Month: May 2019

Bishop Franco Mulakkal appears in court

Kottayam (Ker) : Bishop Franco Mulakkal, accused of raping and sexually assaulting a nun in Kerala, Friday appeared before a magistrate court in Pala. The Pala Judicial First Class Magistrate Court (JFMC), which issued summons to the accused last week directing him to appear before it on May 10, […]

Rahul Gandhi seeks closure of criminal contempt proceedings against him, SC reserves verdict

New Delhi : Congress President Rahul Gandhi Friday told the Supreme Court that he has already tendered unconditional apology for wrongly attributing to it his “chowkidar chor hai” remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the criminal contempt proceedings against him be closed. A bench headed by Chief […]

Doctor gets bail in minor’s molestation case

Mumbai : A special court here has granted bail to an elderly doctor from suburban Bandra, accused of molesting his neighbour’s 14-year-old daughter. Special POCSO judge S J Gharat recently granted bail to the 63-year-old doctor, Kumar Ram Kanuga, in connection with the incident that took place nearly a […]

HC says authorities to decide on allowing tusker in Pooram

Kochi : The Kerala High Court Friday refused to interfere in a petition seeking to allow a 54-year-old celebrity jumbo to take part in the state’s famous Thrissur Pooram festival next week, saying the authorities concerned should take a decision on the matter. When the plea came up for […]

SC seeks Centre’s reply on plea to regulate Netflix, Amazon Prime Video content

New Delhi : The Supreme Court Friday asked for the Centre’s response on a plea seeking guidelines to regulate the functioning of online media streaming platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video which display “uncertified and sexually explicit” content. A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv […]

Amazon’s Bezos unveils lunar lander project ‘Blue Moon’

Washington :  Jeff Bezos, the richest man in the world and head of space company Blue Origin, announced Thursday his intent to participate in the new race to the Moon with a high-tech lander to carry vehicles and equipment. “This is Blue Moon,” the 55-year-old said at a carefully […]

Sensex, Nifty turn choppy; HCL Tech cracks 4 pc

Mumbai :  Domestic equity benchmarks BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty were trading on a choppy note early Friday amid uncertainty over US-China trade deal and continued foreign fund outflow. After opening over 150 points higher, the 30-share index turned cautious and fell 17.32 points, or 0.15 per cent, to […]

Syndicate Bank’s Q4 profit at Rs 128 cr

New Delhi :  Syndicate Bank Friday reported a profit of Rs 128.02 crore for the March quarter of 2018-19 financial year on a modest rise in core income and slight improvement in bad loan ratio. The public sector lender posted a loss of Rs 2,195.12 crore during January-March quarter […]

UPL announces 26.75 pc stake buy in Allfresh

New Delhi : Agrochemical firm UPL Friday said it has acquired 26.75 per cent stake in Allfresh Supply Management for Rs 9.24 crore in an all-cash deal. The deal will be completed by May 20, 2019 and will be subject to compliance of certain conditions, UPL said in a […]

SBI reports net profit of Rs 838 cr in Mar 2019 quarter; trims bad loan ratio

New Delhi : Country’s largest lender SBI Friday said it has reported net profit of Rs 838.40 crore in fourth quarter of 2018-19 fiscal on a standalone basis as non-performing assets (NPAs) came down. The state-owned lender had witnessed a net loss of Rs 7,718.17 crore during the corresponding […]

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