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GANDHINAGAR: Offering a pre-Diwali bonus for women, chief minister Anandiben Patel decided on Monday to increase the quantum of reservations for women in state government jobs by 3% — now, the quota stands at 33%. The decision follows the CM’s announcement of 33% reservation for women in the police force. Though the current rise in […]

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Monday barred the country’s leading real estate developer DLF Ltd and its six top officials, including chairman K P Singh, his son and vice chairman Rajiv Singh and daughter Pia Singh, who is a whole-time director, from accessing the capital market for three years for non-disclosure

Two months ago, when a 20-year-old Hindu woman alleged she was kidnapped, gangraped and forcibly converted to Islam, it had all of Uttar Pradesh on the boil. Her story became grist for the mill in the run-up to the state bypolls, fuelling a BJP campaign against what it calls “love-jihad in which Muslim men trick

An 18-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her neighbour, who also set her on fire after the crime in Faridpur area here on Monday, police said. The incident took place this afternoon when the girl was alone in her home and neighbour, Kantu, not only raped her but also set her on fire in Khemunagla village, police said. She

New Delhi:  The Supreme Court on Monday refused to intervene on a controversy arising out of a statement by the Shankaracharya of Dwarkapeeth regarding worshiping Sai Baba leading to derogatory statements made against the saint and removal of his idol from some temples. A bench headed by Justice T S Thakur observed that such issues cannot

NEW DELHI: Do you remember the last time you used a horse-cart instead of a car? Probably not. Yet, the 1861 stage carriage act, which regulates horse-drawn carriages, continues to be on the statute book, long after it ceased to be useful. Or did you know a law gives the state the power to induct

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has dismissed KP Singh-led DLF Home Developers Ltd’s plea questioning whether the Competition Commission of India (CCI) had the jurisdiction to probe allegations of anti-competitive practices against it regarding its residential projects in Gurgaon. The CCI will decide the complaint case against DLF on merit, the court said. The

NEW DELHI:  Jayalalithaa, the former chief minister of Tamil Nadu, will spend this working week in jail in Bangalore. The Supreme Court has decided to hear her request for bail on Friday. The 66-year-old was arrested in September being given a four-year sentence for corruption while in office during her first term as Chief Minister from

Police on Sunday ruled out that the firing by armed men at two policemen in Connaught Place (CP) was part of any terror plot. Police arrested a resident of Moradabad, a day after he along with two associates opened fire at the policemen, triggering fears of a terror attack in the capital ahead of Diwali.

The Income Tax Department has yet again lost a legal battle against Vodafone India Tele Services after the Bombay high court ruled in favour of Vodafone in the transfer pricing case relating to undervaluation of share capital issued by Vodafone India Services Private Limited (Vodafone India) to its Mauritius parent. Vodafone had received a notice