MUMBAI: Markets regulator Sebi on Wednesday cautioned investors about proliferation of unscrupulous promoters in the small & medium enterprises space. Such promoters, after listing their companies, resort to illegal means to paint a rosy picture about their businesses, pump up stock prices to attract investors and then exit. Sebi asked investors not to put their…
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: BJP hit out at the opposition on Wednesday, urging it not to politicise the issue of the collapse of the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj at Malvan, while deputy CM Ajit Pawar in Latur apologised “to the 13 crore people of Maharashtra” for the collapse. Congress meanwhile alleged constructions hastily inaugurated by PM…
NEW DELHI: ED on Wednesday said it has imposed a penalty of Rs 908 crore on DMK’s Lok Sabha MP Jagathrakshakan in a case of FEMA violations, and his properties worth over Rs 89 crore, which were seized earlier, has been confiscated.The agency has accused Jagathrakshakan, a businessman from Tamil Nadu and an MP, his…
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah BENGALURU: Snehamayi Krishna, one of three petitioners seeking to prosecute Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah in the Mysore Urban Development Authority (Muda) land allotment case, filed on Wednesday a petition at Laxmipuram police station in Mysuru accusing the CM’s wife, BM Parvathi, and the CM’s associate, M Lakshmana, a Congress spokesperson, of “fabricating”…
NEW DELHI: In a bid to create plug-and-play infrastructure for industry to set up factories, the cabinet committee on economic affairs Wednesday cleared 12 new industrial cities with an investment of Rs 28,600 crore, with the largest one, spread over 6,000 acre, to come up near Dighi port in poll-bound Maharashtra. At least three of…
NEW DELHI: The govt on Wednesday approved the proposal for the third batch of ascending e-auctions for 730 FM radio channels in 234 new cities, with an estimated reserve price of around Rs 785 crore under the Private FM Radio Phase III Policy. Many of the approved towns are in aspirational districts and left-wing affected…
KOLKATA: Bengal is not Bangladesh, Mamata Banerjee declared on Wednesday amid the worst spell of public unrest in her three stints as CM. She asked PM Narendra Modi “not to play with fire”, suggesting that much of what had happened since the Aug 9 rape-murder of a junior doctor at RG Kar hospital was the…
BHATPARA: Two men were wounded during BJP‘s 12-hour Bengal bandh on Wednesday as unidentified shooters fired at least six rounds at the car of a member of the party’s youth wing at Bhatpara in 24 North Parganas district, about 33km from Kolkata. The bandh was called in protest against the violence in Howrah and Kolkata…
BAREILLY: A forest officer was suspended on Wednesday for organising a controversial dance event in the Ludhori range inside Dudhwa Tiger Reserve (DTR), which sparked public outrage when videos of the performance, deemed obscene, were circulated on social media platforms. The event, held on Monday during Krishna Janmashtami celebrations, led to protests from local residents…
NEW DELHI: Just weeks after the Olympics, Paris opened the Paralympic Games on Wednesday with a ceremony outside a stadium. French President Emmanuel Macron officially declared the Games open in a ceremony on the Champs-Elysées avenue to Place de la Concorde.More than 4,000 athletes with physical, visual, and intellectual impairments will compete in 22 sports…
