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Vedanta's dividend to make promoters richer by ₹1.9k cr

METAL and mining giant Vedanta Ltd has declared an interim dividend of ₹8.5 per share.

European agency endorses approval of Biocon Biologics' biosimilar Ustekinumab

BIOCON BIOLOGICS, a biosimilars company and subsidiary of Biocon, has announced that the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has issued a positive opinion recommending approval of YESINTEK, an Ustekinumab biosimilar intended for the treatment of adults and children with plaque psoriasis and adults with psoriatic arthritis or Crohn's disease.

LG eyes $15 billion listing valuation for Indian arm

Post-public offer, promoter's shareholding will come down by 15%

New Relic aims to further scale up India operations; investing heavily in the country

US-based New Relic, which is in intelligent observability platform space, is investing heavily in India.

Japan bank staff steals $6.6 mn from safe deposit boxes

JAPAN's biggest bank apologised on Monday for the alleged theft by an employee of more than 1 billion yen ($6.6 million) from customers' safe deposit boxes.

Was evacuated by Russian military, claims Assad

OUSTED Syrian leader Bashar Assad said he had no plans to leave the country after the fall of Damascus a week ago but the Russian military evacuated him after their base in western Syria came under attack.

Gaza hostage deal closer than ever: def minister

DEFENCE Minister Israel Katz reportedly told Knesset lawmakers on Monday that Israel is \"closer than ever\" to closing a deal with Hamas to free the hostages held in Gaza, bolstering Arab media reports of heavy optimism on the chances for an agreement in the coming weeks, The Times of Israel reported.

5 held, booked under Pocso for gang-raping teen

TRIPURA police arrested five people for alleged gang-rape of a minor girl.

Gehlot ex-aide pardoned in phone tap case

DELHI'S Patiala House Court has granted a conditional pardon to Lokesh Sharma, the former Officer on Special Duty (OSD) of Rajasthan's ex-Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, in connection with the illegal phone tapping case.

Students stir over paper leak, Bihar exam put off

THE Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) on Monday cancelled the 70th combined preliminary examination conducted by the commission at Bapu Bhawan examination centre in the state capital on December 13.

Maha Yuti tables ₹35K cr supplementary budget

Maha discontent brews as several cabinet aspirants feel left out

SP smells BJP plot in Sambhal violence, ruckus in UP House

THE winter session of the UP legislature took off on a fiery note on Monday with the belligerent opposition raising Sambhal violence in which five people lost their lives during the survey of Shahi Jama Masjid on November 24.

7 picked for questioning in killings of 2 migrant workers in Manipur

Larger conspiracy

Alarming groundwater contamination across Gujarat districts, Lok Sabha told

The Government of India, in a concerning update to the Rajya Sabha, has flagged an alarming situation regarding groundwater pollution in Gujarat.

Shah meets families hit by Maoist violence in Bastar, pledges support

UNION Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday expressed his condolences to the families of jawans killed in Maoist attacks and the civilians affected by violence in the strife-torn region of Bastar in Chhattisgarh.

Lathicharge on students seeking exam cancellation

THE Jharkhand police resorted to lathi-charge on Monday to disperse students, who were protesting near Jharkhand Staff Service Commission (JSSC) against alleged irregularities in the JSSC-CGL recruitment examination held in September.

PMML Society seeks Nehru letters from Rahul

Historian says records on first PM, including his letters to Lady Mountbatten, withdrawn on orders of Sonia Gandhi

Persons with political and religious prejudices mustn't be made judges

In the wake of uproar over Allahabad High Court Judge Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav's recent comments on Uniform Civil Code and that India will be run by the majority at a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) function, retired Supreme Court judge Justice A K Pattnaik tells Suchitra Kalyan Mohanty that a judge shouldn't express views on political matters at a public forum.

Priyanka asks govt to take steps for safety of minorities in Bangladesh

CONGRESS MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday claimed in the Lok Sabha that a photograph of Pakistan surrendering before the Indian Army in Dhaka, had been removed from the Army headquarters.

UPHEAVAL IN LEVANT RAISES UNCERTAINTY AROUND THE WORLD

The governance of Syria can well fall into the hands of fundamentalist groups. Global powers must work towards dousing such a fire rather than reigniting it

North TN to get heavy rain for 2 days

The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) on Monday announced that a low-pressure area has formed over southeast Bay of Bengal and began its movement towards the Tamil Nadu coast.

Tribal man dragged for half km by car in Wayanad

IN a shocking incident, a 40-year-old tribal man was dragged along the road by a car driven by tourists for nearly half-a-kilometre.

Researchers find new species of wasp at BRT

ASHOKA Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) researchers Ranjith A P and Priyadarsanan Dharma Rajan recently discovered new species of parasitoid wasp at Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple (BRT) Tiger Reserve in Yalandur taluk of Chamarajanagar district.

Tulsi Gowda, 'Encyclopedia of forest', passes away at 86

LEGENDARY tree planter and Padma Shri awardee Tulsi Gowda passed away at her residence in Honnali village of Ankola taluk in Uttara Kannada district on Monday evening. She was 86.

TG guv gives permission to proceed against KTR

As expected, Governor Jishnu Dev Varma has accorded permission to law enforcement agencies to prosecute former minister KT Rama Rao for allegedly abusing power in conducting the Formula E race.

KRISHNA CAN'T BE RECOGNISED AS MS AWARDEE, RULES APEX COURT

Order passed on an appeal filed by grandson of MS Subbulakshmi against Madras HC order

Relish delicacies from across K'taka at Kannada Sahitya Sammelana

AMID the demand for non-vegetarian food at the 87th Kannada Sahitya Sammelana to be held in Mandya, the Kannada Sahitya Parishat (KSP), the organiser, is gearing up to provide vegetarian food to those attending the event from across Karnataka.

Belagavi session just a 10-day trip for legislators'

GURAMITKAL JDS MLA Sharanagouda Kandakur mocked Belagavi's winter Assembly session held here each year, by terming it a 10-day annual trip for legislators.

Assembly passes bill to prevent children from falling into borewells

THE Karnataka Groundwater (Regulation and Control of Development and Management) (Amendment) Bill passed in the Legislative Assembly on Monday proposes stringent measures to prevent children falling into uncapped newly drilled borewells.

Panchamasali movement faces hurdles from within community, BJP

EVEN as Panchamasali Lingayat seer Jaya Mrityunjaya Swamiji has intensified the protest demanding the 2A tag for the community, differences of opinion among community leaders and BJP's non-committal stand have turned setbacks for the movement.