New Delhi: A fresh plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to SEBI for speedy conclusion of its investigation in two pending cases related to allegations of stock price manipulation by the Adani group. The petitioner has claimed that the fresh report of US short-seller Hindenburg Research against SEBI chairperson Madhabi…
Paris: Suspense continued on the fate of Vinesh Phogat’s appeal against her Olympic disqualification with the ad-hoc division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport extending the time limit to deliver its decision till August 16 without specifying the reasons for continuing to defer the matter. The 29-year-old was disqualified from the women’s 50kg free-style…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday concluded contempt proceedings against Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev and Patanjali Ayurved MD Acharya Balkrishna, related to misleading advertisements. A two-judge bench, comprising Justices Hima Kohli and Sandeep Mehta, delivered the judgment after Ramdev and Balkrishna provided formal undertakings, assuring that they would cease issuing misleading advertisements and claims…
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered a CBI investigation into the tragic rape and murder of a 31-year-old junior doctor, whose lifeless body was discovered in a seminar hall at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, last Friday. In its ruling, the court instructed the police to transfer all relevant documents to…
Thiruvananthapuram: Intermittent heavy rains accompanied by thunderstorms lashed several parts of Kerala on Tuesday with the Indian Meteorological Department sounding an orange alert predicting very heavy rainfall in two districts. As per the latest update of the IMD, Pathanamthitta and Idukki have been placed on orange alert on Tuesday. Very heavy rainfall has been predicted…
Bhopal: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday justified the present taxation regime, saying that the country needs resources to meet the challenges facing the nation and also to fund research and development activities. Sitharaman was addressing the 11th convocation of Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) in Bhopal. While appealing to the…
New Delhi: Amid the raging row over the Hindenburg allegations, the Congress on Tuesday announced that it will hold a nationwide agitation on August 22 demanding SEBI Chief Madhabi Puri Buch’s resignation and a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into the Adani issue. The announcement was made after Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge held a meeting with…
Washington: Former US President Donald Trump talked about Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping in an interview with Tesla CEO Elon Musk saying “they’re at the top of the game”. “They love their country, it is a different form of love,” he said. Elon Musk and former US president Donald Trump sat down for…
New Delhi/Kolkata: Resident doctors at government hospitals across the country held protests Monday over the recent rape-murder of a postgraduate trainee in Kolkata, with those in West Bengal and Delhi going on an indefinite strike that hit OPD services and non-emergency surgeries. The move comes in response to a call from the Federation of Resident…
New Delhi: Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Monday said Hindenburg Research has defamed the country in alliance with Congress and the “strictest action” will be taken against the US short-seller. Hindenburg on Saturday launched a broadside against markets regulator Sebi chairperson Madhabi Buch, alleging she and her husband Dhaval had stakes in obscure offshore funds…
