The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to take over the servicing of all debt liabilities of Reliance Infrastructure (RInfra) subsidiary Delhi Airport Metro Express Pvt Ltd (DAMEPL) amounting to Rs 1,618 crore, RInfra said on Tuesday. The company said 11 banks, who had lent to DAMEPL to run the Delhi ...
Following the multi-crore fraud that took place in the bank, Fitch Ratings on Tuesday has downgraded the Viability Rating of Punjab National Bank (PNB) to 'bb-' from 'bb' and has maintained the rating on Rating Watch Negative (RWN). ...
A 32-hour general strike called by a Muslim body in Manipur on Tuesday disrupted normal life in the state, officials said. The strike, called by the All Manipur Muslim Organisations Coordinating Committee (AMMOCC) from 6 a.m., was a complete success in the Muslim-dominated areas. No vehicular movement was allowed along Imphal-Ukhrul highway in ...
The Uttar Pradesh Police on Tuesday set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to look into a girl's accusations of gang rape against a BJP legislator and the subsequent death of her father in police custody, officials said. Confirming this, Additional Director General (ADG) Law and Order Anand Kumar told IANS that the SIT, which will ...
The Union government on Tuesday ordered a probe into an incident of deplaning of a passenger by budget carrier IndiGo after he complained about mosquitoes in the aircraft. The passenger, identified as Saurabh Rai -- a "reputed doctor" from Lucknow who works for the Narayan Hospital in Bengaluru, was deplaned on Monday at the Ch...
The central government has sent 30 companies of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) -- the country's largest paramilitary force -- to various states to maintain law and order during the "Bharat Bandh" called on Tuesday. Home Ministry officials said 14 of these companies have been sent to Uttar Pradesh, eight to Rajasthan, and four each to Madhya Pra...
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday demanded the reframing of the terms of reference of the 15th Finance Commission which, he said, was necessary to save the federal structure of the Indian Union. The Finance Commission -- which delves into the financial relations between the Centre and states -- should be guided m...
Amid nationwide protests by Dalits after a Supreme Court order allegedly diluting the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes Atrocities Act, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday accused the opposition of dividing the country. "They (opposition) are creating hurdles in the work of the government from the streets to Parliament. Today you have a govern...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday lavished praise on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and also pledged to fulfil the sanitation dream of Mahatma Gandhi. "Bapu ke sapne ko pura karke rahenge," Modi told a rally of some 20,000 'Swachhagrahis' (cleanliness ambassadors) to mark the Champaran Satyagraha's centenary celebrations he...
Over a dozen of people were injured on Tuesday in a violent clash in Bihar during the "Bharat Bandh" called by various groups to protest against reservation policies, police said. Supporters, mostly upper castes youths, blocked roads and forcibly enforced the nationwide shutdown in Ara town, Bhojpur district. "More than a dozen people were inj...
