Shimla, Nov 20 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh High Court Thursday directed the deputy commissioner of Shimla and the tehsildar (recovery) to file a fresh status report, indicating the process initiated by them for the recovery of house tax from the defaulters. A division bench of Chief Justice Mansoor Ahmad Mir and Justice D.C. Chaudhary directed […]
Mumbai, Nov 19 (IANS) The Indian stock market regulator Wednesday approved the new regulations governing insider trading which includes widening the term ‘insider’, strengthening the term ‘unpublished price sensitive information’, and prohibiting communication of unpublished data besides other aspects, the SEBI said. The market regulator also revised its share delisting regulations. In a statement issued […]
Bengaluru, Nov 19 (IANS) Indian industry comprising public and private sectors will be allowed to make communication satellites and build rockets over the next five years, a top space agency official said Wednesday. “We want the private sector and the public sector (state-run enterprises) to bring out launch vehicles (rockets) and operational communication satellites along […]
Kolkata, Nov 19 (IANS) China’s Yunnan province has formally invited West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for a visit to foster sister city relations between Kunming and Kolkata, an official said Wednesday. Kunming is the capital of Yunnan province while Kolkata is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. According to Wang Xuefeng, […]
Chandigarh, Nov 19 (IANS) Drawing flak from most quarters over the handling of sect leader Rampal episode, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar Wednesday finally defended the police action. “The government is committed to upholding the law and ensuring strict compliance with the directions of court. All are equal before the law, and the government […]
Jeju (South Korea), Nov 19 (IANS) Indian boxers Pinki Rani and Monica Saun lost in the preliminary round matches of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) Women’s World Championships here Wednesday. While the Asian Games bronze medallist Pinki lost 1-2 in a split decision to Russia’s Saiana Sagataeva in the 51kg category, Monica (75kg) lost 0-3 […]
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 19 (IANS) Saudi Arabia has never knowingly or unknowingly funded extremists, a veteran Saudi journalist said Wednesday. Saudi Gazette newspaper’s chief editor Khaled Al Maeena said the radical Islamic State — earlier ISIS — was not a creation of Saudi Arabia and that it sprang up suddenly out of nowhere. Maeena was speaking […]
Mumbai, Nov 19 (IANS) In a major setback to former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan, the Bombay High Court Wednesday rejected a CBI plea to drop his name from the list of accused in the Adarsh Society scam case. Justice M.L. Tahiliyani gave the rulling on the revision application of the Central Bureau of Investigation […]
Baghdad, Nov 19 (IANS/EFE) At least five people were killed and 11 others wounded Wednesday in a car bomb suicide attack in Erbil, capital of the semi-autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq, security sources told Efe news agency. The attack targeted Erbil’s municipal government headquarters, which had been spared until now despite the offensive that […]
Dubai, Nov 19 (IANS) An Indian man in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been sentenced to one year in jail for molesting a seven-year-old British girl on the pretext of giving her tissues, media reported. The 25-year-old man, who is a cook, tricked the British girl to go with him to the toilet of […]