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7:55 PM

Yes Bank scam: Court rejects bail pleas of Wadhawan brothers

A special CBI court here on Friday rejected the bail pleas of DHFL promoter Kapil Wadhawan and his brother Dheeraj, accused in the Yes Bank scam.
 

Kapil and Dheeraj Wadhawan, promoters of Dewan Housing Finance Ltd (DHFL) and RKW Developers respectively, were arrested in April by the CBI in connection with the scam.
 

Yes Bank founder Rana Kapoor is also an accused in the case.

7:40 PM

Dilution of big institutions will not be good: Manish Sisodia on NEP 2020

The National Education Policy (NEP) envisages all colleges and universities to be multidisciplinary, but the dilution of big institutions will not be good for the country, said Delhi Education Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday.
 

"It envisages all colleges and universities to be multidisciplinary. Let IIT deal with engineering, IIM with management, AIIMS with medical and FTII with acting. Dilution of such big institutes will not be good for the talent of the country," Sisodia told ANI when asked about the NEP.
 

He said that in the country there are institutions that are already multidisciplinary and some are catering to one particular sector. This system is "doing good" and it should not be interfered with.

 

7:20 PM

Our MLAs were being harassed mentally, shifted them to keep pressure away: CM Gehlot

7:02 PM

ISA Framework Agreement amendment will now allow all members of UN: MEA

6:56 PM

Bengal BJP leaders meet Shah, demand CBI probe into deaths of party workers

State BJP leaders met Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday and demanded a CBI probe into the deaths of its two members who were found hanging in West Bengal's East Midnapore and South 24 Parganas districts this week.
 

Lok Sabha MPs Soumitra Khan and Nishith Pramanik met Shah in New Delhi and urged for an investigation by the CBI into the deaths of 52-year-old Gautam Patra in Ghora Mara area of South 24 Parganas on Thursday and Purnachandra Das (44) in the Ramnagar area of the East Midnapore district on Wednesday.

6:43 PM

FinMin working with RBI on need for loan restructuring: FM

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the government is working with the RBI on need for restructuring of loans to help industry tide over the impact of Covid-19.
 

"The focus is on restructuring. Finance ministry is actively engaged with RBI on this. In principle, the idea that there may be a restructuring required, is well taken," Sitharaman said while addressing Ficci's National Executive Committee Meeting.
 

The Finance minister also said that the decision on reducing GST rates on the healthcare and other products will be taken by the GST Council.

6:29 PM

Locust control operations carried out at 34 places in 9 districts across Rajasthan

6:28 PM

Those who oppose Ram temple under secularism know nothing about it: RSS Gen. Secy

6:10 PM

RBI likely to continue with rate cuts at next week's review: Crisil

The Reserve Bank is likely to cut rates by 0.25 per cent at next week's policy review even though inflation remains on the higher side, domestic ratings agency Crisil said on Friday.
 

On the price rise scenario, it said the situation has evolved in such a way that while the end consumer is paying high for food articles, the farmer is getting less because of a dip in wholesale prices.
 

Many analysts have been expecting the RBI to continue with its rate cuts to prop up the economy, which is set to contract in FY21, while some are wagering on a pause. The RBI has already cut rates by 1.15 per cent in two moves since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in March.

6:09 PM

Provide video link facility to hear RTI appeals: HC to BMC

The Bombay High Court on Friday directed the BMC to ensure that all its offices hearing first appeals filed under the RTI are provided with video conferencing facilities so that people are not asked to appear physically to argue their matters amid the pandemic.
 

A division bench said the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) must chalk out a concrete plan of action to ensure that video conferencing facilities are provided to enable people who have filed appeals under the Right to Information Act (RTI) to argue their matters virtually.

5:53 PM

Growth rate of Index of Eight Core Industries for June 2020 decline by 15%

5:48 PM

Plot to topple Rajasthan govt: SOG to move HC for Sanjay Jain's voice sample

The Special Operations Group of the Rajasthan Police will move the High Court to take the voice sample of Sanjay Jain arrested after being allegedly caught on audio tapes discussing the "plot" to topple the state government.
 

Jain was produced before a local court on Friday where he refused to give his voice sample, saying he does not have faith in the SOG probe and the Forensic Science Laboratory report can be manipulated.

Sanjay Jain was allegedly acting as a middleman and the Congress claims he is a BJP leader, a charge denied by the opposition party.

5:32 PM

Congress did not enact law against triple talaq for 'vote bank politics': Ministers

Three senior ministers of the Modi government on Friday launched a scathing attack on the Congress at an event marking the first anniversary of the law against triple talaq, saying the legislation could have been enacted in the 1980s, but for the alleged vote bank politics of the grand old party.
 

Addressing Muslim women from across the country via a video link during the event, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said triple talaq or 'talaq-e-biddat' was "neither Islamic, nor legal", but despite that, the social evil was given "political patronage" by "merchants of vote bank".
 

The law against triple talaq could have been passed in the 1980s when the Supreme Court had given a historic judgment in the Shah Bano case, he said.

5:18 PM

All institutions should be multidisciplinary where students get opportunity to study any course: UGC secy

5:09 PM

Rajasthan Assembly Congress whip Mahesh Joshi moves SC against HC order