India

New Delhi, Sept 5: A Delhi court Thursday granted anticipatory bail to former finance minister P Chidambaram and his son Karti in Aircel Maxis cases filed by the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate. Special Judge O P Saini granted relief to the Chidambarams and directed them to join the probe in the cases. "In event of arrest, they will be released on a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh and one surety of

New Delhi, Sept 5: Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday assured the crisis-hit automobile industry of all possible support from the government, including taking up the demand of GST reduction with finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Reiterating that the government would help the industry, the road transport and highways minister also said his ministry would give out 68 road projects worth up

New Delhi, Sept 5: The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to intervene against a Delhi High Court order to protect former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram from arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) probing money laundering charges against him in the INX Media case. In a short order, a Bench of Justices R. Banumathi and A.S. Bopanna said anticipatory bail could not be expected as a matter

Sept 5: The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Iltija Javed, daughter of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, to meet her mother who is under detention following the restrictions imposed in the region. Ms. Javed, who moved the Supreme Court on Wednesday, submitted that she is concerned about her mother’s health as she has not met her in a month. Her advocate Aakarsh Kamra said

Manesar, Sept 5: The narrow lanes in Aliyar and Kasan villages in Manesar, an automotive manufacturing hub on New Delhi's southern outskirts, would usually be packed on Sundays with migrant workers employed at the nearby plants enjoying their day off, but not anymore. These are hard times for an area dependent on the fortunes of companies like Maruti Suzuki, the carmaker with the largest market

Mumbai, Sept 4: Disappointing GDP growth numbers along with concerns over US-China trade war and continued outflows of foreign funds from the country's equity market weakened the Indian rupee to 72.40 mark against the US dollar. The rupee which opened at 72 to a US dollar from its last Friday's close of 71.41 depreciated to 72.40 on the back of massive foreign fund outflows. "Lower GDP numbers at

London, Sept 4: The body of a man found off a cliff in England is believed to be that of the missing son of a Telangana BJP leader, the police said. Ujwal Sriharsha Sanne, the son of Khammam district BJP president Sanne Uday Pratap, had been missing for a few days and a massive search was launched for him. A body was recovered on Sunday at Beachy Head, a chalk headland cliffs in East Sussex

New Delhi, Sept 3: Complying with the Supreme Court's order, a Delhi court on Tuesday extended till September 5 the CBI custody of former finance minister P Chidambaram in the INX Media case. Earlier on Tuesday, the apex court had ordered maintenance of status quo in the case and directed that the CBI custody of Chidambaram be extended till September 5. Reading out the apex court's order, special

Bengaluru, Sept 3: The slide of Indian rupee continued against the US dollar as it crashed below the 90-mark in trade Tuesday while markets turned red falling over 400 points. The domestic currency opened 55 paise lower in the Interbank Forex Markets at 71.95 against the greenback, as the outflow of foreign investors from Indian markets continued. The rupee continued to depreciate further and

Bhopal, Sept 3: Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader Medha Patkar on Monday night ended her nine-day-long hunger strike after discussions with Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath's emissary and former chief secretary S C Behar at Chota Bad-da in Barwani district of the state. After discussions Behar offered Patkar lemon juice to end her hunger strike in support of the Sardar Sarovar Dam