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Dubai, Jan 15: Etihad Airways, which owns 24 percent of debt-laden company Jet AirwaysNSE 5.20 %, plans to increase its stake in the Indian airline, a source close to the Abu Dhabi carrier told news agency. Shares in India's Jet Airways jumped over 18 percent on Monday after CNBC TV18 reported earlier on Monday that founder and chairman Naresh Goyal was likely to step down from the board and give

New Delhi, Jan 14: The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the Centre on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed against the Ministry of Home Affairs' (MHA) December 20 notification allowing ten agencies to monitor any computer resource. The apex court said that it will examine the issue and sought the Centre's reply within six weeks. On December 20, the MHA had issued the notification

Bulandshahr, Jan 14: The Bulandshahr district administration on Monday invoked the National Security Act (NSA) against three people arrested in connection with the alleged cow slaughtering incident in Siyana tehsil last month, officials said. Cattle carcasses were found strewn in the fields outside village Mahaw in Siyana on December 3 after which a mob went on the rampage, attacking the local

Lahore, Jan 14: A Pakistani university will celebrate Sisters’ Day on February 14 to promote “Islamic traditions”, according to the vice chancellor. Female students can be gifted scarves and Abayahs (clothes) as decided by Vice Chancellor Zafar Iqbal Randhawa of the University of Agriculture in Faisalabad and other decision makers, Dawn news reported. The vice chancellor believes it was

New Delhi, Jan 14: The Delhi Police Monday filed its charge sheet against former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar and others in a sedition case lodged in 2016. The Delhi Police also charged former students, Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, for allegedly shouting anti-India slogans during an event organised on JNU campus on February 9, 2016, to

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 14: The Kerala leadership of Congresson Sunday welcomed AICC president Rahul Gandhi's 'U-turn' on the issue of women's entry into Sabarimala shrine, saying that, though belated, it would save the party further embarrassment in the state. Having earlier said that he was fully in favour of allowing women of all ages to pray at Sabarimala, Gandhi now sees merit in the argument

New Delhi, Jan 14: Your dream to take international flights at affordable rates will soon come true as the government is all set to finalise routes under the third phase of UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) scheme. Government has already received over 100 proposals under the third phase of UDAN scheme. As per Zee Media sources Assam will connected internationally under the UDAN scheme through services

Lucknow, Jan 14: The Aam Aadmi Party Sunday said its convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will not be contesting from Varanasi in the coming Lok Sabha elections, but the party will field a strong candidate for the seat. “Kejriwal will not contest the Lok Sabha polls, as he wants to give special focus to his state. The AAP will contest on all the Lok Sabha seats in Delhi, Punjab

Mumbai, Jan 13: Filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani has been accused of sexual assault by a woman who worked with him on his 2017 film "Sanju". Hirani has categorically denied the allegations. His lawyer Anand Desai termed the allegations "false, mischievous, scandalous, motivated and defamatory". In an article on HuffPost India, the woman, who calls herself as "an assistant", alleged that Hirani sexually

Lahore, Jan 13: Saudi Arabia plans to set up a $10 billion oil refinery in Pakistan's deepwater port of Gwadar, the Saudi energy minister said on Saturday, speaking at the Indian Ocean port that is being developed with the help of China. Pakistan wants to attract investment and other financial support to tackle a soaring current account deficit caused partly by rising oil prices. Last year, Saudi