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Morning briefing: Kejriwal rides on corruption survey to target Delhi cops again

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday found a new weapon to target prime minister Narendra Modi and the police force. Quoting from a survey conducted by CMS Transparency, Kejriwal tweeted: "Shocking findings CMS survey 2day-Del poli

Evening digest: After storming BCCI office, Sena threatens Pak umpire to leave India

Shiv Sena threatened Pakistani cricket umpire Aleem Dar on Monday to quit the current series between India and South Africa, shortly after storming BCCI’s Mumbai office to protest a planned meeting with Pakistan cricket officials.The protest

KPMG to chart out NTPC’s future

State-owned NTPC Ltd, India’s largest power producer, has appointed consultancy firm KPMG to work out a new strategy to face the challenges of an evolving energy landscape.  As part of the exercise, KPMG will revise the N

NTPC Simhadri seeks land for expansion project

NTPC will invest over Rs.5,000 crore on expansion of Simhadri Super Thermal Power Station near Parawada. The district administration has been approached for allotment of site required for the Brownfield project. “We have ident

Rajasthan to keep unspent money with finance corporation

Unspent money of the state`s different ventures would now be kept with the Rajasthan State Power Finance Corporation Limited instead of the banks. The corporation, which will be rechristened as Rajasthan State Power Finance and Financial Servic

Jharkhand government, GAIL ink MoU for natural gas supply

The Jharkhand government has cleared deck for commissioning work for the 450km natural gas pipeline in the state under the energy highway project.  The Raghubar Das-led NDA government signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Gas Au

Foreign investors sell Rs 5,000 cr of PSU stocks in Q2

Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) sold equity shares worth nearly Rs 5,000 crore in public sector undertakings (PSUs), including banks, in the July–September quarter, while domestic institutional investors were net buyers of Rs 27,259 c

Fear of law is not there in Delhi, says your chief minister

After Sunday’s politics over increasing incidences of rapes in Delhi, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday announced steps to check crimes against women in the national capital while saying that there was no fear of law in Delhi.

Sedition charge slapped on Hardik Patel

Hardik Patel, the leader of Patel community demanding quota, has been booked in Surat under the charges of sedition over alleged remarks on `killing cops`. "If you have so much courage...then go and kill a couple of policemen.

Jaitley goes on social media to post his verdict against SC

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who will be in India later this month, is going to be pleased with this. Finance minister Arun Jaitley took to facebook to express his opinion on a serious subject of supreme court judgment striking down the natio

Morning briefing: Kashmir bandh today over man`s death in beef battle

Kashmir is observing bandh today in protest against the death on Sunday of a man who was critically injured 10 days ago, after his truck was fire-bombed in Udhampur on rumours that he had slaughtered a cow. Authorities have imposed restrictions in

Changing winds in Bihar’s crumbling red citadel

Politics in the land of the legendary Hindi poet Ramdhari Singh ‘Dinkar’ was less complicated till the emergence of Lalu Prasad Yadav as a backward caste leader. Begusarai, on the northern bank of the Ganga in Bihar, has given birth to

Judges may well be preserving the hopes of citizens with rejection

Nobody is perfect. But the notion of hope in the delivery of justice is what the supreme court has tried preserve with the verdict on judges appointments commission (NJAC). The legislature is inaccessible, the executive is faceless

Shiv Sena rally allowed in Mumbai, told to keep noise level low

“Political parties should make an earnest endeavour to keep enthusiasm low and ensure residents are not troubled by noise,” observed Bombay high court while allowing the ruling alliance partner Shiv Sena to hold its annual rally on Dus

These people know nothing about culture: Dr Karan Singh

Sculptures, murals and framed vintage pictures enliven the nooks and the walls of this Delhi house. As I walk by the swimming pool and am ushered into the study, I tell myself that it could not have been different. After all, the owner of this hou

Morning briefing: Forex reserves near record level at $353.069 billion

Country`s foreign exchange reserves rose to $353.069 billion at the end of October 9, close to its all time high of $355.459 billion seen on June 26. According to reserve bank of India the forex reserves rose due to overseas portfolio investors dr

Evening digest: Relief for Manmohan in coal scam case

A special court on Friday dismissed the plea of ex-Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda seeking to summon former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as an additional accused in a coal scam case. “The application moved by Madhu Koda is dismissed,&rd

Evening digest: Relief for Manmohan in coal scam case

A special court on Friday dismissed the plea of ex-Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda seeking to summon former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as an additional accused in a coal scam case. “The application moved by Madhu Koda is dismissed,&rd

Trai goes for call drop penalty, telcos see technical challenge ahead

Holding telecom operators responsible for poor service quality, TRAI has today issued ninth amendment to the telecom consumers’ protection regulations, 2012, mandating the TSPs to provide compensation to their consumers for call drops. 

Nobel laureate economist’s policy prescription for India

Angus Deaton won this year’s winner of the Nobel prize for economics, partly based on his field res

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