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We might be headed towards a massive showdown between Narendra Modi govt and Urijit Patel’s RBI

Patel is under pressure for further tightening the screws on undercapitalised banks and errant corporate borrowers that are worried they may lose prized assets.

Former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia sentenced to 7 years in another graft case

This is the second graft case the former PM is serving for misappropriating funds from organisations in her husband's name.

Electrocution, rail accidents, encroachment: Why elephants keep dying in India

Just last week, 7 elephants died of electrocution in Odisha. Experts deplore lack of research and data into changing behaviour of elephants.

Delhi High Court questions CBI for no response on Asthana’s plea to quash his FIR

The court also directed CBI to file reply on two pleas on or before November 1.

Law school asks complainants to vacate campus after they allege sexual harassment

The alleged perpetrator, an assistant professor of Symbiosis Law School Hyderabad, was also suspended following the complaint.

Vice-chancellor of a central university accused of faking German PhD, HRD seeks answers

The vice-chancellor of Bihar's Mahatma Gandhi Central University is believed to have studied at a German institute but couldn't complete his thesis.

Supreme Court to fix schedule of Ayodhya land dispute cases in January 2019

A three-judge bench headed by CJI Ranjan Gogoi said an appropriate bench will decide the course of hearing in the Ayodhya case in January 2019.

Mired in #MeToo, Suhel Seth loses contract with Tata Sons

Tata Sons issues statement, says will not renew contract with branding consultant Suhel Seth, accused of sexual harassment by at least 6 women.  

Pilot of crashed Indonesian Lion Air was a 31-year-old from Delhi

Captain Bhavye Suneja, alumnus of Ahlcon Public School, hailed from Delhi’s Mayur Vihar. He joined Lion Air in 2011.

Indonesia flight with 188 on board crashes into sea minutes after takeoff from Jakarta

The 181 passengers of the Lion Air flight from the Indonesia capital included three children, two of them infants.

On Camera

India-Pakistan marriage breakdown that British can’t stop crying about

Ever since the Love Is Blind: UK episode dropped, there has been a collective meltdown online over the separation of Pakistan-origin Kal Pasha and Indian-origin Sarover Kaur Aujla.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.