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New Delhi, February 2As the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday sought details about lenders’ exposures to the Adani Group, chairman Gautam Adani cited market volatility for the decision to withdraw the follow-on public offer (FPO) of its flagship firm Adani Enterprises. His companies continued to lose on the…

Mukesh RanjanNew Delhi, February 2The Enforcement Directorate (ED), which has filed a supplementary chargesheet in the Delhi excise policy scam case in a special court here, alleged the investigation done so far revealed that the policy was created by top AAP leaders to continuously generate and channel illegal funds.The investigation…

New Delhi, February 2India’s priorities for its G20 presidency are to ensure inclusive and resilient growth with a focus on challenges being faced by the countries of the Global South, said External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.”India’s G20 presidency priorities are inclusive and pragmatic…

IANS New Delhi, February 2 The Supreme Court would hear a plea challenging the Centre’s decision to ban a BBC documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots on Friday. According to the cause list uploaded on the apex court website, a bench comprising justices Sanjiv Khanna and M.M. Sundresh will take…

New Delhi, February 2The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has sought details about banks’ exposures to the Adani Group and the National Stock Exchange put three of its companies shares under the additional surveillance mechanism (ASM) even as its meltdown began having international repercussions.The Group, meanwhile, also pushed back at…

New Delhi, February 2A part of the alleged Rs 100 crore “kickbacks” generated in the scrapped Delhi excise policy was used in the AAP campaign in the 2022 Goa assembly election, the ED has claimed in its second charge sheet in the case in which Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish…

New Delhi, February 2Prime Minister Narendra Modi has undertaken 21 trips abroad since 2019 and over Rs 22.76 crore was spent on these visits, the government said on Thursday.The President undertook eight trips abroad and an amount of over Rs 6.24 crore was spent on these trips since 2019, Minister…

New Delhi, February 2The CBI has registered a preliminary enquiry against Jalandhar Police Commissioner Kuldeep Singh Chahal for alleged corruption and misconduct during his tenure as the SSP, Chandigarh, officials said on Thursday.The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has launched the enquiry on a reference from Punjab Governor and Chandigarh…

IANS Ghaziabad, February 2 A Facebook alert helped save a youth’s life in Ghaziabad. The young man was about to commit suicide on an Instagram live, when Meta Headquarters, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram based in California, reviewed the video and sent an alert to the Uttar Pradesh…

ANI Chandigarh, February 2 The Haryana Police on Thursday said that a state government official jumped off the ninth floor of the Civil Secretariat in Chandigarh. “After receiving the information, we immediately reached the Civil Secretariat with the SHO and have started the investigation. The injured was taken to the…

Amritsar, February 2 The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has appointed five guides to facilitate the foreign and domestic tourists who come to the Golden Temple to pay obeisance and are keen to learn about the Sikh culture and history. SGPC’s IT wing head Jaskaran Singh said on Thursday that…

IANS Ayodhya (UP), February 2 Two ‘sacred rocks’ excavated from the Kaligandaki river of Nepal to build a statue of Lord Ram in Ayodhya was handed to the Ram Mandir Trust on Thursday. At a ceremony in Ayodhya earlier in the day, Janaki Temple Mahantha Ram Tapeshwor Das handed over…

Washington, February 2 Four prominent Indian-American lawmakers — Pramila Jayapal, Ami Bera, Raja Krishnamoorthi and Ro Khanna– have been appointed members of three key House panels, reflecting the growing influence of the community in US politics. Congresswoman Jayapal has been named Ranking Member of the powerful House Judiciary Committee’s panel…

Chandigarh, February 2 Teachers from 36 Punjab government schools will leave for Singapore on February 4 to attend a training programme, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said on Thursday. The AAP had given a “guarantee” to transform the state’s education system in the run-up to last year’s assembly elections, he said….