Ratan Tata on Friday filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking to quash a company law appellate court order directing Tata Sons to rehire the chairman it had fired in 2016, saying the judgment was "wrong, erroneous and contrary to the record of the case". His petition is separate…
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs on Friday told the company law appellate court that it did not commit any illegality in granting permission to convert Tata Sons the holding company of the $110 billion salt-to-software conglomerate into a private company. The submission was made before the National Company Law Appellate…
Much-improved Jitender Kumar on Friday prevailed in an intense 74kg trial bout to qualify for the season-opener in Italy and the Asian Championship here but now needs to win a medal to shut out celebrated Sushil Kumar's shot at the Olympic qualification. World Championship stars Deepak Punia (86kg) and Ravi…
Top BJP leaders led by party president Amit Shah will visit households across the country on Sunday as part of their exercise to contact three crore families in 10 days to mobilise support for the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and take on opposition parties over their campaign against the law. While…
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said the government will not budge an inch on its decision to implement the Citizenship (Amendment) Act despite the opposition criticism of the law. Launching an “awareness programme” in support of the amended citizenship law, Shah accused the Congress and other opposition parties…
Asserting that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act was not against any citizen of the country, senior BJP leader Ram Madhav on Friday said opposition parties protesting the legislation do not have enough knowledge of the subject. He also said there were certain rules for obtaining citizenship in this country, under which…
The government has no option but to privatise Air India as it has around Rs 80,000-crore debt and needs the cooperation of the employees for carrying out the privatisation process, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Hardeep Singh Puri is said to have told the airline unions on Thursday. At…
ISRO on Wednesday (1) announced that the launch of country's third lunar mission, Chandrayaan-3 may happen next year and said four from the Indian Air Force have been selected for the ambitious Gaganyaan programme, whose astronaut training would commence soon in Russia. The announcement comes a day after Indian Minister…
Newly-appointed Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat on Wednesday said the armed forces stay far away from politics, and work as per the directives of the government in power, remarks that come amid allegations that he has political leanings. Former Army chief Gen Rawat took charge as country's…
Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "neglecting" Karnataka ahead of his visit on Thursday, the state Congress questioned why he did not give adequate relief and pay a visit to the state, when most of its parts were affected by severe floods last year. Modi will begin his two-day visit…