New Delhi: A day after the SEBI proposed mandating additional disclosure for high-risk Foreign Portfolio Investors, the Congress on Thursday alleged that the regulator was now looking to tighten the very rules it was “forced to dilute” in 2018 to benefit the Adani Group. Capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on…
New Delhi: Security was tightened at Delhi’s border points on Thursday in view of a call for nationwide demonstrations given by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) in support of wrestlers protesting against Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. Security personnel are maintaining strict vigil at the border points and extra pickets have been…
Samba/Jammu: A suspected Pakistani intruder was shot dead by BSF troops along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district in the early hours of Thursday, officials said. The incident took place near Mangu Chak border outpost (BoP) in Samba sector around 2:50 am, they said. “In the early hours today, alert BSF troops…
Srinagar: The apprehensions about the influx of Taliban fighters into Kashmir after the fall of Kabul in 2021 did not materialise and no Afghani Taliban has infiltrated into the valley, a senior Army officer has said here. General Officer Commanding (GOC) of Chinar Corps Lieutenant General A D S Aujla also said that due to…
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday rejected a plea challenging the maintainability of a suit filed by five Hindu women seeking permission for regular worship of Shringar Gauri and other deities in Varanasi’s Gyanvapi mosque compound. Justice J J Munir dismissed the mosque management committee’s revision petition that contended that the suit is barred under…
Imphal: The Centre is working on a three-pronged approach to bring the warring Meitei and Kuki communities into a narrow common ground for lasting peace in trouble-torn Manipur, sources said on Wednesday. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who is currently visiting Manipur, has given clear instructions that violence must end immediately and peace should be restored…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Wednesday urged the Centre to re-introduce direct flight connectivity between Tokyo and Chennai and increase the number of flights from Singapore to Madurai. Writing to Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiradiya Scindia, Stalin said the direct flight service between Chennai and Tokyo, launched in October 2019 by All…
Chandigarh: The Bhagwant Mann government in Punjab on Wednesday expanded its cabinet by inducting AAP MLAs Gurmeet Singh Khudian and Balkar Singh as ministers. Governor Banwarilal Purohit administered oath of office and secrecy to the new ministers at the Raj Bhavan here. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was also present. While Khudian was allocated agriculture and farmers’…
New Delhi: The NIA on Wednesday said it has seized a large amount of explosives, arms and ammunition from Jharkhand in the People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI) terror-funding case over the past two days. The searches were conducted with the support of the Jharkhand Police, an official spokesperson of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) said….
New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Wednesday said it has not found sufficient evidence to prove women wrestlers’ allegations of sexual harassment against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and to arrest him. The police will submit a report in court within 15 days, a senior official said. “During the investigation…
