Amid massive uproar over the Kathua rape and murder case, President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday said, ‘it was shameful that despite 70 years of Independence, such an incident took place in the country.’

‘We have to think what kind of society are we developing. It is our responsibility to ensure such a thing does not happen to any girl or woman,’ the President said during an event at Vaishno Devi University in Jammu and Kashmir’s Katra on Wednesday.

Indian police have launched an investigation into a Delhi-based pharmaceutical company for allegedly defrauding state-run Punjab & Sind Bank and four other banks of 6.21 billion rupees ($94.57 million), police said.

Investigation is continuing, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the federal police, said in a statement on Tuesday. The CBI said the searches were conducted at seven locations and recovered some documents.

Virat Kohli earned the right to wear the Orange Cap as he become the batsman with most runs in this year's Indian Premier League (IPL 2018) so far. Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain Kohli scored 92 not out against Mumbai Indians (MI) on Tuesday night.

However, Kohli didn't just climb to top of the run scorers' list in this IPL but he also overtook Suresh Raina to become the highest all-time scorer in the Indian Premier League.

An acute shortage of currency paper is a major trigger for the current cash crunch affecting the printing of Rs 2000, 500 and 100 notes as the government could not meet the shortfall post demonetization when new notes had to be hurriedly printed.

With little inflow of the currency paper the scarcity could not be compensated as there was a sharp drop in imports and even the indigenous manufacturing did not meet the demands, DNA has learnt from officials privy to the details.

Criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his long silence over the Kathua and Unnao rape cases, his predecessor Manmohan Singh asked him to follow his own advice and speak more often.

Two recent incidents -the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir and the alleged rape of a teenager by a BJP MLA in Unnao - have triggered massive protests in the country. After a long silence, Narendra Modi on Friday called the incidents shame for the country and asserted that the guilty will not be spared.

Automobile major Tata Motors is projected to post a standalone profit in the quarter ended March 31, 2018. This could be the second consecutive quarter of standalone profit for the company after five successive loss-making quarters, marking a turnaround of sorts.

Automobile major Tata Motors is projected to post a standalone profit in the quarter ended March 31, 2018. This could be the second consecutive quarter of standalone profit for the company after five successive loss-making quarters, marking a turnaround of sorts.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed a National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) order that had allowed for partial sale of assets of Reliance Communications Ltd (RCom) to Reliance Jio Infocomm until the tribunal decides on the case.

The top court order effectively halts the RCom-Jio deal worth Rs25,000 crore to the extent of sale of tower and fibre assets.

To ensure smooth operations, CIL management put a multi-pronged plan into action at all company mines in the wake of yesterday’s protest call given by trade union CITU against commercial mining, the government today said. Four central trade unions of CIL had served notice to go on a one-day strike on April 16, protesting against the commercial coal mining.

BENGALURU: Market regulator Sebi has accepted a settlement application filed by Infosys following the latter’s inquiry into alleged inadequate disclosures and procedural lapses in the severance agreement with former CFO Rajiv Bansal, sources told TOI.

The settlement application is now before Sebi’s Advisory Committee headed by Vijay C Daga, retired judge of the Bombay high court, for a decision on the quantum of monetary penalty, the sources said.

Mumbai: State-run insurer Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) booked record equity trading profits of Rs25,000 crore in 2017-18, up from Rs19,000 crore a year ago, said two people aware of the matter.

The state-owned insurer is finalizing its annual accounts and these will be published in May.

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