NEW DELHI: Adani Group late Thursday night denied allegations by New York based short-seller Hindenburg Research that Swiss authorities have frozen more than $310 million in funds across half a dozen Swiss bank accounts as part of a money laundering and securities forgery investigation into the group, dating back as early as 2021.Hindenburg made the…
KOLKATA: For the first time in five years, Bengalis will have to go without ‘Padmar ilish (hilsa from the Padma)’ — a highly sought-after delicacy — ahead of and during Durga Puja this year, reports Subhro Niyogi.The interim govt in Bangladesh has turned down a request from Kolkata based Fish Importers’ Association to continue with…
NEW DELHI: Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge‘s remark that the BJP leadership would have been languishing in jail if Congress had got just 20 more seats in the Lok Sabha polls has drawn an aggressive response from BJP, with former I&B minister Anurag Thakur accusing him of harbouring an “intolerant and dictatorial mindset“.“The mask of love…
KHARAGPUR: A truck driver from Maharashtra was beaten to death after stepping out of his vehicle to help a biker he had hit in Kharagpur, West Bengal, on Wednesday night. The biker also died in the accident.Shyam Shankar Dhankuar was heading towards Chaurangi when he hit 30-year-old Arjun Nayek around 10.30pm. Instead of fleeing, Dhankuar…
NEW DELHI: The enrolment of senior citizens aged 70 and above, irrespective of income, under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) will begin in a week’s time, govt sources have confirmed.Initially, the sources said, enrolment will be carried out on a pilot basis in selected locations and then it will be expanded…
NEW DELHI: India and China agreed to redouble their efforts and work urgently to achieve complete disengagement in the remaining areas of eastern Ladakh, which India sees as essential for normalising Sino-Indian ties, in a meeting between NSA Ajit Doval and Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi on the margins of BRICS NSAs meeting in St…
NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu, PM Narendra Modi and prominent leaders of the country condoled the passing of CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury with the PM calling him a “leading light of the Left known for his ability to connect across the political spectrum“.Murmu said Yechury, a committed ideologue, won friends across party lines. “Saddened…
NEW DELHI: Describing India’s ties with China as complex, foreign minister S Jaishankar said roughly 75% of India’s “disengagement problems” in eastern Ladakh were resolved and India could look at “other possibilities” if the disengagement process was fully completed and peace and tranquility restored on the border.Jaishankar, however, said the two countries were faced with…
MUMBAI: RBI deputy governor M Rajeshwar Rao has said that infrastructure projects face high risks, complicating their financing. He called for a unified approach to infrastructure development, where projects are viewed as part of a larger, connected system rather than as separate efforts.The governor’s statement comes at a time when RBI has proposed new norms…
MUMBAI: Yes Bank’s proposed sale to a private buyer has hit a hurdle as potential buyers seek a 51% shareholding, which is not allowed under existing rules. The development is likely to push the exit of major Indian banks that hold a majority stake in the private lender beyond the current financial year.Reports have indicated…
