Sebi exempts Spice Healthcare from making open offer for SpiceJet shareholders
New Delhi: Markets regulator Sebi has exempted Spice Healthcare Pvt Ltd from making an open offer to SpiceJet shareholders in relation to acquisition of additional shares in the airline. On conversion of warrants that were issued to it, Spice Healthcare, a promoter group entity, would be acquiring an additional 13,14,08,514 equity shares in the airline. […]
Pakistan man awarded death sentence for insulting Prophet Muhammad on social media
Lahore: A Pakistan court awarded a death sentence to a man from the Punjab province for insulting the Prophet Muhammad on social media, a court official said on Saturday. Blasphemy, especially insult to the Prophet, is an offense punishable by death in Pakistan. “Additional Sessions Court Judge Shahbaz Iqbal Tarar of Sarai Alamgir on Friday […]
EAM Jaishankar discusses trade, global and regional issues with Swiss counterpart
Geneva: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held wide-ranging discussions with his Swiss counterpart Ignazio Daniele Giovanni Cassis on bilateral ties, with a focus on leveraging the trade agreement between India and four-nation European bloc EFTA, which includes Switzerland, the MEA said on Saturday. Jaishankar was here on a two-day visit which concluded on Friday. In […]
Lanka prez Wickremesinghe promises commission to address missing persons issue if re-elected
Colombo: Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Saturday assured that his government would set up a commission to address the issue of disappeared persons within five years if he is re-elected in the upcoming presidential poll. According to an estimate, around 20,000 people are believed to be missing after the end of the nearly three-decade […]
Maldives signs MoU with China to facilitate current account transactions in respective currencies
Male: Maldives has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with People’s Bank of China to establish a framework for current account transactions and direct investments in their respective currencies and announced that it may soon have a branch of China’s biggest bank, ICBC. China, which is Maldives’ one of the largest trade partners with bilateral trade […]
Two forest officials arrested for taking bribe in Kathua
Jammu: Two forest department officials were arrested for allegedly taking a bribe to release pending bills to a contractor in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district on Saturday, an Anti-Corruption Bureau official said. Forester Rashpaul Singh and forest guard Avdesh Singh were caught red-handed while taking an illegal gratification of Rs 15,000 to release pending payment […]
JCO Martyred in encounter with terrorists cremated with full military honours in Rajouri
Rajouri/Jammu: A junior commissioned officer (JCO) of the Indian Army, who was killed in an encounter with terrorists, was cremated with full military honours at his village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Saturday. Naib Subedar Vipan Kumar (42), along with Sepoy Arvind Singh from Himachal Pradesh, was killed while two other soldiers were […]
It is three dynasties versus youths of J&K: PM Modi at first election rally in J&K
Jammu: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the upcoming assembly election is a contest between the young leadership devoted to Jammu and Kashmir’s development and the three dynastic families that “destroyed” the region by “encouraging” corruption and “depriving” the people of their rights. Addressing an election rally in support of BJP candidates in […]
BJP master at providing lip service, empty rhetoric won’t work in Assembly polls: J&K Cong
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Congress launched a counter attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday and said the BJP is a “master at providing lip service” and its “empty rhetoric” will not work in the upcoming Assembly polls in the Union Territory. The opposition party also claimed that the BJP […]
SVEEP Team Kulgam continues Voter Awareness Activities
KULGAM: In an ongoing effort to promote voter awareness and participation, the Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) team of Kulgam continued its dedicated activities across the district. As part of this initiative, local artists creatively conveyed the importance of voting, targeting all sections of the community. The SVEEP team organized a series of […]
