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Paytm, Adani deny reports of stake sale

ACQUISITION ENS ECONOMIC BUREAU @ New Delhi PAYTM on Wednesday refuted reports stating that Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani is considering acquiring a stake in parent company One 97 Communications.

SP group sells stake in Hyd project to GIC for ₹2,200 cr

THE Shapoorji Pallonji Group has sold its stake in the group's Singapore based joint venture real estate fund (SPREF) held in the TSI Business Parks, Hyderabad, for a reported consideration of 2,200 crore.

RBI bars Edel ARC from carrying out new biz

Regulator says the ARC and group firm ECL Finance were acting in concert for evergreening stressed exposure

Equipment theft cases: Telcos seek govt action

THE Cellular Operator Association of India (COAI), an association representing all three private telecom operators -- Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL), urged the government to intervene in telecom equipment theft cases that are taking place across the country.

Apr-May IPO mop-ups cross ₹32,530 cr; Jun to be busier with 15 issues of ₹13K cr

DESPITE the election-related volatility that has left Dalal Street high as well as dry since April, primary market laughed its way to the bank mopping up 32,530 crore and has close to I 13,000 crore more lined up for the next month, which will be kicked off after the results of the two-month-long hustings are declared on June 4.

S&P revises India's growth outlook to positive, affirms rating at ‘BBB’-

S&P on Wednesday revised India's growth outlook to positive from stable on the back of robust growth, increase in government capex and the Centre's commitment to fiscal consolidation.

Crypto industry can do much better with TDS reduction, says CoinSwitch

Ever since 1% TDS (tax deducted at source) for virtual digital assets was introduced, the crypto industry has been seeing fall in trading volumes, but as market rebounds, trading platform CoinSwitch expects TDS reduction in the next budget, and this will attract more new users.

Defence chiefs of US, China to hold rare talks in S'pore in weekend

THE US and Chinese defence chiefs are set to hold rare direct talks in Singapore this weekend, offering hopes of further military dialogue aimed at preventing flashpoint disputes from spinning out of control.

Israeli strikes kill 37, most in tents

Irid to express gratitude DEIR AL-BALAH ISRAELI shelling and airstrikes killed at least 37 people, most of them sheltering in tents, outside the southern Gaza city of Rafah overnight and on Tuesday pummeling the same area where strikes triggered a deadly fire days earlier in a camp for displaced Palestinians according to witnesses, emergency workers and hospital officials.

'Myth about Modi wave will be dispelled in this election'

In Bihar, the opposition alliance has been contesting elections as a cohesive unit.

FIR against Mehbooba over poll code violation

FORMER Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti has been booked by police for violating the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) by staging a protest along with her workers on the polling day in Anantnag-Rajouri parliamentary constituency on May 25.

Stage set for 'TMC vs TMC' close fight in Kolkata North

THE Kolkata North constituency where polls will be held on June 1, is set to witness a tough triangular contest between Sudip Bandyopadhyay (AITC), BJP's Tapas Roy - a defector from Trinamool Congress and Pradip Bhattacharya (Congress).

Yogi factor in 13 Purvanchal seats

CM's pro-development, anti-mafia image coupled with Hindutva resonates with people

Deras, NRIs draw the lines on 2 seats in Doaba region

THE Doaba region of Punjab -the Non Resident Indian (NRI) belt of the state-comprises two Lok Sabha constituencies, Jalandhar and Hoshiarpur, and both are reserved.

Army men beat up five cops inside police station in Kupwara, FIR filed

FIVE policemen, including a station house officer, were injured after they were allegedly beaten up by Army men inside a police station in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district.

Rahul promises farm loan waiver if INDIA voted to power

FORMER Congress chief Rahul Gandhi has alleged that the BJP would scrap the Constitution if it came to power.

SC turns down woman's plea to abort pregnancy of more than 25 weeks

THE Supreme Court has, in a recent order, dismissed a plea filed by a woman seeking a direction to terminate her more than 25-week pregnancy.

Apathy: Pond water for villagers & cattle in J'khand

MORE than 10,000 people of Benagadhia and a few nearby villages under Chitragadhia panchayat in Jharkhand's Dumka district have been drinking water from a pond.

GIVE WOMEN DUE SPACE IN MALAYALAM CINEMA

THE Malayalam film industry is having a dream run these days both critically and commercially.

THE CURIOUS CASE OF FEWER VOTERS IN A QUARTER OF SEATS

IN just over a quarter of all the constituencies covered till Phase 6 of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, fewer people came out to vote compared to the 2019 election.

22 hurt as tourist bus hits median in Kandikuppam

THREE people suffered serious injuries and 19 escaped with minor injuries when a tourist bus from Chennai heading to Hogenakkal met with an accident near Kandikuppam on Wednesday.

HC asks NMC to allow MBBS graduate to take screening test

THE Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court recently directed the National Medical Commission (NMC) to permit a MBBS graduate to write a screening test.

Rain paralyses south, central Kerala, floods low-lying areas

Kochi sees waterlogging for second consecutive day, several houses inundated

Eight from Swarnatara Group held in ₹4-cr fraud

THE city police on Wednesday arrested the chairman and seven directors of the Swarnatara Group for allegedly cheating 86 persons of 3.89 crore.

Kin of man 'beaten to death' stage protest near hosp, 8 held

THE relatives of a 45-year-old man who was allegedly beaten to death by staff of a private hospital on the suspicion that he was a thief, staged a protest on the premises of Coimbatore Medical College Hospital (CMCH) and blocked traffic on Wednesday, demanding the arrest of the hospital owner.

Modi's meditation drama violates MCC, says TNCC

TNCC president K Selvaperunthagai has described the decision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to meditate at Vivekananda rock in Kanyakumari, when the final phase of polling for the Lok Sabha elections was underway, as nothing but 'a political fraud'.

TN govt spent ₹lk cr for sports in last three yrs

THE state government has allocated over 1,000 crore to the Youth Welfare and Sports Development department since DMK came to power in 2021, said an official press release.

Jaya can't be called Hindutva leader, say political analysts

BJP state president K Annamalai's recent assertions that former chief minister J Jayalalithaa was an ardent Hindutva leader has sparked a fresh bout of duel between AIADMK and BJP leaders, although AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami is yet to comment on the issue.

Custodial torture case: Hand over body to kin, HC tells collector

THE Madras High Court on Wednesday ordered Villupuram district collector to hand over the body of K Raja, who allegedly died following custodial torture, before 6pm on Thursday, in a petition filed by Anju, wife of the deceased.

Group-IIA main to be in MCQ format; no more interview for group II posts

As per annual planner, TNPSC is expected to issue notification to fill 2K vacancies on June 28