Highlights: Congress workers protest against Centre over National Herald case
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Congress workers hold protest outside 24, Akbar Road against the Centre over the Enforcement Directorate filing a chargesheet against Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and others on charges of money laundering in the National Herald case.
Following concerns raised by the Vokkaliga community over a caste survey, Deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar on Tuesday met with legislators from the Congress to allay their concerns. Two hardcore Naxalites, carrying a collective bounty of Rs 13 lakh, have been killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region, police said on Wednesday. The gunfight took place on Tuesday evening in a forest of Kilam-Bargum villages along the border of Kondagaon and Narayanpur districts when a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxalite operation, Inspector General of Police, Bastar Range, Sundarraj P said. Personnel belonging to the District Reserve Guard (DRG) and Bastar Fighters, both units of the state police, from Kondagaon were involved in the operation, he said. The Trump administration has expanded the power of adviser Elon Musk's government-cutting team over the State Department, making a Musk lieutenant acting head of foreign assistance.
In an interim order, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Tuesday barred Gensol Engineering's founders from holding key positions in the company after allegedly defaulting on debt repayment related to electric vehicle purchases for ride-hailing startup BluSmart. Sebi also restrained Gensol's founders, Anmol Singh Jaggi and Puneet Singh Jaggi, from participating in the securities market until further orders. The regulator also barred the construction firm from conducting a 1:10 stock split approved on Saturday.
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India to expand trade ties with nations offering fair, balanced FTAs: Piyush Goyal
India will expand its trade ties with nations that will offer fair, balanced and equitable free trade agreements (FTAs), Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday, stressing that the country's gains must match its offer of accessing a 1.4 billion-strong, and fast-growing consumer market.
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Delighted that SC proposed to stay egregious aspects of Waqf Act: Mahua Moitra
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We condemn it: West Bengal Minority Commission chairman on Murshidabad violence
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Trump says he's joining Bessent, Lutnick for trade negotiations with Japanese at White House
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Trump says he's joining Bessent, Lutnick for trade negotiations with Japanese at White House
President Donald Trump said he's joining some of his top economic advisers on Wednesday for negotiations at the White House over tariffs and trade with a top Japanese official who is travelling to Washington for the talks.
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IMD's forecast of above normal monsoon brings cheer to FMCG firms
Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies expect demand to rise further across both rural and urban after the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast above-normal rainfall in the upcoming monsoon season.
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Barapulla Road to remain closed at night near Maharani Bagh till Apr 24
The Barapulla Road to Maharani Bagh Interchange stretch, along the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Namo Bharat Corridor, will remain closed to traffic from 12 am to 5 am until April 24 due to ongoing construction work, authorities said on Wednesday.
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Vice President JD Vance and the Second Family will travel to Italy and India from April 18 to 24: US readout
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IndusInd Bank’s shares jump 7% as PwC probe finds marginally lower hit
Shares of private sector lender IndusInd Bank surged over 7 per cent on Wednesday, following its disclosure the previous day that the impact of discrepancies in its derivative portfolio, ascertained by external agency PwC, would be marginally lower than its findings in the internal review.
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More than 4,000 pirated NCERT books seized in Delhi; one arrested
Delhi Police has seized more than 4,000 pirated NCERT textbooks from Samaypur Badli in outer-north Delhi following a raid, and arrested one person in connection with the case, an official said on Wednesday. The accused has been identified as Arvind Gupta (33), a resident of Sector 16 in Rohini, who allegedly purchased pirated books from multiple sources for resale in Delhi, a senior police officer said.
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First Published: Apr 16 2025 | 9:11 AM IST