The Jharkhand High Court on Friday rejected the provisional bail of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief and former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad, asking him to surrender by August 30. The court while hearing the former leader’s regular bail plea on August 10 had said that he could not stay in a house on provisional […]
The Supreme Court on Friday moved closer to live streaming of its proceedings as it said that it was an expansion of the concept of open court hearing of matters without crowding the court rooms. Reserving the order on a batch of petitions by senior counsel Indira Jaising, the bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, […]
In a partial relief to Cyrus Mistry, the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Friday stated that Tata Sons cannot force him to sell his shares. However, the two-judge bench headed by Justice S.J. Mukhopadhyaya, declined Mistry’s appeal to stay the conversion of Tata Sons into a private company. The court said it will […]
Senior journalist and author Kuldip Nayar died at a hospital here. He was 95, his family confirmed on Thursday. Nayar breathed his last at the Escorts Hospital at 12.30 a.m., and his cremation will take place at 1 p.m. on Thursday afternoon. Nayar, who was also a human rights activist, served as High Commissioner to […]
By Ritesh(R) Chugh and Ripan(R) Sethi It is common knowledge that exercise is an important part of being fit and healthy, but many people still overlook the role exercise should play in their day-to-day lives. Whether it’s a quick morning walk or an evening hour at the gym, everyone should be incorporating exercise into their […]
Positive global cues along with a recovery in the rupee value pushed the key indices of the Indian equity market higher during the morning trade session on Monday. According to market observers, healthy buying was witnessed in capital goods, automobile and oil and gas stocks. Around 9.50 a.m., the broader Nifty50 of the National Stock […]
Congress President Rahul Gandhi along with his mother and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi paid homage to his father and former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 74th birth anniversary on Monday. They were accompanied by Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, her husband Robert Vadra to the Veer Bhumi here, where many Congress veterans and leaders, including former […]
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said people are unhappy with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which will cause it to suffer major losses in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) head also said the common man is angry with the BJP for “creating hurdles” in the works of the […]
The death toll due to rains and floods in Kerala has gone up to 357 this monsoon season, as 22 more deaths were reported on Saturday and red alert continued in 11 districts following prediction of more rains. The death toll due to torrential rains since August 9 — the third spell during this year’s […]
The “asthi visarjan” (immersion of ashes in river) ritual of late Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will be held on Sunday in Haridwar, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said on Saturday. The same ritual, thereafter, will be performed in 100 other “sacred rivers” of the country. “The ‘asthi visarjan’ of Atal Bihari Vajpayee will be […]