Gautam Adani charged in US with USD 250 mn bribery, fraud
Billionaire Gautam Adani has been charged by US prosecutors over his role in an alleged years-long scheme to pay USD 250 million bribe to Indian officials in exchange for favourable terms for solar power contracts. US prosecutors charged Adani, 62, his nephew Sagar and other defendants for paying over USD 250...
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Investments worth Rs 85,000 cr cleared to create 34,000 jobs in state: Andhra CM
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DU postpones DUSU election results again, counting now scheduled for Nov 25
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Chandrababu Naidu should continue as Andhra CM for another decade: Pawan Kalyan
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Delhi HC questions forest official over plea for transplantation of trees from deemed forest
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh holds talks with Chinese counterpart in Laos
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Excise case: Kejriwal moves Delhi HC challenging trial court order on ED chargesheet
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Bitcoin row: BJP targets Sule, Patole
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Boyfriend among Four held for gangraping law student in Andhra Pradesh
Four men were arrested here for allegedly gangraping a law student and blackmailing her with some intimate videos, police said. The accused were arrested for allegedly raping the law student and also recording the act to blackmail her later, police said in a press release on Tuesday. A case was registered...
UP bypolls: EC takes action against policemen violating guidelines
Acting on complaints, the Election Commission on Wednesday ordered suspension of police personnel violating its guidelines on checking of voters and stopping them from casting votes in the Uttar Pradesh bypolls, officials said. This comes after SP president Akhilesh Yadav urged the EC to suspend all police officers who are checking...
45.53 pc voter turnout till 3 pm in Maharashtra assembly polls
Maharashtra recorded a voter turnout of 45.53 per cent till 3 pm on Wednesday in the elections to the 288-member state legislative assembly, election officials said. In the bypoll to the Nanded Lok Sabha constituency held simultaneously, the voter turnout till 3 pm was 41.58 per cent, they said. Polling began...
Nearly 48 pc voter turnout till 1 PM in final phase of Jharkhand assembly polls
In the first six hours of the second and final phase of polling in Jharkhand, nearly 48 per cent of around 1.23 crore voters exercised their franchise on Wednesday in 38 assembly constituencies, officials said. Polling began at 7 AM in 14,218 booths across 12 districts and will continue till 5...
50% staff of Delhi govt offices to work from home due to pollution, says Env minister Gopal Rai
Half of the staff of Delhi government offices will work from home in view of the pollution levels in the city, Environment minister Gopal Rai said on Wednesday. In a post on X, Rai said that 50 per cent of the staff in government offices will work from home. Implementation of...
Maharashtra polls: Ajit Pawar, RSS chief Bhagwat among early voters
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat were among the early voters to exercise their franchise as polling was underway on Wednesday for the state assembly elections. NCP leader Ajit Pawar and his wife Sunetra Pawar cast their vote at Katewadi in Baramati area of...
After season's coldest night, Delhi wakes up to another day with toxic air
Delhi witnessed yet another dawn with a blanket of toxic air on Wednesday, as the capital recorded an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 426 in the "severe" category, which followed the coldest night of the season in the city so far. The city's minimum temperature dropped to 11.1 degrees Celsius Tuesday...
