SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir high court upheld on Thursday the detention of a woman under the Public Safety Act. The woman is accused by government of being an “overground worker (OGW) who had close contact with Musaib Lakhvi, the nephew of Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi”, the 26/11 Mumbai attacks mastermind and LeT co-founder.Appellant Shaista Maqbool…
Bollywood stars Shahid Kapoor and Kriti Sanon added a pop of colour to the pastel streets of Italy, as filming for their next film ‘Cocktail 2’ was off in full swing. Photos from the film sets The duo was spotted busy filming their scenes on a street in Italy, with director Homi Adajania taking his…
Wall Street edged higher on Friday, heading for its best week in five, as investors priced in expectations of a Federal Reserve interest rate cut next week. The S&P 500 held steady near record levels, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 51 points (0.1%), and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.1% after setting all-time highs in…
NEW DELHI: Amid the ongoing logjam in Parliament, PM Narendra Modi will address the BJP-led NDA parliamentary party meeting on Tuesday, a get-together of the alliance’s MPs that is being held after a considerable gap, and the first during the current session of Parliament.The NDA meeting also holds significance as filing of nomination papers for…
Mumbai: China’s Ant Group will exit Paytm by selling its remaining 5.8% stake in the company through one or more block deals worth at least Rs 3,800 crore (about $434 million) on Tuesday, a term sheet showed.Ant Group (formerly Ant Financial), one of the early investors of the Noida-based fintech is an affiliate of Chinese…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday launched the “Vote Adhikar Yatra” against the alleged “theft of votes” through EC’s special intensive revision of electoral roll in poll-bound Bihar.The yatra, scheduled to begin on Sunday, will cover more than 20 districts of Bihar over 16 days.“We are bringing the Voter Rights Yatra to the…
Mumbai: Bajaj General Insurance has launched health insurance riders that enable buyers to widen the scope of their basic health plan. The `Age shield’ rider enables buyers of health insurance to ensure that the premium…
KOLKATA: Kolkata-based industrialist Pawan Ruia, once known as the “turnaround tycoon” who would buy sick companies in a bid to make them profitable, has been named along with his kin in a cyber fraud case involving 148 shell companies that were allegedly used to park Rs 317 crore in illegal proceeds of online crime. Bengal…
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli (X) The Indian men’s cricket team departed from New Delhi for Australia on Wednesday morning for an upcoming white-ball series featuring three ODIs and five T20Is. The tour marks the return of batting veterans Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma to international cricket, with Shubman Gill leading the ODI squad as…
Lucknow: the UP vigilance establishment’s Gorakhpur unit on Monday arrested a clerk posted in the office of the district manager, Pradeshik Cooperative Federation (PCF), Mau, while accepting a bribe of ₹25,000.The accused was caught red-handed by the vigilance trap team on Dec 16.The clerk was identified as Ram Milan Yadav. The arrest followed a written…
