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Tom, Dick... or Larry?

British politics, they say, needs feline intervention

Ban Isn’t Enough

Outrages like two-finger test for rape survivors won't stop until a central law criminalises such conduct

Don't Just Move On

Morbi'’s tragedy is a symptom of weak urban local bodies. Strengthen these, fix accountability

Layoffs: Byju’s founder says sorry to staff

Bengaluru: Byju's founder Byju Raveendran, in an email to employees, has sought forgiveness for the manner in which the company has had to lay off staff, and reiterated that the number affected is not more than 5% of the total strength of 50,000.

‘Global Headwinds Hit Steel Major, Infra Telcos Make Gains

Tata Steel’s Q2 profit dives 90%. L&T Sept qtr net rises 25% to ̀₹2,819 crore. Airtel Q2 net jumps 89%

Use asset sale to trim debt. for best stimulus: CEA

New Delhi: Chief economic adviser (CEA) V Anantha Nageswaran on Monday indicated his preference for using asset monetisation receipts to lower government debt, saying it will be the best stimulus for the economy.

Bain to sell ₹3,400cr stake in Axis Bank

Mumbai: BC Asia Investments VII, a fund managed by Bain Capital, is planning to offload shares worth 1.2% stake in Axis Bank for about Rs 3,400 crore or $410 million.

RBI launches first pilot project for digital rupee

CBDC Test Drive Starts Today In Wholesale Market For Secondary Trade in Govt Bonds

Sebi bans Mehul Choksi from market for 10 years

Mumbai: Markets regulator Sebi has banned fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi, former promoter & chairman of Gitan jali Gems, from trading for 10 years for using front entities to trade in shares of the company to maintain its price from falling.

Sensex at 10-month high, recovers 9k pts in 4 mths

Rupee Marks Biggest Monthly Losing Streak Since 1985

‘India to beat Germany as 4th largest eco by FY20’

Is 2nd-Biggest Contributor To Global Growth In 2022, To Pip Japan As 3rd Top Eco By 27: RBI Dy Guv

37K nurses registered in Maha without scrutiny; Nursing council registrar quits

Mumbai: Close to 37,000 applicants have been registered as nurses without any documentary evidence by the Maharashtra Nursing Council over the past four years.

NOC must for border mining, Army tells Pjb

Chandigarh: The Army has asked the Punjab government to obtain a no-objection certificate (NOC) for mining activities along the India-Pakistan border in future, reportsAjay.Sura.

T’puram airport to be closed for five hours for procession today

The Alpasi Arattu procession of Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple is allowed to pass through the runway since this has been its traditional route long before the airport was built in 1932

What steps taken after report on hosp fires: SC to Guj

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Gujarat government to file an affidavit detailing the steps it has taken following the submission of the report of Justice D A Mehta-led Commission, which inquired into the 2020 hospital fires at Ahmedabad and Rajkot in which 13 Covid patients were charred to death.

‘Sardar Patel’s efforts to unify India not fully acknowledged’

New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir is an example of how one family’s claims of uniting India and leading the country’s independence struggle ring hollow, Union Information and broadcasting minister Anurag Thakur said on Monday.

10 menkidnap minor girl from home in broad daylight

Agra: In a chilling crime caught on tape, a 17-year-old girl was kidnapped from her home here by a group of men in broad daylight.

Patel as PM could have ensured many issues didn’t arise: Shah

Minister Urges Students To Keep Native Language, Dialect Alive

‘Can EC mandate linking of Aadhaar with Voter ID?’

The bench said given the judgment of the SC in 2019 limiting the usage of Aadhaar, the issue raised by the petitioner may require some clarification from the court”

Woman who gave birth to girl found bound’ dead at Kolkata govt hosp

The body bore marks of severe injuries, indicating rodents or stray dogs may have tried to feed on her, her family claimed

EPFO to allow withdrawal for pension scheme subscribers

Currently, EPFO subscribers with less than six months of service left are allowed to withdraw accumulations in their employees’ provident fund account only

Chaiwallah rescues 3 kids but all die in front of his eyes

Morbi: The opening of the hanging bridge on October 26 and the massive rush of people had resulted in brisk business for Raju Ramji (40), a tea vendor.

With heart heavy PM takes kartavya’ pathto Kevadia

Kevadia (Narmada): PM Narendra Modi said Monday that he was torn between the call of his “grief-laden heart” that wouldn't leave the side of those touched by tragedy in Morbi the previous evening and the “path of karma and kartavya” that led him to Kevadia in Narmada district for a scheduled Rashtriya Ekta Diwas event.

Time stands still in Gujarat clock town as Morbi counts its dead

Morbi: The tragic end to Gujarati New Year festivities brought Morbi, famed as a clock manufacturing hub in India, to a deadly standstill.

Govt hospitals treated 56, 15 still to be discharged

Government hospitals in the town treated 56 people, of whom 15 are still to be discharged.

Pvt co entrusted with upkeep, deal barred govt interference

Firm Breached Clauses Of Entry Ticket Fee

Two Maoist commanders shot in C’garh

Raipur: Security personnel gunned down two commander-rank Maoists in an encounter in a jungle in Kanker district of Bastar at dawn on Monday.

EAM Jaishankar to attend virtual SCO meeting today

Foreign minister S Jaishankar will representIndia at the 21st Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s Council of Heads of Government (CHG) which will be held virtually on Tuesday.

Lucknow court denies bail to Kappan in PMLA case

Lucknow: Special judge, Enforcement Directorate matters, Sanjay Shankar Pandey on Monday rejected bail plea of Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan in a case related to the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

Unidentified body travels 900km in train’s toilet

Bareilly: The decomposed body of an unidentified man in his mid-30s was found in a locked toilet of the Amritsarbound Janseva express at Roza station in Shahjahanpur district of UP.