Tag: india politics
SC notice to Naidu in skill development scam case
The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought a response from TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu on a plea by the Andhra Pradesh government against a high court order granting regular bail to him in the skill development corporation scam case. A bench of justices Bela M...
Shivakumar gets court clearance for foreign trip
A Delhi court has allowed Karnataka deputy chief minister D K Shivakumar, accused in a money laundering case, to travel abroad. Special Judge Vikas Dhull allowed Congress member Shivakumar to travel to Dubai from November 29 to December 3 on an applicatio...
Co-Lending Deals Between NBFCs, Banks Set To Rise After RBI Nudge
MUMBAI: The banking sector is expected to witness rise in co-lending deals between Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) and banks after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das asked shadow banks to reduce their over-dependence on bank...
Sitharaman misleading public about Kerala’s neglect: Vijayan
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday continued to accuse Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman of ”trying to mislead the public” about the alleged neglect shown by the central government towards the southern state. The CM had on Sunday cha...
BJP seeks action against Siddaramaiah for ads in Telangana dailies
The BJP has once again gone to the Election Commission of India, complaining against the Congress. The party has knocked on the doors of the poll body due to an advertisement by the Congress-ruled Karnataka government in Telangana edition dailies, which a...
Cong slams BRS for EC ‘no’ to aid for Telangana farmers
The Congress on Monday slammed the BRS over the EC’s withdrawal of permission to the Telangana government for disbursements of financial aid to farmers under the Rythu Bandhu Scheme, alleging that those ruling the state, in their desperation to hang onto...
‘Islamisation’ row over Nitish govt’s school holidays decision
A political row erupted after the Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government decided to slash the holidays for the state’s schools on the occasion of Hindu festivals while increasing them for Muslim festivals. The Bihar education department on Monday issued the ho...
iPhone Maker Foxconn Plans $1.6 Billion Investment In India
NEW DELHI: Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry Co, which is a contract manufacturer for iPhones, on Monday said its subsidiary Foxconn Hon Hai Technology India Mega Development, has planned $1.6 billion investment in India. The planned outlay by the compa...
India’s Engineering Exports Surge In US, Saudi Arabia, And UAE In October
NEW DELHI: Exports of engineering products from India witnessed growth from countries such as the US, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) during October but contracted from several nations in the European Union (EU), China, and Southeast Asia...
TRAI Won’t Cancel Apple Phone Registration Over DND Application Row
NEW DELHI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) will continue to work with Apple to break the deadlock in talks over introducing its Do Not Disturb (DND) application (app) to Apple’s iOS Store, senior officials have said. The iPhone maker remo...
S&P Raises India FY24 Growth Forecast To 6.4 Per Cent
NEW DELHI: S&P Global Ratings on Monday revised India’s economic growth forecast for this financial year to 6.4%, up from 6% projected earlier, bringing it closer to the Reserve Bank of India’s estimate of 6.5%. “We have revised up our projection for...
A 30 Per Cent Jump In States’ Tax Share, Yet Transfers Slow
NEW DELHI: The 16th Finance Commission will have a tough task, primarily because the mismatch between the resource mobilisation by the Centre and state governments and the rising requirements of spending of public monies on socio-economic development and...
Key IBBI Tweaks May Be Finalised In December
NEW DELHI: The Insolvency & Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) is expected to finalise crucial amendments to regulations – from those seeking to make life simpler for home buyers to those for personal and companies’ insolvency proceedings, insolvency pr...
AI Firm BRAIIN Holdings Forays Into India, Plans To Invest $100 Million
BENGALURU: New York-based artificial intelligence and robotics firm BRAIIN Holdings is entering the Indian market and has acquired prominent CXaaS (customer experience-as-a-service) company Exato.ai which serves as a strategic foundation for its operation...
Key witness retracts statement against Baghel in app case
In a major development in the Mahadev betting app probe, one of the key witnesses against Bhupesh Baghel has given a clean chit to the Chhattisgarh chief minister. Asim Das, a driver arrested in the case, retracted his statement against Baghel in a letter...
