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Ahmedabad: The Adani Family, through an offshore special purpose vehicle, announced that it had entered into definitive agreements for the acquisition of Switzerland-based Holcim Ltd’s entire stake in two of Indias leading cement companies -Ambuja Cements Ltd and ACC Ltd. Holcim, through its subsidiaries, holds 63.19 per cent in Ambuja Cements and 54.53 per cent […]

New Delhi: India’s petrol and diesel consumption jumped in May as pick up in the economic activity as well as the start of the harvesting season aided the return of demand, a preliminary industry data showed on Monday. Petrol sales grew 14 per cent during the first half of May when compared with the same […]

New Delhi: Adani Group’s unit AMG Media Networks will buy a 49 per cent stake in Raghav Bahl-run digital business news platform Quintillion Business Media for an undisclosed sum, a regulatory filing to the exchanges said. The Adani Group company Adani Enterprises forayed into the media business by acquiring an unspecified minority stake in Quintillion […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Ram Nath Kovind and Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Monday greeted the nation on the occasion of Buddha Purnima which commemorates the birth of Gautam Buddha. On the occasion, the Prime Minister recalled the principles of Lord Buddha and reiterated his commitment to fulfil them. “On Buddha […]

Varanasi: The third day of the court-ordered videography survey of the Kashi Vishwanath Temple-Gyanvapi Mosque complex in Varanasi began on Monday morning amid tight security and a huge influx of devotees visiting the temple for Vaishakh Purnima. “The Court commission is conducting the Gyanvapi mosque survey on the third day. We have made adequate arrangements […]

Bengaluru: Kenya’s Nicholas Kipkorir Kimeli and Irene Cheptai smashed into the record book by running the entire course in the 14th edition of the World 10K Bengaluru 2022, clocking 27:38 and 30:35 minutes respectively. The World 10K Bengaluru 2022 is a World Athletics Elite Label Race, which was held on Sunday. Kipkorir Kimeli, fourth in […]

Mumbai: The Sensex jumped nearly 274 points in early trade on Monday, tracking significant gains in US markets and buying in index majors Reliance Industries and HDFC. The 30-share BSE benchmark was trading 273.74 points higher at 53,067.36 in early deals. The broader NSE Nifty gained 91.1 points to 15,873.25. Among the Sensex firms, Tata […]

New Delhi: With 2,202 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India’s tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,31,23,801 while the active cases dipped to 17,317, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll climbed to 5,24,241 with 27 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The […]

Noida: A 17-year-old girl has been allegedly “digitally raped” for a period of seven years by an 80-year-old man who was arrested by the Noida Police on Sunday. In a “digital rape”, the accused person or the rapist uses his hands, toes, fingers or any other object for forceful penetration. The man, identified as Maurice […]

New Delhi: A tormenting heatwave swept through the national capital and its neighbouring areas on Sunday with the mercury leaping to 49.2 degrees Celsius at Mungeshpur in northwest Delhi and 49.1 degrees Celsius at Najafgarh in the southwest parts of the city. Maximum temperatures reached unbearable highs of 48.4 degrees Celsius at Sports Complex, 47.5 […]

Mumbai: The Central Government has announced a cash award of Rs 1 crore for the Indian men’s team that defeated 14-time champions Indonesia 3-0 in the final to win a historic maiden title in the Thomas Cup world team badminton championships. After Lakshya Sen, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty and Kidambi Srikanth won their respective matches to […]

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has observed that kissing on lips and fondling are not unnatural offences under section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, and granted bail to a man accused of sexually assaulting a minor boy. In a recent order, Justice Anuja Prabhudessai granted bail to the man, arrested last year following a […]

Bengaluru: E-commerce giant Amazon on Sunday said it has cumulatively created over 11.6 lakh direct and indirect jobs in India so far, and is on track to reach the target of creating 20 lakh direct and indirect jobs by 2025. “We have cumulatively created over 11.6 lakh jobs, enabled nearly $5 billion in exports and […]

Agartala: BJP state president Manik Saha was sworn in as the chief minister of Tripura on Sunday morning. Governor SN Arya administered the oath to Saha, a Rajya Sabha MP, at the Raj Bhavan here. Former Chief Minister Biplab Deb, whose sudden resignation on Saturday evening got Saha the top job, was present at the […]

New Delhi: India on Sunday reported 2,487 fresh Covid cases, a decline against the 2,858 infections registered the previous day, the Union Health Ministry said. Also in the same period, there were 13 Covid fatalities which took the nationwide death toll to 5,24,214. The active caseload has marginally declined to 17,692 cases, accounting for 0.04 per […]

Bengaluru: Bulldozer politics of initiating punitive action against rioters and violence-mongers in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and New Delhi has triggered debates all over the country. Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, however, has declared that there is no place for bulldozer politics in Karnataka. Though for the time being, bulldozer politics doesn’t seem to be […]

New Delhi: India spinner Harbhajan Singh, who was involved in one of the biggest on-field controversies that threatened to spoil the relationship between the Australian and India cricket boards, on Sunday paid his tribute to legendary all-rounder Andrew Symonds who was killed in a car crash in Queensland on Saturday.The off-spinner took to twitter to […]

Rangareddy: Stepping up the Bharatiya Janata party’s campaign for the Telangana Assembly elections slated for next year, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that the ‘Praja Sangrama Yatra’ of the party is to “change the Nizam (ruler) of Hyderabad”. Shah hit out at the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) government in the state, and claimed […]

New Delhi: Apart from holding operations against the Maoists in Chhattisgarh, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) have also started providing coaching to the poor tribal children to get admission into the Central government sponsored ‘Eklavya’ and Navoday schools in the state’s Kondagaon and nearby areas. According to the officials of the Force, over 215 students […]

Udaipur: Congress organisational reforms committee is debating on the age limit for the party leaders for organisational positions and idea has been floated that those who have crossed 70 years of age should step aside for new leadership to hold the fort and should keep themselves for advisory role, sources revealed. However a final call on […]

Udaipur: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is likely to embark on padyatra (foot march) from Kashmir to Kanyakumari to connect with the masses. The yatra was part of discussion during the ‘chintan shivir’ of the party. It is likely to commence later this year in run-up for the general elections, sources said. Similar padyatra will be […]

Amroha: A groom in Uttar Pradesh’s Amroha district put his marriage on hold to ‘save’ his cousin, who had been arrested following a scuffle with the bride’s relatives during a pre-wedding function. On Saturday, the groom, Nanhe Singh, was scheduled to lead the ‘baraat’ to the bride’s house for the wedding. However, Nanhe stopped the ‘baraat’ […]

New Delhi: Manik Saha will be the new Tripura chief minister succeeding Biplab Kumar Deb who resigned earlier on Saturday, BJP leaders said. Saha was elected the BJP legislature party leader, they said. “Congratulations and best wishes to @DrManikSaha2 ji on being elected as the legislature party leader. I believe under PM Shri @narendramodi Ji’s […]

Kothagudem: A Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) jawan was seriously injured in the explosion of an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Maoists in Bijapur district on Saturday. The incident occurred when the CAF personnel had gone out on patrolling towards Hemalapara under Nelasnar police station limits in the district. The jawan, Ramnath Maurya of CAF’s […]