MUMBAI: NSE and nine of its former senior executives, including earlier MD Vikram Limaye, have settled a case with Sebi over allegations that brokers bypassed a trading access point to enable faster trades for Rs 643 crore. This is the largest settlement order in Sebi’s 36-year history. In addition to the settlement amount, eight officials…
NEW DELHI: Referring to escalating regional conflicts in Ukraine and West Asia, PM Narendra Modi on Friday struck a confident note on the Indian economy, suggesting that the world was upbeat on an “Indian era” in light of decade-long transformation changes.“The two regions are very crucial for the global economy and from the point of…
NEW DELHI: India will nearly double per capita income in the next five years and will see steepest rise in living standards for its citizens, along with reduced inequality on account of the reforms undertaken by govt, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday.“While it took us 75 years to reach a per capita income…
NEW DELHI: Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Front-Yasin (JKLF-Y) chairman Yasin Malik, in his affidavit submitted to the UAPA tribunal that reviewed the ban on JKLF-Y, claimed he gave up “armed struggle” in 1994 as a means to achieve JKLF-Y‘s object of establishing a “United Independent Kashmir”, in favour of a “Gandhian way of resistance”.Yasin’s affidavit-cited…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday refused to order status quo on alleged illegal demolition drive against properties of Muslims, including a century-old mosque, near Somnath temple, as Gujarat govt said it acted as per law to remove encroachments on govt land abutting the seashore. It said, “If we find they (govt) are in contempt…
KOCHI: The Kerala HC found the seven accused in murder of DYFI activist Shibin from Thuneri in Nadapuram guilty, overturning their earlier acquittal by a trial court. A bench of Justices P B Suresh Kumar and C Pratheep Kumar scheduled the appeal filed by state govt and C K Bhaskaran, Shibin’s father, against the acquittal,…
NEW DELHI: For the first time in nine years, an Indian foreign minister will travel to Pakistan with the govt confirming Friday that S Jaishankar will represent India at the SCO heads of govt meeting in Islamabad on Oct 15-16.TOI had first reported on Aug 25 that Pakistan had invited PM Modi for the meeting….
NEW DELHI: Foreign minister Jaishankar‘s visit to Pakistan later this month, although it’s for SCO summit and can’t be seen as a peace outreach, opens the possibility of a rare high-level visit from India to Islamabad at a time when ties remain downgraded since the revocation of special status of J&K in Aug 2019.The decision…
Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake told foreign minister S Jaishankar in a meeting that Lankan territory would never be allowed to be used in a manner inimical to India’s security interests, govt said in a readout.Both countries also agreed in meetings with Jaishankar, who became the first foreign minister to visit Sri Lanka since…
JAIPUR: Terms like “adam pata” (address not known), “khana talashi” (location search) and “bayan tahriri” (written statement) will be phased out of police parlance in Rajasthan, with the home department seeking Hindi or English alternatives for Urdu and Persian words in crime records, reports and investigation files.State home minister Jawahar Singh Bedham said in an…
