct 2010

Sebi bars non-compliant FIIs from taking fresh positions.

Fake news is working overtime against me: Trump

Fake news is working overtime against me: Trump

Rediff.com31 Oct 2017

Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort was on Monday charged with conspiracy against the US.

SC slams govt's vaccination policy as 'prima facie arbitrary'

SC slams govt's vaccination policy as 'prima facie arbitrary'

Rediff.com3 Jun 2021

The Supreme Court has asked the Centre to place on record all relevant documents and file notings reflecting its thinking culminating in the COVID-19 vaccination policy, and the purchase history till date of all jabs including Covaxin, Covishield and Sputnik V.

'Don't know why the govt calls Greenpeace anti-national'

'Don't know why the govt calls Greenpeace anti-national'

Rediff.com18 Nov 2015

'We are facing a crackdown for more than a year. Our permission to collect funds was cancelled. Our bank accounts were frozen.' 'We believe that our work in India is very important. We want to be the environment watchdog. We do not want to waste time fighting legal battles.'

4 MHA officials suspended over licence renewal of Naik's NGO

4 MHA officials suspended over licence renewal of Naik's NGO

Rediff.com2 Sep 2016

The action was taken after the home ministry found that Naik's NGO Islamic Research Foundation's FCRA licence was renewed recently despite several ongoing probes, including one by it.

How Sitharaman plans to boost growth from 5-year low of 5.8%

How Sitharaman plans to boost growth from 5-year low of 5.8%

Rediff.com23 Aug 2019

Indian economy was growing faster than the global average and all other major economies: FM

FIIs may get automatic approval

FIIs may get automatic approval

Rediff.com21 Dec 2004

Sebi to take up Chandrasekhar panel report on Jun 25: FM

Sebi to take up Chandrasekhar panel report on Jun 25: FM

Rediff.com13 Jun 2013

The panel also suggested that Know Your Client rules should be based on the risk profile of investors.

Centre treating human rights organisations like criminal enterprises: Amnesty

Centre treating human rights organisations like criminal enterprises: Amnesty

Rediff.com26 Oct 2018

"As an organisation committed to the rule of law, our operations in India have always conformed with our national regulations. The principles of transparency and accountability are at the heart of our work.".

India in talks with JP Morgan, others to join bond indexes

India in talks with JP Morgan, others to join bond indexes

Rediff.com10 Oct 2013

It hopes to attract billions of dollars in investment by this move, and may ease some restrictions on foreign inflows.

Pakistan's devotion to LeT's Saeed runs deep

Pakistan's devotion to LeT's Saeed runs deep

Rediff.com13 Jan 2021

The perpetrators of the 2008 Mumbai attack, who shot dead 166 people, had confessed to details that should have been enough to hang him, but Pakistan enjoyed his anti-India rhetoric and let him spread his tentacles. A revealing excerpt from Khaled Ahmed's Pakistan's Terror Conundrum.

Govt may allow FII in news channels

Govt may allow FII in news channels

Rediff.com18 Nov 2004

The government on Thursday said it would formalise a new downlinking policy within the next few weeks, which is expected to look into issues like allowing foreign institutional investors in news channels and making registration mandatory for foreign

Access norms for investment by FPIs eased

Access norms for investment by FPIs eased

Rediff.com21 Feb 2018

Overseas funds have been spooked by several policy measures taken by the government in the past few years

Cops delayed filing of Russian girl's complaint

Cops delayed filing of Russian girl's complaint

Rediff.com5 Dec 2009

The registration of a complaint of rape by a Russian girl against a local politician was delayed further with the Goa police handing over the case to the Crime Branch.