Arvind Kejriwal inaugurates Ashram flyover after months of closure
NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday inaugurated the Ashram flyover extension that would bring a huge relief for people commuting between Delhi and Noida. PWD engineer-in-chief Anant Kumar said that for now, light vehicles will be allowed on the extended flyover. “Woes of people have ended, those coming from Noida can reach […]
Why didn’t Sebi get to bottom of issues raised by Hindenburg, asks Former RBI governor
NEW DELHI: Former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan has asked why SEBI has not yet got to the bottom of ownership of the four Mauritius-based funds who are said to have parked 90 per cent of their USD 6.9 billion in Adani group stocks, saying does the market regulator need help of investigating agencies for this? […]
Congress accuses Narendra Modi government of ‘favouritism’ in small arms deal with Adani Group
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Thursday accused the Narendra Modi government of indulging in “blatant favouristism” and giving the Adani group “undue advantage” in major small arms contracts for the armed forces. Posing a set of three questions to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as part of the party’s “Hum Adani ke Hain Kaun” series, Congress […]
Only JPC probe into Adani row can bring out truth: Congress
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Thursday said no panel other than a joint parliamentary committee can bring out the truth in the Adani row and the industrialist’s relationship with the prime minister and asserted that it will raise the demand in Parliament when it meets again on March 13. Congress general secretary, communications, Jairam Ramesh […]
Adani-Hindenburg report: Supreme Court orders setting up of six-member committee to probe recent share market crash
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday, 2 March, ordered the setting up of a six-member committee headed by former apex court judge AM Sapre to look into various regulatory aspects for stock markets, including the recent Adani Group shares crash triggered by Hindenburg Research’s fraud allegations. A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and […]
India’s GST collections rise 12% to Rs 1,49,577 crore in February
NEW DELHI: The gross GST revenue collected in the month of February 2023 is Rs 1,49,577 crore of which CGST is Rs 27,662 crore, SGST is Rs 34,915 crore, IGST is Rs 75,069 crore (including Rs 35,689 crore collected on import of goods) and Cess is Rs 11,931 crore (including Rs 792 crore collected on […]
Rajesh Malhotra takes charge as Principal Director General, Press Information Bureau
NEW DELHI: Rajesh Malhotra has today assumed charge as Principal Director General, Press Information Bureau (PIB). Malhotra takes over after the superannuation of Shri Satyendra Prakash yesterday. Previously, Malhotra, an Indian Information Service (IIS) Officer of the 1989 batch, had been working in Ministry of Finance since January 2018. During the critical COVID-19 Pandemic, he […]
Madhya Pradesh government presents Rs 3.14 lakh crore budget; Congress stages walkout from Assembly over LPG price hike
BHOPAL:The Madhya Pradesh government on Wednesday presented a Rs 3.14 lakh crore state budget for 2023-24, even as the Opposition Congress staged a walkout from the Assembly on the issue of hike in the LPG cylinder price. Congress members including former ministers Tarun Bhanot, Vijay Laxmi Sadho and Jitu Patwari created ruckus in the House […]