New Delhi: The Congress on Friday termed as “most serious” reports of the Election Commission identifying “defective” VVPAT machines and asked the poll body to take everyone into confidence to help restore public faith in the integrity of the electoral process. The opposition party posed several questions to the EC, and said it must respond with…
Bengaluru: The High Court of Karnataka on Thursday dismissed the petition by state Congress president D K Shivakumar challenging the sanction given by the State Government to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for prosecuting him. Following a request by the central agency, the State Government had given the sanction on September 25, 2019, based on…
New Delhi: Hospitality technology firm OYO on Thursday said it will add 50 new properties in Ayodhya in 2023 under a collaboration with Ayodhya Development Authority and Uttar Pradesh State Tourism Development Corporation. Out of the 50 new properties to be added in Ayodhya, about 25 will be homestays run by homeowners and 25 will be…
New Delhi: Oriana Power on Thursday announced commissioning of a one megawatt peak (MWp) floating solar power project in Rajasthan. The project has been commissioned for Udaipur Cement Works Limited (UCWL), a subsidiary of JK Lakshmi Cement, at its Dabok mine in the state. According to the company, the project will generate approximately 1.7 million…
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi has written a letter to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) seeking details of the investigation it is conducting against some companies of the Adani group. In a letter dated April 18, which was posted on Twitter on Thursday, Chaturvedi said the SEBI had started a…
New Delhi: Ahead of the EFTA trade ministers visit to India, a parliamentary committee from the four-nation grouping on Thursday expressed confidence that negotiators on both sides would find “compromises” to clinch the much-delayed trade deal. Parliamentarians from member countries Switzerland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland, led by Labour Party lawmaker from Norway Trine Lise Sundnes,…
Kathmandu: Indian climber Anurag Maloo, who went missing on Monday after falling into a deep crevasse on Nepal’s Mount Annapurna, has been found alive in critical condition by rescuers, his brother said on Thursday. Anurag, 34, a resident of Kishangarh in Rajasthan, went missing on Monday after he fell from around 6,000 metres while descending from…
Amritsar: Fugitive radical preacher Amritpal Singh’s wife Kirandeep Kaur was stopped at the Amritsar airport by immigration officials while she was trying to board a flight to London, sources said on Thursday. She was learnt to have been questioned by the immigration authorities, they said. Singh had tied the knot with UK-based Kaur in February this…
New Delhi: The BJP Thursday hailed the Surat court’s decision to reject Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s plea for a stay on his conviction in a criminal defamation case as a “victory” of the judiciary and the people. Hitting out at the Congress, BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra said, “The court’s decision is a slap on…
New Delhi: Apple chief executive Tim Cook on Wednesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the iPhone manufacturer is looking to invest more in the world’s second-largest smartphone market. According to government sources, iPhone maker Apple is likely to double the employment base at its contract manufacturers in India to around 2 lakh soon. “An…
