The Supreme Court on Wednesday paved the way for the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, which looks at irregularities in imports and exports (aimed at evading tax, or benefiting from incentives), to restart its investigation against the Adani group in a case concerning alleged overvaluation of coal imports from Indonesia. The […]
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Fall in cases registered over illegal immigration: NCRB data
Cases filed under laws governing people living in India illegally have been declining even as those pertaining to unlawful exits from the country have been on the rise, according to data for 2018 released by the NCRB (National Crime Records Bureau) on Wednesday. To be sure, this does not reflect on […]
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BJP likely to name new chief this month
The national executive meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will be held later this month, where the party will formally announce its new president, people familiar with the development said. At present, Union home minister Amit Shah is the party’s national president and former Cabinet Minister JP Nadda is […]
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India’s growth projected to ‘decelerate’ to 5% in 2019-2020: World Bank
The World Bank has projected a five per cent growth rate for India in the 2019-2020 fiscal, but said it was likely to recover to 5.8 per cent in the following financial year. The growth rate for Bangladesh has been projected to remain above seven per cent through the forecast […]
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‘Some thinkers like venomous snakes, we will fix them’: Uma Bharti on JNU violence
Reacting to the violence in Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), BJP leader Uma Bharti said on Wednesday that efforts are being made to make environment venomous. “There are some thinkers in the country who are like a particular snake which is less in number but is highly venomous… Efforts are […]
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26-yr-old man abducts 17-yr-old girl, stabs her to death for rejecting marriage proposal
A 26-year old man allegedly stabbed to death a 17-year-old girl, who had gone missing from here, for rejecting his marriage proposal and dumped her body at a tea plantation in neighbouring Tamil Nadu, police said on Wednesday. The accused Zafar Shah, who works in an automobile service centre, was […]
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No proof of shelter-home murders: CBI
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) informed the Supreme Court on Wednesday that 35 girls believed to have been murdered in the Muzaffarpur shelter home in Bihar have been found to be alive and that the agency has not been able to find any evidence regarding the alleged murders in […]
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Coal rules eased to spur investment
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved opening up of coal mining and further disinvestments, apart from deciding that the Centre will shoulder 60% of the expense for the North East Gas Grid project. It also extended the validity period of mining lease clearances ending in 2020 by two years. In […]
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Unit probing JNU yet to crack DU, Najeeb cases
Special investigation teams (SIT) formed by the crime branch of the Delhi Police, which is probing last Sunday’s mob attack at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), failed to make any headway in two previous high-profile cases involving students — the 2016 disappearance of JNU student Najeeb Ahmad, and the violent clashes […]
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A video turns political heat on Mamata’s TMC government
Even as life in large parts of Bengal was disrupted by the general strike, the burning of eight vehicles at Sujapur in Malda district turned all opposition parties, including the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), against the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC). Police fired rubber bullets and lobbed tear gas shells to […]
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College student abducted, gang-raped in Patna: Police
A 19-year-old college student was allegedly abducted on gun-point and gang-raped by four persons in Patna late on Monday night, police officials said. Two of the accused have been arrested, officials said. Police said that the four men abducted the woman in their car at the Boring Road intersection in […]
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Chhattisgarh panel says no govt link to WhatsApp snooping case involving activists
A panel appointed by the Chhattisgarh government to probe alleged snooping of WhatsApp messages of the four activists in the state has so far not found any evidence linking any government official to the snooping, officials said on Monday. According to Citizen’s Lab report in October 2019, a Canada-based organisation […]
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Telecom firms seek open court hearing in Supreme Court of review petition against AGR ruling
The telecom companies in India have sought open court hearing of the review petition they filed against the Supreme Court order on the interpretation of Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) which had resulted in imposition of around Rs 92,000 crore burden on telecom companies. The matter was mentioned on Wednesday before […]
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Delhi court order to Delhi gang-rape convicts revives debate on death penalty
A Delhi court’s order issuing black warrants to hang the four men convicted for the rape and murder of a 23-year-old paramedical student in the national capital seven years ago has revived the debate on whether death penalty should be retained as a punishment for murder under the Indian Penal Code (IPC). […]
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Trade union shutdown affects life in Tripura
A nationwide shutdown on Wednesday called by 10 Central Trade Unions (CTUs) to protest against the Centre’s disinvestment policies and scrapping of NPR, CAA and NRC, has affected normal life in Tripura. Most markets, shops and business establishments were closed in the state and most private and passenger vehicles remained […]