New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) Delhi Police have arrested a notorious sharpshooter of the Cheenu gang who was involved in various criminal activities in east Delhi, a police officer said on Thursday. “The accused later identified as Deepak Verma was arrested on Tuesday night from Mayur Vihar Phase-3 area by[Read More…]
By Advitya Bahl Noida, June 27 (IANS) The number of traffic violations in Gautam Buddh Nagar has more than doubled in the first five months of this year compared to the same period last year, according to officials. According to the data accessed by IANS, in the first five months,[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 28 (IANS) A Delhi Police team on Thursday traced three children, who went missing from anganwadi in West Delhi, within two hours and handed them back to their families, a police officer said. The Police Control Room (PCR) was informed at about 2.30 p.m. that three children[Read More…]
Sao Paulo, June 27 (IANS) Colombia and Chile will face-off later this week here with a spot in the Copa America semi-finals on the line. Chile, the defending champion, will try to hand the high-flying Colombian squad, which cruised through the group phase, a loss on Friday, reported Efe news.[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) Flight controllers at Delhi air traffic control (ATC) have been found wanting by a probe into a mid-air near miss incident between IndiGo and KLM Royal Dutch Airline aircraft over the national capital in 2016. The investigation report by Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau cited that[Read More…]
Mumbai, June 27 (IANS) The RBI’s Financial Stability Report on Thursday warned that the failure of large housing finance companies (HFCs) and non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) can cause more and higher losses comparable to the banks, underlining the need for greater surveillance and monitoring as the need of the hour.[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) A man was found dead with multiple stab wounds and a bullet injury in south Delhi’s Sangam Vihar area, the police said on Thursday. The police said the deceased, identified as Fateh Ali (36), a scrap dealer, was stabbed multiple times before being shot by[Read More…]
Indoree, June 27 (IANS) Indore MLA Akash Vijayvargiya, who has been sent to judicial custody for a fortnight for thrashing a municipal corporation official with a cricket bat, is in for more trouble. Not only did the top district court decline to hear the bail plea of Vijayvargiya, the son[Read More…]
Mumbai, June 27 (IANS) The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) here on Thursday tightened norms on promoters’ pledge of shares, mutual funds and royalty payments. The security market regulator at its board meeting took key decisions on the framework for issuance of differential voting rights (DVR) shares, the[Read More…]
Hyderabad, June 27 (IANS) In the first judgement of its kind in India, a court in Hyderabad on Thursday sentenced a juvenile to double life imprisonment for sexual assault and murder of a 10-year-old boy, officials said. The 17-year-old was sentenced to life imprisonment under Section 5 of Protection of[Read More…]
London, June 27 (IANS) Former England opener Marcus Trescothick is set to retire from cricket at the end of the season, it was announced on Thursday. The 43-year-old had played 76 Tests for England. He piled up 5,825 Test runs at an average of 43.79 in an international career that[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) One person was crushed to death while another was injured after a speeding car ran them over in Delhi’s Kashmere Gate area, police said on Thursday. According to the police, the deceased are yet to be identified while the arrested driver has been identified as[Read More…]
Mumbai, June 27 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India has cancelled the certificate of registration of 23 non-banking financial companies (NBFCs). According to the apex bank, the registrations were cancelled between May 10 and June 11. The move has impacted companies such as Prudent Fintrade, Deluxe Vyapaar and Intimate Finance[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) India’s automobile retail industry has sought recognition as micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the Union Budget 2019-20 which will be presented on July 5. According to the budget recommendations made to the government by the Federation of Automobile Dealers’ Association (FADA), dealers, workshops[Read More…]
Kolkata, June 27 (IANS) A forum of non-governmental organisations working in West Bengal’s mangrove land Sundarbans on Thursday demanded the state government set up a commission for ‘tiger widows’ – women whose husbands have fallen prey to the big cat over the years. “We want the government to form a[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday informed Chief Minister Amarinder Singh that the central government was formulating a detailed strategy to tackle the problem of drugs in Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir. Shah made the disclosure when Amarinder Singh called on him this evening[Read More…]
Manchester, June 27 (IANS) Mohammed Shami returned career-best figures of 4/16 as India underlined their bowling might by chalking a huge 125-run victory over the West Indies in their World Cup group stage encounter to knock them out and put one foot in the semi-final. India rode half centuries from[Read More…]
Srinagar, June 27 (IANS) The Income Tax Department on Thursday carried out search and seizure operations against a Kashmiri business group in the Kashmir Valley, in the Jammu region and other parts of the country, informed sources said. The sources said apart from the locations in J&K, 10 other business[Read More…]
Lucknow, June 27 (IANS) A complaint lodged on the NaMo app claiming that 125 Hindu families had migrated from Prahlad Nagar in Meerut because of harassment of women by Muslims in the area, has led to a major controversy. The controversy is similar to the one that had hit Kairana[Read More…]
Mumbai, June 27 (IANS) Coffee Day Enterprises on the Thursday surged over 11 per cent before closing 3.62 per cent higher on the BSE over reports that softdrink maker Coca-Cola is mulling over buying majority shares in Cafe Coffee Day. Coca-Cola had last year announced the acquisition of UK-based coffee[Read More…]
Mumbai, June 27 (IANS) Terming timely recognition an important aspect that can reduce the economic costs of frauds, the Reserve Bank of India on Thursday said that the country has seen a “significant” gap between occurrence and detection of bank frauds. “The amount involved in frauds that occurred between 2000-01[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) Telecom major Bharti Airtel on Thursday said it would offer free subscription of Netflix, Amazon Prime and Zee5 for specific timeframes to its “V-Fiber” customers with broadband plans of Rs 1,099 and above. Airtel “offers access to premium content from Netflix, Amazon, ZEE5 and much[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) A day after the government in a written reply informed the Lok Sabha that the installation of close cicuit television (CCTV) cameras in the Indian Railways was under tendering stage, former Union Minister and senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday questioned the government over[Read More…]
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New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) The Central Administrative Tribunal has stayed the compulsory retirement of two Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (CBIC) officials but the decision has not gone well with the government, as the Centre has approached the Calcutta High Court against the order. The two were[Read More…]
