Jaipur, Aug 7 (IANS) Jailed self-styled godman Asaram, who is serving life sentences in rape cases in both Gujarat and Rajasthan, has once again received temporary relief on Thursday. The Gujarat High Court has extended his interim bail for medical treatment till August 21.Following this extension, it is now expected that Asaram will also move the Rajasthan High Court seeking a similar extension of interim bail in the Jodhpur rape case.Earlier, the jailed self-styled godman had approached the Su…

Chandigarh, Aug 7 (IANS) Former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Thursday asked the Haryana government to stop “playing the game of holding meetings” with the Punjab government and file contempt proceedings against the latter in the Sutlej Yamuna Link (SYL) canal issue as the Supreme Court has already decided in favour of Haryana. Congress leader Hooda said “it is now the responsibility of the Union government to get Haryana its due share of water”. Reacting to the meeting of Punj…

Lucknow, Aug 7 (IANS) Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani on Thursday exhorted students of IIM Lucknow to be prepared to face a future that never unfolds as neatly as it appears in classrooms and have the courage to build new pathways to overcome unprecedented challenges to achieve success.Gautam Adani advised them to opt for conviction over caution, consequence over comfort, creation over conformity, and conscience over convenience in making their decision as leaders.”The future is messy, uncerta…

Neemuch, Aug 7 (IANS) Kartik Khandelwal, a city resident, has become the toast of town because of his tremendous success as a start-up entrepreneur and also over the unique business of selling herbs and spices online. PM Modi’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’ – a monthly radio program- served as the driving force behind his aspiring journey as an entrepreneur, as he started with a meagre capital of Rs 20,000 and went on to set up a company, with an annual turnover of Rs 70 lakhs.Being a BCA graduate, he wa…

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 7 (IANS) In a major organisational overhauling, the Kerala Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Rajeev Chandrasekhar, on Thursday, announced a 23-member core committee, comprising a mix of national and state leaders, as part of efforts to revamp the party’s organisational unit in the state. This is the largest core committee constituted so far in Kerala BJP’s history, and notably includes two Union Ministers from the state — Suresh Gopi and George Kurian — as well as …

New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Amid India’s quickly changing logistics and procurement landscape, the International Procurement and Supply Chain Conference (IPSC) was organised here by the Blue Ocean Corporation and industry association ASSOCHAM to prepare the country for a leadership role in the field.Greenline Mobility Solutions CEO and ASSOCHAM’s Logistics and Warehousing Council Co-Chairman, Anand Mimani, emphasised that effective supply chain and procurement systems are essential to accomplishing …

New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday issued a strong rebuttal to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s allegations of “vote theft” in Karnataka, asking him to give a complaint on oath or stop misleading citizens.Issuing a “Fact Check” on the allegations made by Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, the ECI also circulated a format for a declaration on oath which Gandhi could use for filing a complaint related to allegations he made about the 2024 Lok Sabha ele…

New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) The government has taken various steps to support the growth of a gas-based economy, which include augmenting the availability of LNG for various sectors, open general licensing (OGL) and others, the Parliament was informed on Thursday.”Demand of natural gas in the country is met through domestic production of natural gas as well as import of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG),” Minister of State of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Suresh Gopi, said in a written reply in Lok Sabha.Eig…

Agartala, Aug 7 (IANS) The Tripura High Court has asked the Registrar Judicial to conduct an inquiry about the grant of bail to six murder accused by the Additional District and Sessions Court in south Tripura district’s Belonia, despite rejection of their bail application by the high court, a senior lawyer on Thursday said. Justice Biswajit Palit of the high court also served notices to the six murder accused, directing them to explain why their bail should not be cancelled.The six accused we…

Kolkata, Aug 7 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Thursday, again questioned whether the Election Commission of India (ECI) had any authority to direct the Trinamool Congress government to suspend any state government employee, who has been appointed as election officer, as the polling dates for the state had been announced and the model code of conduct was in place. The questions raised by the Chief Minister on this decision came in reaction to the ECI’s directive to the West…