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Indian billionaire Gautam Adani. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Adani group founder and chairman Gautam Adani and his nephew Sagar have been summoned to explain their stand on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) allegation of paying $265 million (₹2,200 crore) in bribes to secure lucrative solar power contracts. Summons have been sent to…
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The JMM looks set to not only return to power, but also better its 2019 tally. New Delhi: For Hemant Soren, the beginning and end of 2024 could not have been more different. Less than a month into the year, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader was taken into custody by the Enforcement Directorate in a…
Jharkhand Election Results: Hemant Soren’s JMM is poised to form government again. New Delhi: As the JMM-led INDIA bloc crossed the majority mark in the Jharkhand Assembly elections, Chief Minister Hemant Soren took to social media to share a photograph of him and his children. The JMM chief and his wife Kalpana Soren are parents…
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New Delhi: The result of the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly election settled – the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance has all but sealed a thumping victory over the Congress’ Maha Vikas Aghadi combine – the focus is now on who will succeed Eknath Shinde as Chief Minister. Speaking to reporters Saturday evening, the BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis – a…
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Ottawa: After the United Kingdom, Canada said it would “abide” by the arrest warrant issued against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by the International Criminal Court (ICC). “We stand up for international law, and we will abide by all the regulations and rulings of the international courts,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said. “This is just who…
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NATO chief Mark Rutte held talks with US President-elect Donald Trump in Florida on the “global security issues facing the alliance”, a spokeswoman said Saturday. The meeting took place on Friday in Palm Beach, NATO’s Farah Dakhlallah said in a statement. In his first term Trump aggressively pushed Europe to step up defence spending and…
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New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party is leading in six of nine Uttar Pradesh Assembly bypolls held this week, as Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath reasserts control over a state at the core of the BJP’s Hindi voter base. At 2 pm, according to the Election Commission, the BJP was leading in the Kundarki, Ghaziabad, Khair,…
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HD Kumaraswamy with son Nikhil Kumaraswamy during campaign Nikhil Kumaraswamy, the son of Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy, a BJP ally, lost to Congress’ CP Yogeshwara by a margin of 25,413 votes in Channapatna, giving the ruling party in Karnataka something to cheer about after the deflating Maharashtra results. Actor-turned-politician Nikhil Kumaraswamy, who is former Prime…
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After India bowlers restricted Australia to just 104 in the first innings of the first Test in Perth, it was time for openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul to take the team ahead. The left-right combination played sensible cricket, with some able assistance from Australia’s sub-par fielding, and took India to a 150-plus…
Adani Group CFO Jugeshinder Singh. | Photo Credit: Reuters None of Adani group portfolio companies, comprising 11 listed firms, have been accused of any wrongdoing, conglomerate’s CFO Jugeshinder Robbie Singh said on founder and chairman Gautam Adani’s indictment on bribery charges in the US. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Mr. Singh said the…
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