MUMBAI: Markets regulator Sebi plans to use government’s DigiLocker system to reduce instances of unclaimed assets in the securities market. This includes MF folios and stocks left with fund houses and depositories after the death of an investor. The regulator has proposed that fund houses and depositories should provide demat and MF holding statements on…
RAIPUR: After an aggressive campaign against Maoists, inflicting the heaviest toll on insurgents in any year, the Vishnu Deo Sai govt in Chhattisgarh aims to move to phase-2 for Bastar – to turn the once-battleground into a tourism destination. “Chitrakote Falls (in Bastar district) is as beautiful as Niagara. We will turn it into an…
BELAGAVI: A demonstration by Lingayat Panchamasali community near the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha in Karnataka’s Belagavi on Tuesday, demanding reservation under 2A category, turned violent, with 50 protesters suffering injuries as they clashed with police.The Panchamasali are currently placed in the 3B category that offers 5% reservation in govt jobs and education, while 2A has 15%…
NEW DELHI: Proceedings of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were washed out on Tuesday as BJP and Congress MPs sparred over the Adani issue and the opposition party’s alleged links with billionaire philanthropist George Soros.Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla urged MPs from both ruling and opposition parties to maintain the dignity of the House and…
PM Modi hails Assam Movement martyrs NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid tribute on Swahid Diwas, commemorating the martyrs of the Assam Movement, by highlighting their “extraordinary courage and sacrifices”.He said efforts of the participants in the mass movement to preserve Assam’s unique culture and identity serve as enduring inspiration for the…
DEHRI (JAUNPUR): Sixty-seventy Muslims in this village in UP’s Jaunpur use Hindu surnames, claiming they have Hindu ancestry. They deny having embraced Hinduism, asserting they have no plans to do so. Naushad Ahmed is now Naushad Ahmed Dubey, Gufran is Thakur Gufran, Irshad Ahmed is Irshad Ahmed Pandey and Abdullah is Adbullah Dubey. This unusual…
NEW DELHI: French investigative news outlet Mediapart has accused BJP of “instrumentalising” its recent report for political gain.This accusation follows BJP’s claim that the US state department was involved in a plot to destabilise the Indian govt, referencing a Mediapart investigation into the funding of the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP).Carine Fouteau, Mediapart’s…
HYDERABAD: In what could end the male-dominated work culture in coal mines – both underground and open-cast – the Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) in Telangana has decided to allocate two coal mines exclusively for women workers in the Godavarikhani coal belt. One coal mine will be underground and the other will be open-cast.“From Jan…
NEW DELHI: Expressing concern over growing misuse of dowry harassment provision by women against her in-laws and relatives, SC Tuesday said that any complaint without specific allegation must be nipped in bud and the law should not be allowed to be misused for arm twisting tactics by a wife and/or her family, reported.A bench of…
NEW DELHI: In a significant decision, Supreme Court on Monday ruled that maintenance payable to the estranged wife and children would get priority over claims of secured, financial and operational creditors over the assets of a husband’s firm facing proceedings under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan refused…
