[ad_1] KOLKATA: Aftershocks of the showdown between Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee over raids on Trinamool-linked political consultancy I-PAC jolted Calcutta high court Friday, prompting Justice Suvra Ghosh to postpone hearing petitions filed by either side till Jan 14 on grounds of “enormous disturbance and commotion” in the courtroom.The judge, seemingly annoyed…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: West Bengal leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Friday sent a legal notice to chief minister Mamata Banerjee after she made allegation against him and Union home minister Amit Shah over coal smuggling case.Adhikari demanded Mamata to prove the allegations made by her within 72 hours, adding that failure to do so…
[ad_1] DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami recommended Friday a CBI inquiry into the “mystery VIP” connected with the 2022 murder of a 19-year-old receptionist at a Rishikesh resort owned by a BJP functionary’s son, reports Kautilya Singh. The decision came following days of protests by several civic groups and opposition Congress on the issue,…
[ad_1] MUMBAI: Even as startups are increasingly rushing to Dalal Street, buoyed by a booming primary market, many of the large, listed companies are trading below their IPO offer price, raising concerns over the long-term value they can generate for investors.Stock prices of close to 10 startups including Swiggy, FirstCry, Paytm, Ola Electric and Delhivery…
[ad_1] MUMBAI: The rupee weakened on Friday due to dollar demand from maturing offshore positions and corporate hedging. It closed at 90.16 per dollar, 14 paise down from its previous close. Falling equities added to the pressure. Elevated dollar demand weighed intraday, though sporadic dollar sales near the lows capped losses and kept sentiment cautious.“The…
[ad_1] LUCKNOW: Lucknow police on Friday arrested the resident doctor of King George’s Medical University (KGMU) accused of repeatedly raping a junior colleague on the false promise of marriage, forcing her to undergo an abortion, and coercing her into religious conversion. Rameezuddin alias Rameez (31) was nabbed near the city station by a joint team…
[ad_1] KOLKATA: Alleging violation of ‘right to privacy’, TMC, in its petition against ED before Calcutta HC, said the search and seizure at the office of its political strategist I-PAC and the residence of the firm’s director came after party chief Mamata Banerjee threatened to go to Supreme Court against the chaotic implementation of SIR…
[ad_1] TOI correspondent from Washington: In the wake of US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick’s claim on a podcast that the bilateral trade deal wasn’t signed as PM Modi didn’t call President Donald Trump, the Indian authorities have maintained that the deal could not materialise last summer due to the Trump administration’s insistence on lowering tariffs…
[ad_1] The court said public employment was used as a bargaining chip by Lalu to secure land via Rabri Devi NEW DELHI: A Delhi court Friday ordered framing of charges against RJD chief Lalu Prasad and 40 other accused in alleged land-for-jobs scam, observing that there existed “an overarching criminal conspiracy, mentored by Lalu Prasad,”…
[ad_1] TOI correspondent from Washington: Rejecting US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick’s claims that the bilateral trade deal was not signed as PM Modi did not call US President Donald Trump, the foreign ministry said the “characterisation” of the discussions was “not accurate” and reiterated that India was interested in negotiating a trade deal which was…