At IIT Delhi this week, the investor Gaurav Dalmia gave students twelve stories about how wealth gets made. The one that stays with you is about how easily it could have gone to someone else.Some years ago, Rajiv Bajaj was in Sikar, Rajasthan, in his great-grandfather’s village, filming a documentary about his family. In the…
NEW DELHI: Jharkhand Tribal leader Nisha Kumari Bhagat was found dead at her residence in Ranchi on Friday, hours after allegedly going live on Facebook and speaking about threats she faced for raising her voice against the Jharkhand government and alleged land brokers.Police suspect suicide, though the exact circumstances surrounding her death are yet to…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission (EC) on Friday announced that voters excluded from the draft electoral rolls during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in seven states will be given another opportunity to have their names included in the final electoral rolls.The directive applies to electors who were issued enumeration forms but were left…
The government has maintained that it is not challenging or seeking a review of the March 11 judgment. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday clarified that its March 11 ruling on determining the creamy layer status of Other Backward Class (OBC) candidates would not reopen completed appointments, promotions or seniority positions.The top court said…
SC sends notice to Kerala Congress over CJI post NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has issued a contempt notice to office-bearers of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) over a social media post targeting Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, observing that freedom of expression cannot be used as a shield to interfere with…
‘Imposter’ posed as Delhi police to seek blocking of IFF, SFLC accounts, X tells HC Social media platform X told the Delhi high court on Friday that notices directing it to block the accounts of the Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) and the Software Freedom Law Centre (SFLC) had been sent by an imposter and not…
Actor appealed to students, young people, civil society members and representatives of various organisations to participate in the demonstration NEW DELHI: Actor Prakash Raj has urged people to join an anti-Special Intensive Revision (SIR) protest in Kochi on Saturday, November 7, saying citizens must come together to “save our democracy”.In a video message on X,…
The order also streamlines travel and identification protocols for the citizens of Nepal and Bhutan. NEW DELHI: The Union home ministry has relaxed passport and visa requirements for several categories of foreign nationals residing in India, including Pakistani citizens who entered prior to December 31, 2009 with the intention to permanently reside in India but…
He also highlighted the gains made by candidates from minority communities and people of Indian origin NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday said the results of the US midterm elections would have little impact on India-US relations, asserting that President Donald Trump retains considerable powers to pursue his foreign policy agenda despite the…
‘Rahul’s offer to debate still stands’: Tharoor challenges BJP amid SIR row NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday backed Rahul Gandhi‘s offer to debate the government’s allegations in Parliament, saying the House should reconvene as it has not yet been prorogued.“Parliament has not yet been prorogued, so let it reconvene. If Parliament reconvenes,…
