Reforms may allow PEs as insurance cos' promoters

Mumbai: Allowing private equity (PE) players to promote insurance companies, more opportunities for foreign reinsurers and easing norms on distribution & commission are some of the reforms likely to be unveiled by the sectoral regulator following a board meet next week.

Sebi looks to abolish buybacks via bourses

Mumbai: Late on Wednesday, markets regulator Sebi proposed some sweeping changes to the guidelines that regulate buyback of shares by companies, including reducing the time taken to complete the process from 180 days now to 66 days by April 2023 and 22 days by April 2024.

'Free grain scheme to create pressure'

Continuing Beyond Dec Will Increase Fisc _ Burden, Fuel Inflation: Niti Aayog Member

ABFRL ties up with French co Galeries Lafayette

Worth of India’s luxury goods mkt in 22, from 6bn last year

Selloff by early investors hits newly listed, high-profile cos

Over ₹3L Cr Mkt Cap Loss In Stocks Listed Since March 1

Why Starving Terrorism Of Funds Is So Tricky

India’s hosting 3rd global meet on tracking terror money that increasingly flows through regular channels

MCD, BMC ... More Of The Same

Political parties and high stakes mae elections are exactly what Indian cities don’t need

Opera Italiana

The only country whose language is not spoken but sung

COP Out. Tech In

That another climate summit will be a damp squib means technology-based mitigation must get priority

Look At The Crime

SC is right in saying Kathua accused should be tried as adult. Lower courts often misinterpret the juvenile law

Gully girls: Closing the gender gap in rap

A new wave of female rappers is out to prove that they can rock the mic in the male-dominated world of desi hip-hop

Get out of the job rut and embrace α 'portfolio life'

Lately more and more people have been turning to me for career advice particularly those who are around 40-70.

Why rape-murder cases are collapsing in higher courts

In case after case, lapses in investigation and prosecution have led to acquittals. For the innocent, this means years lost to prison while for victims’ families, it’s a dead end in their quest for justice

'Selection of candidates wasn't broad-based'

Failed to consider eligible HC judges from among women, SCs and OBCs

COP27 draft seeks doubling of adaptation finance by '25

Presidency likely to release the first draft text of COP27 as soon as it gets reports of different ministerial consultation groups

Don't agree with Rahul on Savarkar: Uddhav

Actress Riya Sen joins Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during the Bharat Jodo Yatra, in Akola

Thrown out of Rajdhani by TTE, Army jawan loses both legs

Bareilly: A 29-year-old Army jawan of 24 Rajputana Rifles, Sonu Kumar Singh, lost both his legs and is battling for life at a military hospital after he was allegedly pushed off the Rajdhani express by a TTE at Bareilly railway station in UP on Thursday.

Rahul's remarks spark Maha stir

“My opinion is that Gandhi, Nehru,Patel all went to jail, but never wrote any such letter to the British despite being under intense pressure.

Aides in fray: Netas' personal touch through assistants

Ahmedabad: Babusinh Jadhav (65) is making his electoral debut as a BJP candidate from Vatva but he isn’t a political novice.

59th Femina Miss India finale to be hosted in Manipur

Imphal: The Times Group has entered into a first-ever partnership with the department of tourism, government of Manipur, to host the grand finale of VLCC & Trends copresent Femina Miss India 2023 in the capital of Manipur.

Mining case: J'khand CM grilled by ED for over 9 hrs

Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren was questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for over nine-and-half-hours on Thursday in connection with its investigation into an alleged illegal mining case.

Senior BJP leaders to fan out to intensify Guj campaigning

Modi, Shah, Nadda Ministers To Lead Trail From Front

NIA seeks vacation of SC's house arrest order for Navlakha

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday moved the Supreme Court seeking vacation of the November 11 order for keeping UAPA accused Gautam Navlakha under house arrest by narrating three important aspects the so-called house was “unsafe” being a library under the Communist party of India, his health report suffered bias as it was prepared by a panel doctors that included his brother-in-law and that he had links with Pakistan’s nefarious Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).

Discussed increasing security cooperation with Modi: Sunak

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with British PM Rishi Sunak

SC asks Centre: Do you have a 'process' of appointment of ECS?

‘Why No Steps Taken To Bring Law For Appointment As Per Article 324(2)’

Angry over land acquisition, man blew up rail track

Cops at Udaipur’ S odha railway bridge on November 13

Pak to skip int'l meet in Delhi on terror financing

The third No Money for Terror’ conference will focus on latest global trends in terror financing, especially the use of formal and informal channels of funds for terrorism and emerging technologies

Threat behind journos traced to Turkey-based operative

New Delhi: Security agencies have traced the origins of the latest terror threat to journalists in Jammu and Kashmir, which prompted some of them to resign, to Turkey-based Kashmiri terror operative Mukhtar Baba who had in the past also worked as a journalist with Kashmir-based news organisations.

TRS govt diverting Centre's funds: BJP

Hyderabad: BJP Telangana spokesperson NV Subhash on Thursday challenged TRS leaders for an open debate on corruption in the state.

Man dressed as godman attacks TDP leader in AP

Kakinada: Telugu Desam Party leader was attacked by an unidentified man, who dressed himself as a godman, in Tuni town in Kakinada district of Andhra Pradesh on Thursday morning.