NAGPUR: A 35-year-old woman and her 17-year-old son, while trying to fight off an alleged rape bid on the mother, ended up killing a contractor at the construction site where they were working in June. While the mother of four languished in prison, the children’s father, who had supposedly tormented the family for years, allegedly…
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CHANDIGARH: “The very essence of a welfare state is compromised when the instrumentalities of the state become a source of protracted litigation,” Punjab and Haryana HC observed recently, while reprimanding Punjab govt for its apathy in not absorbing a former worker of Anandpur Sahib Hydel Project for over three decades.Justice Harpreet Singh Brar ordered the…
Jaguar Land Rover has reportedly removed its long-time design chief Gerry McGovern in a sudden and unexpected move, just days after P B Balaji stepped in as the new CEO. According to AutoCar India, McGovern, 69, was asked to leave on Monday. The reason for his dismissal is not clear.The development brings an abrupt close…
MUMBAI: Reliance Retail Ventures has appointed former Flipkart executive Jeyandran Venugopal as president & CEO as the company prepares for an IPO.Jeyandran’s mandate is to strengthen the retail portfolio, accelerate omni-channel growth and drive technical and operational excellence. He will work closely with Isha Ambani, executive director at Reliance Retail Ventures and the leadership team…
NEW DELHI: India will lead sales of scotch globally as rising disposable incomes and lower import duty — once the India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) comes into play — will spur demand and drive greater engagement between whisky companies of the two countries, the top body representing Scotch whisky makers has said.The Scotch…
MUMBAI: The rupee broke the psychologically crucial 90 mark against the US dollar for the first time and slid to an intra-day low of 90.29 against the greenback on Wednesday before settling 32 paise below Tuesday’s close at 90.19, extending a decline that now threatens to spill over into the wider economy.The currency has weakened…
MUMBAI:Stock markets extended their losing run to the fourth consecutive day on Wednesday as persistent foreign fund outflows and the rupee breaching the psychological 90-to-dollar low hit investor sentiment, dragging the benchmark sensex down by 31 points. The 30-share index settled at 85,107 points.It opened lower and dropped further by 375 points to hit a…
President Droupadi Murmu presents Lt Col C Dwarakesh with the National Award for Persons with Disabilities on Wednesday PUNE: A basketball match at a military station in 2014 was one of the last things Lt Col C Dwarakesh saw before an accident left him blind. He would spend the next eight months in hospital, healing…
FPI inflow in indian stock market MUMBAI: In the first three days of the current month, foreign funds have net sold Indian stocks worth more than $800 million, thus weighing on the rupee, market players said. So far in 2025, net outflow by foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) from the cash segment of the stock market…
