Banks move NCLT to invoke personal guarantee of promoters

Mumbai (IANS) Several banks have started moving the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) to invoke the personal guarantees given by promoters of defaulting companies.

According to banking sources, leading banks, including State Bank of India…

3 Bangladeshi jihadis nabbed in Kolkata

Kolkata (IANS) Three suspected terrorists of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) have been nabbed from Kolkata's Haridevpur area.

The three were picked up from a rented flat in Haridevpur on the western suburbs of the city on Sunday evening.

38 killed in lightning strike in UP, Yogi orders relief

Lucknow (IANS) At least 38 people were killed in eleven districts of Uttar Pradesh, after being struck by lightning, thunder and rain.

According to reports, the deaths occured on Sunday evening. Fourteen people died in Prayagraj, five in Kanpur…

Struck by lightning: 11 Jaipur tourists die in Amer watch tower

Jaipur (IANS) Eleven tourists lost their lives and another eight sustained injuries during a lightning strike near the Amer Fort.

The incident is from Sunday when these tourists were out enjoy a pleasant evening -- some were busy taking selfies…

Not a single Congress MLA in Goa will defect this time: Chodankar

Panaji (IANS) Savaged repeatedly over the departure of 13 MLAs to the BJP since the 2017 Assembly polls, Goa Congress President Girish Chodankar on Monday said that the party had tweaked its candidate selection procedure to ensure that not a single…

May's YoY industrial output rises on base effect, eases sequentially

New Delhi (IANS) Low base effect on a year-on-year basis pushed India's industrial output higher by 29.3 per cent, but the production growth rate was slower sequentially.

The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) for May rose by over 29…

Maha Cong chief backtracks after accusing CM, Dy CM of 'watching' him

Mumbai (IANS) Hours after levelling serious allegations that Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar were keeping tabs on him, state Congress President Nana Patole suddenly backtracked, claiming he was "misinterpreted"…

Twitter finally appoints India-based grievance officer

New Delhi (IANS) Paying heed to India's demand, Twitter has finally appointed Vinay Prakash as its Resident Grievance officer (RGO) for the country.

The micro-blogging platform had informed the Delhi High Court last week that it will take…

CGST officials bust network of 23 firms over bogus ITC claims

New Delhi (IANS) Officers of the Anti-Evasion branch of Central Goods and Service Tax (CGST) Commissionerate, Delhi (West) have unearthed a case of availing and passing on of inadmissible input tax credit (ITC) through goods-less invoices of around…

Terror funding case: NIA team arrests several persons in Kashmir

Srinagar (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) team on Sunday carried out raids at many places in Kashmir and arrested several persons, including the chairman of an Islamic seminary in connection with a terror funding case.

The NIA…