The BJP created history on Thursday by returning to power in Tripura and the NDPP-BJP alliance swept the polls in Nagalanad. The BJP is also part of the sweepstakes to form government in Meghalaya having decided to extend support to the National People's Party which emerged as the single-largest party with 26 seats.

BJP and NPP were partners in the outgoing government but had contested the polls separately.

Lucknow's Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport (CCSIA) will soon get a massive upgrade.

The Adani Group plans to invest up to Rs 5,000 crore to upgrade the same.

According to official sources, the Lucknow International Airport Ltd (LIAL) has sought a tariff hike to fund, among other things, a large integrated terminal and associated facilities to increase aircraft movement.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday called upon the G20 countries to build consensus on pressing global challenges and not allow differences on geopolitical tensions to affect overall cooperation, in comments that came amid a bitter rift within the grouping on the Ukraine conflict.

In his video message at the G20 foreign ministers meeting, Modi also referred to Mahatma Gandhi and Buddha and urged the delegates to draw inspiration from India's civilisational ethos to focus not on what divides us, but on what unites us.

Japanese investment giant Softbank has offloaded 3.8 per cent of its stake in fully-integrated logistics service provider Delhivery for Rs 954 crore.

The Japanese fund, going through a bad patch, had invested around $380 million (about Rs 3,100 crore) in Delhivery.

Describing Arvind Kejriwal as the kingpin of the Delhi liquor policy 'scam', the BJP asked on Wednesday as to when will the Chief Minister resign, after two of his ministers -- Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain -- stepped down on Tuesday.

The BJP also termed Manish Sisodia's resignation letter submitted on Tuesday not having any date as playing with the Constitution.

Counting of votes, polled in the February Assembly elections in Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland, began on Thursday morning under three-tier security measures, including central paramilitary forces, officials said.

Poll officials said that prohibitory orders have been promulgated in and around all counting centres as a precautionary measure.

The Supreme Court (SC) will on Thursday pronounce its order on setting up a panel of domain experts to strengthen existing regulatory measures for the stock markets after the Adani-Hindenburg saga. The apex court had reserved its order on February 17.

The bench delivering the verdict will have Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud and Justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala.

Delhi Revenue Minister Kailash Gahlot has been given the additional charge of finance and power while Social Welfare Minister Raaj Kumar Anand will be handling education and health departments till new ministers are appointed in the Cabinet, officials said on Tuesday.

The announcement was made on Tuesday hours after Delhi ministers Manish Sisodia and Satyendra Jain, arrested on corruption charges, resigned from the Arvind Kejriwal-led cabinet.

Shares of Adani Enterprises soared 12 per cent to Rs 1,532.85 on the BSE in Wednesday’s intra-day trade, extending its previous day’s gain, on receipt of Letter of intent (LoI) in respect of Kutrumali bauxite block in Odisha. In past two days, the stock of Adani group flagship firm has rallied 28 per cent. While, from Tuesday’s low, the stock has galloped over 39 per cent.

Adani Enterprises on Tuesday said its arm Mundra Aluminium (MAL) has been declared as the preferred bidder for the Kutrumali bauxite block by the Odisha government.

India’s third-largest private sector lender, Axis Bank, has completed the acquisition of Citibank India’s consumer business and the consumer business of its non-banking finance arm, Citicorp Finance (India) Ltd, for Rs 11,603 crore instead of Rs 12,325 crore estimated earlier.

In a notification to the exchanges, Axis Bank said “…the businesses of Citibank NA and Citicorp Finance Ltd stands transferred to Axis Bank.

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