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Diplomats to witness BJP poll campaign in Indore
A three-member delegation of foreign diplomats based here will be visiting Indore on November 14-15 to experience and get first hand insight in the BJP’s election campaign, the party said on Monday. Michael Rees, second secretary in the Australian high co...
PM offers ‘Modi guarantee’ to people of MP
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday assured the people of Madhya Pradesh that all promises made by BJP to them will be fulfilled after the party retains power in the state. He also said the Centre’s free ration scheme, covering 80 crore poor people, wi...
Big Investors Continue To Accumulate Wealth
MUMBAI: A majority of big investors in the stock market continued to increase their wealth and beat the benchmark indices successfully in the past year. An analysis of the portfolios of eight top investors revealed that the value has increased in the rang...
FPIs Selling Spree Continues; Pull Out Rs 5,800 Crore From Equities In November
NEW DELHI: Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) selling spree continued as they dumped Indian equity worth over Rs 5,800 crore this month so far on rising interest rates and geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. This came after such investors withdrew R...
Digital India Bill May Have Provisions Against Bundling, Tying Of Services
NEW DELHI: The upcoming Digital India Bill is likely to have provisions for penalties against anti-competitive practices in digital space, and commercial arrangements such as tying and bundling of services by online intermediaries may be prohibited, sourc...
American Towers Set To Sell Loss-Making India Ops For $2.2 Billion
MUMBAI: US-based telecom tower major American Towers Corporation (ATC) is close to selling its loss-making India operations at an enterprise valuation of up to $2.2 billion by December-end. I Squared Capital, the US-based infrastructure private equity fir...
Sharad Pawar advised rest after feeling unwell
Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar felt unwell during a meeting in his hometown Baramati in Maharashtra’s Pune district and has been advised rest by doctors, party sources said. Pawar was on Saturday evening attending a meeting at Vidya Pra...
Himanta says Cong fulfilling Jinnah’s vision
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday lashed out at the Congress for its minority declaration’ in poll-bound Telangana, claiming that the party is fulfilling the vision of Mohammad Ali Jinnah’s Muslim League. In an apparent reference to Con...
Akhilesh shares ‘poverty amidst divinity’ Ayodhya video
A day after 22 lakh ’diyas’ illuminated the banks of Saryu River in Ayodhya, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday shared a video on X showing some children taking out oil from lamps at a ghat and filling it in utensils. ”Poverty amid divinity…wh...
Uttarakhand CM says uniform civil code draft at last stage
Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday said the draft of the Uniform Civil Code for the state is in its last stage. He said the government is trying to complete the process on a priority basis. “We have already said that as we will get...
By Around 2030, Indian Rupee Will Be A Global Hard Currency: Sanjeev Sanyal
NEW DELHI: Sanjeev Sanyal, member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, thinks given the strengths of India’s macroeconomic fundamentals, its sovereign rating should be “at least two notches higher” than the current level (lowest investment g...
Manish Tewari backs Murthy’s call for Sunday working
Congress leader Manish Tewari on Friday extended support to Infosys co-founder NR Narayana Murthy’s “70 hours per week work” remark and advice that 70 hours a week with one day off and 15 days of vacations in a year should become the norm. The Congress le...
RINL Sale: Bidders May Have To Pledge To Expand Unit; Some Land Parcels May Be Kept Out Of Deal
NEW DELHI: The Centre is drawing up a plan for the privatisation of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL), also known as Vizag Steel, under which the prospective buyer/s would have to commit to expand its 7 million tonne (MT) plant, an official source said. Th...
Industrial Growth Slows To 3-Month Low In September
NEW DELHI: India’s industrial growth dropped more than expected in September to 5.8% from a 14-month high of 10.3% in the preceding month, hit by an unfavorable base effect magnified by a shift in the festival calendar. Excess rainfall in September also d...
Consumption, Infrastructure Could Light Up Samvat 2080: Experts
MUMBAI: After a decent show in Samvat 2079, which saw investor wealth surge by Rs 46 trillion, stock market experts are upbeat about the upcoming Samvat 2080. They believe that despite the volatile global landscape owing to ‘higher for longer’ rates, high...