- Thursday, May 01, 2025
RESERVE Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das on Thursday said the fundamental drivers of the Indian economy are gaining momentum and the country is moving on a sustainable growth path. In the inaugural address at FIBAC 2024, the governor said that massive changes are taking shape in various economic sectors and markets,…
THE BOARD of Reliance Industries Ltd on Thursday approved issuing 1:1 bonus shares - the first bonus issue in seven years. The Mukesh Ambani-promoted company had last issued bonus shares in September 2017. In a regulatory filing, the nation's most valuable company said its board recommended to shareholders for their…
THE SUPREME COURT on Thursday reserved its order on Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal's separate pleas seeking bail and challenging his arrest by the CBI in the alleged excise policy scam. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan heard arguments put forward by Additional Solicitor General S V…
FORMER Indian high commissioner to Islamabad Gopalaswami Parthasarathy has said that 1999 hijack of an Indian aircraft to Kandahar was totally Pakistan's handiwork and al Qaeda was not involved. The Indian Airlines' Kathmandu-Delhi flight was hijacked by five terrorists on December 24, 1999, 40 minutes after it took off from…
A DAY after police filed a chargesheet against Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa and other accused in the Renukaswamy murder case, a photograph of the victim pleading for life emerged on social media on Thursday. "Fear writ large on a shirtless Renukaswamy’s face as he stared at the camera, the image…
MUHAMMAD YUNUS, the head of Bangladesh's interim government, has said that former prime minister Sheikh Hasina making political remarks from India is an “unfriendly gesture", asserting that she must remain silent to prevent the discomfort to both countries until Dhaka requests her extradition. "If India wants to keep her until…
FAMILY members of a doctor, who was raped and murdered here last month, joined the protesting medics at RG Kar hospital and accused the Kolkata Police of attempting to suppress the case by hurriedly cremating the body of the doctor. Participating in the protests at the state-run RG Kar Medical…
AMID continued protests by medics following the R G Kar rape-murder incident, Indian Medical Association president Dr R V Asokan on Wednesday urged all doctors to resume work, leaving the job of delivering justice to the Supreme Court. In a statement, he said the rape and murder of the trainee…
CONGRESS leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir is the collective responsibility of all citizens of the country. He assured that it will be the first decision of INDIA bloc government at the Centre if the Modi government fails to restore it after…
E-COMMERCE major Flipkart is expecting to create 100,000 new jobs for the upcoming festival season sale, The Big Billion Days 2024, across India, the company said on Wednesday. Ahead of The Big Billion Days (TBBD) 2024, Flipkart has launched 11 new fulfilment centres (FCs) across nine cities, bringing their total…
