(HT) The Supreme Court on Monday reprimanded the Centre for not drawing up a scheme to implement its judgement on the distribution of the Cauvery waters among Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Puducherry and asked it to take appropriate steps to implement its verdict by early next month. “We are surprised that the Centre has not taken any steps. The Centre must place a draft scheme before us by May 3 so that a final stamp is put on it to end the controversy,” a bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra said. The court also asked senior advocates…
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((LiveMint) The board of ICICI Bank Ltd, which less than two weeks earlier expressed full faith in chief executive officer Chanda Kochhar, is divided over whether to ask her to step down as federal authorities investigate allegations of impropriety over loans made to Videocon group, people with knowledge of the matter said. At least some outside directors are opposed to Kochhar continuing in her role, according to the people, who asked not to be identified as the information is not public. The board of India’s second-largest private sector bank may meet as early as this week to consider its next…
(PTI) Gold prices advanced by Rs 30 to Rs 31,500 per ten grams at the bullion market today on continued buying by local jewellers, shrugging-off a weak trend overseas. Silver followed suit and strengthened by Rs 50 to Rs 39,250 per kg due to increased offtake by industrial units and coin makers. Bullion traders said, steady inflow of buying by local jewellers at domestic spot market mainly kept gold prices higher but a weak trend overseas, capped the gains. Globally, gold fell 0.34 per cent to USD 1,328.80 an ounce and silver by 0.03 per cent to USD 16.35 an ounce in…
(ET) Indian state refiners plan to almost double oil imports from Iran in 2018/19, drawn by incentives offered by Tehran, sources with knowledge of the matter said, potentially helping Iran increase its share in the world’s third-biggest oil importer. Iran is pushing to retain its oil customers in Asia, offering better terms than other Middle Eastern suppliers including Saudi Arabia, even as the threat looms of potential further U.S. sanctions on the OPEC member. Tehran recently deepened freight discount to firms in India, its second-biggest oil client after China, in return for higher volumes. In the current fiscal year to…
(DJ) सपा-बसपा गठबंधन के बाद आंबेडकर को लेकर छिड़ी रार के बीच भाजपा ने व्यापक रणनीति बनाई है। आंबेडकर जयंती पर पार्टी ने प्रदेशव्यापी कार्यक्रम तय किये हैं। इससे पहले शुक्रवार को पार्टी के स्थापना दिवस पर बूथ और सेक्टरवार कार्यक्रम तय किये गए हैं। जिलों में प्रभारी मंत्रियों के दौरे सुनिश्चित किये गए हैं। इन कार्यक्रमों में भी भाजपा आंबेडकर जयंती के लिए माहौल बनाएगी।भाजपा का स्थापना दिवस समारोह शुक्रवार को बूथ स्तर पर मनाया जाएगा। प्रदेश प्रवक्ता डॉ. चंद्रमोहन ने बताया कि भाजपा स्थापना के 38 वर्ष बाद आज विश्व का सबसे बड़ा राजनीतिक दल है। सबका साथ-सबका…
(DJ) योग गुरु बाबा रामदेव की कंपनी पतंजलि आयुर्वेद ने घोषणा की है कि कंपनी अगले साल परिधान विनिर्माण कारोबार में उतर जाएगी। यानी अगले साल से ही आपको पतंजलि के गारमेंट्स भी बाजार में दिखने लग जाएंगे।विज्ञापन एजेंसी एसोसिएशन ऑफ इंडिया (एएएआई) की ओर से आयोजित ‘गोवा फेस्ट 2018’ में पूछे गए एक सवाल के जवाब में योग गुरू बाबा रामदेव ने कहा, “लोग मुझसे पूछ रहे हैं कि कब आप अपनी कंपनी की जींस बाजार में लॉन्च कर रहे हैं, तो अब हमने अपने गारमेंट्स प्रोडक्ट्स को लॉन्च करने की योजना बनाई है। इसमे एथनिक वियर जो कि…
(PTI) A sessions court today reserved its decision on Bollywood superstar Salman Khan’s bail plea till tomorrow, his defence counsel said. The actor, who was yesterday convicted by the trial court and sentenced to five years in prison in a 1998 blackbuck poaching case, would now be spending another night in Jodhpur Central Jail. The district and sessions court here heard arguments on the suspension of sentence and bail application before deferring the matter till tomorrow. In his arguments, defence counsel Mahesh Bora said there were various loopholes in the investigation. He argued that no investigation in any of the cases of poaching…
The Budget Session, 2018 of Parliament which commenced on Monday, 29th January, 2018 has been adjourned sine die today i.e. Friday, the 6th April, 2018. In between both parts of the session, both Houses also adjourned for recess for a period of 23 days on Friday, the 9th February, 2018 to reassemble on Monday, the 5th March, 2018 to enable Departmentally related Standing Committees to examine and report on the Demands for Grants relating to various Ministries/Departments. Addressing the media here today, Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Chemicals & Fertilizers, Shri Ananthkumar, along with Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Statistics & Programme Implementation,…
With the commissioning of the third 110 MW hydro generating unit, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has successfully commissioned the prestigious 330 MW Kishanganga Hydro-Electric Project (HEP) in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K). The first and second units of the project were also recently commissioned in the month of March, 2018. Notably, all the three units of Kishanganga HEP have been commissioned within a short span of 18 days. Being developed by NHPC Ltd., the project is located on the river Kishanganga, a tributary of the river Jhelum, in Bandipora district of J&K. The 3×110 MW Kishanganga HEP will be able to generate 1,350…
Raksha Mantri Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, who is on three-day visit to Russia to attend VII Moscow Conference on International Security from 03 to 05 April 2018, met Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Mr Denis Manturov in Moscow yesterday. Both the leaders reviewed ongoing military technical cooperation projects between the two countries, including measures to promote India-Russia joint industrial activities under the ‘Make in India’ programme with respect to defence production, especially for after-sales support. They also discussed participation of Russian in DefExpo India -2018 to be held in Chennai from 11 to 14 April 2018. Later…