SEM orders release of CJP leaders Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka
New Delhi: A special executive magistrate (SEM) on Wednesday ordered the release of CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka after the expiry of judicial custody in connection with the October 14 protest at Jantar Mantar. The two were produced before the SEM, where their sureties were also submitted during the proceedings. Das and Ranka…
High Five! Para-athletics gold rush powers India in Asian Para Games; Country 5th in standings
Nagoya: India’s track and field contingent went on a rampage, collecting 18 medals, including five gold, to propel India to fifth in the overall standings, with sprinter Simran, high-jumper Praveen Kumar and shot-putter Sachin Khilari also creating new Games records in their events. Apart from Simran (women’s 100m T12), Praveen (men’s high jump T44/64) and…
Rubio tours Jamnagar as Washington courts Reliance’s refining muscle
Jamnagar (Gujarat): Almost the entire Ambani family, led by billionaire tycoon Mukesh Ambani, welcomed the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at Jamnagar on Wednesday, as he began a tour of the world’s largest single-site refinery. Rubio arrived in Jamnagar a day after calling India a crude-refining “superpower” and urging more processing of Venezuelan crude…
Police forces across country should work together to make India drug-free: Shah
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said that narcotics threaten future generations and provide financial support to organisations involved in anti-national activities, as he asked police forces across the country to ensure the drug menace is eliminated by the end of 2029. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set a deadline of December…
Non-Hindus can’t touch Durga idols during immersion: Suvendu
Kolkata: Only followers of “Sanatan Dharma” would be allowed to touch Durga idols during immersion in Kolkata, Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari said on Wednesday, adding that it was not a communal matter but one of religion. The chief minister was reviewing immersion arrangements at Babughat in Kolkata, accompanied by city police commissioner Ajay Kumar…
Delhi Police transfers second case against CJP’s Das, Ranka to Crime Branch
New Delhi: Delhi Police has transferred another case registered against Cockroach Janta Party leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka to the Crime Branch, sources said. The Crime Branch will now investigate two cases against the CJP leaders. The other case linked to Das and Ranka allegedly entering the Jantar Mantar area was transferred to the…
Jio Platforms IPO: QIB portion fully subscribed at over 2x demand
New Delhi: The Jio Platforms’ IPO saw the portion marked for Qualified Institutional Buyers (QIBs) fully subscribed at over 2x demand, within a few minutes of the issue opening on Wednesday, according to sources. The QIB portion’s demand was 2.86 times at 10 AM, sources said. Institutions moved within minutes of bidding opening on Wednesday…
India, US trade deal to be much different: Trump
Washington: The US and India are “pretty close” to making a trade deal, which will be much different than the earlier pacts, US President Donald Trump said here. Speaking to reporters at the Oval Office on Tuesday, Trump said India and the US were pretty close to making a trade deal. “They want to make…
Breaking Up the Silos: Inside Volvo’s High-Stakes Bet on the Future of Mining
Shrikant Rao For decades, the heavy machinery world ran on an unspoken rule: highway trucks stayed in their division, earthmovers stayed in theirs, and fleet software lived in an entirely separate engineering bucket. If you ran a mining operation, you dealt with this fragmentation daily. You bought haulers from the truck team, excavators from the…
Dhruv, Who Cares?
A cockroach that flies in from Germany, delivers a lecture on Indian democracy and constitutional institutions, and then reportedly leaves the country is hardly the messiah of Indian democracy he imagines himself to be. Dhruv Rathee may have opinions to offer, but why should Bharat take lectures on its constitutional functioning from someone whose own…
