India

Mumbai, Jul 9: The National Company Law Tribunal on Monday dismissed a petition by former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry who had alleged oppression of minority shareholders and mismanagement by Tata Sons, drawing the curtains on an 18-months long feud. The tribunal, a quasi-judicial body for corporate grievances, said it did not find any merit in allegations of mismanagement in Tata group

New Delhi, Jul 8: Eminent economist Amartya Sen said that despite being the fastest-growing economy the country has taken a "quantum jump in the wrong direction" since 2014. He also said that due to moving backwards, the country is now second worst in the region. "Things have gone pretty badly wrong... It has taken a quantum jump in the wrong direction since 2014. We are getting backwards in the

New Delhi, Jul 8: India has conveyed to Russia its unwillingness to go ahead with the joint development of a fifth-generation fighter aircraft (FGFA) primarily due to the high cost involved in the project, official sources said. They, however, said the negotiations between the two countries on the much ambitious project have not yet been shelved as India was ready to have a re-look at co

Varanasi, Jul 8: A senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party in Uttar Pradesh has has stoked controversy by saying that even Lord Ram would not have been able to stop the rising incidents of rape and crimes against women. "Main daawe ke sath kah sakta hun ki Bhagwan Ram bhi aa jayenge to yeh ghatna (rape) par niyantran kar pana sambhav nahi hai. Yeh samaj ka swabhavik pradushan hai, (I can say with

New Delhi, Jul 8: The K Kasturirangan Committee tasked with drafting a new education policy has got a third extension from the HRD Ministry to give final shape to the draft. The panel headed by the former ISRO chief, which was supposed to submit the report by June 30, now has time till August 31. "The panel had sought another extension to give final shape to the policy and the minister has

Bhubaneswar, Jul 7: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) strongly opposed the entry of non-Hindus into the Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri and said it would file a review petition in Supreme Court to reconsider its proposal on this, Odisha VHP top leader said on Saturday. The organisation's state working president Badrinath Patnaik told PTI that Puri Gajapati king Divyasingha Deb and Puri Shankaracharya

Srinagar, Jul 7: Police today filed a charge-sheet against four Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants in connection with the killing of three youth in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir in April this year. “The charge-sheet was filed in the Court of Principal District and Sessions Judge Baramulla against four Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists,” a police spokesman said here. Three youth - identified as

Ahmedabad, Jul 7: Patidar quota agitation leader Hardik Patel and Gujarat MLAs Alpesh Thakor and Jignesh Mevani were booked by police on trespass and other charges after allegedly leading a "raid" at a house where they claimed that liquor was illegally stored, an official said today. Thakor, a Congress MLA, along with independent legislator Mevani and Patel, on Thursday "raided" the house of a

Aligarh, July 7: As a mark of protest, a section of Muslims in Gonda area on Friday offered namaz in the middle of muddy water. They offered namaz on a wooden platform surrounded with dirty water. Residents of Gonda road area protested against "uncleanliness" in the area which is flooded with muddy water, overflowing nullahs and drains. As a result vehicles are getting stuck causing traffic jam

Srinagar, Jul 7: Three civilians, including a teenage girl, were killed when army allegedly opened fire on protesters in Redwani area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday. A police official said army's patrolling party opened fire upon a group of youth after they pelted stones on them in Hawoora area of Redwani, Kulgam, 70 km from here. In the incident, six persons suffered injuries, he