Sebi asked to look at hiking companies' minumum public shareholding

New Delhi (IANS) The government has asked market regulator Sebi to look at raising the minimum public shareholding level in listed companies to 35 per cent from the current 25 per cent, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday.

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Gold industry groans under hike in import duty

Mumbai (IANS) The gold industry on Friday slammed the hike in import duty of gold from 10 per cent to 12.50 per cent, saying it will be counter-productive and hit the Indian retail market.

World Gold Council India Managing Director P.R. Somasundaram…

Highest capex for Railways at 1.60 lakh crore

New Delhi (IANS) In her maiden Budget speech, Finance MInister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday gave Indian Railways the highest-ever outlay for capital expenditure amounting to Rs 1.60 lakh crore and a budgetary allocation of Rs 65,837 crore.

Those who can not work should be retired says CM

Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das while reviewing the functioning of the power department said that such officials who are not able to work should be retired. He also directed to suspend the Superintendent engineer of Dhanbad of power…

Vote for change in J&K Assembly polls, urges Shah Faesal

Srinagar (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Movement (JKPM) Chairman Shah Faesal on Thursday urged people to vote for change in the Assembly polls whenever they will be held, adding that Kashmir is placed at the crossroads of its political history.

Judge, who wrote to PM on nepotism, denied farewell party

Lucknow (IANS) Justice Rangnath Pandey, Allahabad High Court judge Rangnath Pandey who wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleging 'favouritism, nepotism and casteism in the appointment of judges, was not given the customary farewell…

CBI questions cops in fake encounter case in Jharkhand

Ranchi (IANS) The CBI has interrogated two officials of the Jharkhand Police in an alleged fake encounter case dating to 2015.

A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team reached Palamau on Wednesday to interrogate Mohhamad Rustam, then officer-in-charge…

Who are you fooling? India says on Pakistan's crackdown on Hafiz Saeed

New Delhi (IANS) India on Thursday slammed Pakistan's crackdown against Mumbai terror attacks mastermind and Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed and his aides as "cosmetic steps", and said Islamabad's sincerity will be judged on the…

CM participates in Rath Yatra, prays to Lord Jaggannath to shower his blessings on all

Ranchi: Chief Minister Raghubar Das along with thousands of other devotees participated in the Rath Yatra which was taken out in the evening from the historic Lord Jagannath Temple located in Dhurwa of the state capital. After offering prayers to…

2 killed 25 missing in Maharashtra dam burst

Ratnagiri (Maharashtra) (IANS) At least two persons were killed and another 25 missing after a small dam burst near Alore-Shirgaon village late on Tuesday, officials said here on Wednesday.

According to police, the Tivare Dam which had started…