Quota fraud: Puja Khedkar sacked from IAS with immediate effect

The central government has discharged Puja Khedkar from the Indian Administrative Service with immediate effect, over a month after the Union Public Service Commission cancelled her selection,......

Plea in SC seeks halt on export of weapons to Israel

A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Centre to cancel licences and not to grant new ones to Indian firms exporting arms and other military equipment to Israel, which......

UPSC cracks down on IAS officer Puja Khedkar, files FIR for forgery

The Union Public Service Commission on Friday said it has lodged a criminal case against probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar for faking her identity to fraudulently avail attempts in the civil......

Same law for Kejriwal and aam aadmi, ED tells high court

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday told the Delhi high court that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, arrested in a money laundering case linked with the alleged excise scam, cannot claim......

With more seats, IndiGo pips Air India on international routes

While IndiGo had 11.8 per cent of all the international seats to and fro India in the last week of August, Air India's seat share was 11.4 per cent. Emirates came third with 8.1 per cent, and rest......

Hazards of investing in ponzi schemes

The news of Bengaluru-based IMA cheating thousands once again underlines the need for investors to steer clear of unregulated deposit schemes.The most important sign of a Ponzi scheme is the......

Why HUL, Nestle gave Rs 175 crore to govt's consumer welfare fund

The deposit has been made on account of the rate reductions approved by the GST Council in its November.The rate was reduced on items including shampoo, detergents, chocolates, beauty products,......

HUL, Nestle not sure how to pay profiteering sums

Experts point out that National Anti-profiteering Authority does not have the power to advise companies on depositing amounts voluntarily. Six months after the National Anti-profiteering......

Sprinter Hima exonerated by NADA over doping charges

IMAGE: Hima Das had won a 400m individual silver at the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games. She was also a part of the gold and silver-winning women's 4x400m and mixed 4x400m relay quartets in Jakarta.......