A special court has reserved for July 31 orders on framing of charges against a private firm, its two directors and another person in a case of alleged irregularities in the allocation of the Dhadhu coal block in Jharkhand. The CBI is prosecuting Pawanjay Steel and Power Limited (PSPL), its two directors, Gyanchand Prasad Agarwal and Umesh Prasad Agarwal, and […]
» Read morePrime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the United States on June 25-26. This will be his fifth trip to the U.S. in three years and his first in 2017. Mr. Modi is expected to meet U.S. President Donald Trump on June 26 and hold talks. He will meet Mr. Trump both one-on-one and with a delegation.
» Read moreVeteran banker Vikram Limaye will quit the Committee of Administrators (COA) for BCCI on July 14 to take over as the Managing Director and CEO of National Stock Exchange (NSE). Former CAG Vinod Rai, who is head of the COA, told PTI that Limaye will hold his position till July 14, when the Supreme Court reopens, after which he will […]
» Read moreTwo persons were killed and one went missing when a merchant vessel rammed into a fishing boat off the coast of Kochi in the early hours of Sunday. According to police, the Panama-registered vessel, Amber L, rammed into boat Carmel Matha, about 16 nautical miles off the Puthuvype coast around 2.30 a.m. There were 14 fishermen on board when the […]
» Read moreThe U.S. is looking forward to host Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Washington later this month, the State Department has said. “We look forward to having the (Indian) Prime Minister here in Washington— I believe it’s later this month,” State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert told reporters at her daily news conference on Thursday. Mr. Modi is expected to travel to […]
» Read morePrime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday met his Pakistani counter part Nawaz Sharif in Astana ahead of SCO summit. Mr. Modi and Mr. Sharif attended a welcome banquet to the small grouping that currently comprises China, Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Mr. Modi landed in Astana to attend the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), where India and […]
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