Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that ties between India and Russia will continue to scale newer heights following an informal summit he held with Russian President Vladimir Putin here. “Extremely productive discussions with President Putin,” Modi tweeted. “We reviewed the complete range of India-Russia relations as well as other global subjects,” he […]
JD-S leader and Karnataka Chief Minister-designate H.D. Kumaraswamy on Monday met Congress President Rahul Gandhi and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi to discuss ministerial berth sharing between the coalition partners ahead of his swearing-in ceremony on Wednesday. The details of the meeting were not divulged but the sources said the Congress demanded two posts for Deputy […]
India on Monday successfully conducted the first test of the BrahMos cruise missile aimed at increasing its life from 10 to 15 years. The missile was test fired from a mobile launcher from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur along the Odisha coast at about 10.44 a.m., said sources in the Defence Research and […]
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here on Monday on a nine-hour visit during which he will hold an informal summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “All in 9 hours! Continuing the tradition of high-level visits, PM Modi arrives in Sochi for informal summit with President Putin,” Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted. […]
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday flayed Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala for swearing in BJP’s B.S. Yeddyurappa as Chief Minister and accused him of “subverting the Constitution”. “What else do you expect from a RSS Governor?” Amarinder Singh said in a statement here. The Chief Minister, who is a senior Congress leader, expressed concern […]
Securities market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has warned state-owned Punjab National Bank (PNB) over the delay in regulatory disclosures to stock exchanges with regard to the Nirav Modi fraud case. According to a BSE filing on Thursday, PNB said that it has received a letter from SEBI on Tuesday “regarding disclosures […]
Reliance Power has divested its entire holding in Jharkhand Integrated Power Limited (JIPL) to Jharkhand Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd for Rs 112.64 crore, a regulatory filing by the company said here on Thursday. “The company has transferred its entire holding of 1,49,900 equity shares of Rs 10 each, aggregating to Rs 1,499,000 held in Jharkhand […]
With the aim to make a dent in the premium smartphone market, Chinese player OnePlus on Thursday launched its flagship OnePlus 6 in India — a first in the OnePlus’ line-up featuring an all-glass design. The device will be available for open sales across all channels, starting May 22 — in 6GB RAM + 64GB […]
After facing a US ban, Russia-based Kaspersky Lab on Thursday announced to move its core customer data storage and processing processes for most regions to Zurich, Switzerland, by 2019 — at a time when the European Union (EU) gets ready to introduce a new data privacy law. The transfer of core processes, including software assembly […]
The Congress in Goa on Thursday demanded that Governor Mridula Sinha follow in the footsteps of her Karnataka couterpart Vajubhai Vala and invite the Congress, which emerged as the single largest party in the Assembly after the 2017 Assembly elections, to form the government in the coastal state. “If the Karnataka Governor can invite the […]