New Delhi: As many as 15 individuals, including Vijay Mallya and Nirav Modi, have been declared as Fugitive Economic Offenders (FEOs) who collectively owe over Rs 58,000 crore to banks, Parliament was informed on Monday. In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said as…
New Delhi: Indian women’s hockey team chief coach Harendra Singh on Monday resigned from the post with immediate effect citing “personal reasons”. According to sources, Harendra sent an email to Hockey India informing the apex body that he is resigning with immediate effect. Dutch tactician Sjoerd Marijne, who was head coach of the side that…
New Delhi: Foreign direct investments (FDI) in India rose 18 per cent to USD 35.18 billion during April-September of this fiscal year, while the inflow from the US more than doubled to USD 6.62 billion during the period, according to the latest government data released on Monday. Investments from overseas during the April-September period of…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to a man who was accused of cheating a businessman of Rs 3.9 crore by impersonating the nephew of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. A bench of Justices J K Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi noted that the accused, Ajay Kumar Nayyar, has undergone over four years…
New Delhi: Industrialist Anil Ambani has moved the Supreme Court challenging an order of the Bombay High Court, which upheld the State Bank of India’s (SBI) decision classifying his and Reliance Communications’ accounts as fraud. The matter is yet to be listed for hearing. The High Court had on October 3 dismissed Ambani’s plea challenging…
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday moved two new bills in the Lok Sabha that look to repurpose levies on ‘sin goods’ such as tobacco, pan masala, and related products ahead of the scheduled phaseout of the GST compensation cess levied on them. The Central Excise (Amendment) Bill seeks to levy excise duty…
Kolkata: Tension escalated outside the West Bengal CEO’s office here on Monday as members of the BLO Adhikar Raksha Committee staged a demonstration, raising slogans and attempting to breach police barricades just as BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari and several party MLAs arrived there for a scheduled meeting with election officials. Police had erected multiple layers…
New Delhi: Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday asserted in the Rajya Sabha that the government is not averse to discussing SIR or electoral reforms, as he asked the Opposition not to insist on setting a timeline. He was responding to opposition members who were demanding an immediate discussion on the Special Intensive Revision…
New Delhi: “Those sitting inside bite, dogs don’t,” Congress MP Renuka Chowdhury said on Monday after she arrived in Parliament with a rescued stray in her car, triggering a row and prompting some ruling party members to accuse her of indulging in drama. Chowdhury said she had picked up the stray earlier in the day…
On the eve of my father’s 29th death anniversary, I feel compelled to share a few thoughts on the values that shaped him—and continue to guide me. My father, the late Dr. Channa Reddy, lived a life defined by integrity, fearlessness and an unwavering commitment to public welfare. I have always tried to follow that…
