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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The unnamed narrator of Geetanjali Shree’s novel Our City That Year (recently translated by Daisy Rockwell from the original Hindi, Hamara Sheher Us Baras, 1998) tells us the story of three young people—writer Shruti, her sociologist husband Hanif and their friend/landlord Sharad, who is also Hanif’s colleague—struggling to respond to communal violence in their unnamed city. The book’s fourth principal character is Daddu, Sharad’s retired father, a genteel, progressive, profoundly moral figure.

Air India has refunded the airfare to an India-origin CEO who had complained about facilities in the first class cabin during his recent Chicago-Delhi flight. His video showing various shortcomings in the cabin had gone viral. There was no official comment from Air India. «Come with me on the worst first class cabin I have ever been on,» Anip Patel said in a recent video posted on Instagram and also mentioned in detail about his flight. On the social media platform, Patel mentioned that he recently endured a 15-hour non-stop flight from Chicago to Delhi and that it was far from pleasant.

venture fund set up by former defence secretary Ajay Kumar has raised Rs 400 crore and closed its first deal, with three more deals approaching finalisation. In a first for a former defence secretary of India, Kumar turned an entrepreneur by launching MGF-Kavachh, an alternative investment fund approved by the Securities and Exchange Board of India, in January, following the completion of his mandatory cooling-off period after retirement. «We have so far raised Rs 400 crore with a visibility of reaching Rs 500 crore soon. Our plan is to invest in 30 startups in sectors like defence, space and deep tech,» Kumar told ET in a phone interview from Washington DC, where he is currently on a work trip.

Atishi on Saturday took oath as the new chief minister of Delhi following Arvind Kejriwal's resignation. As per the recent announcement, Atishi will head the 13 existing departments (that she had, earlier) including Education, Finance, Power, Water. AAP leader and Cabinet minister Saurabh Bharadwaj will take charge of eight departments including Health, Urban Development and Social Welfare. Minister Gopal Rai will have three departments including Environment.

AAP) leader Atishi was sworn-in to lead the national capital till February 2025, when the term of this government is scheduled to end. Leitenant General VK Saxena administered oath of Atishi alongside her new team of Ministers which includes veterans Gopal Rai, Kailash Gahlot, Saurabh Bharadwaj, Imran Hussain and a fresh face, Mukesh Ahlawat. Atishi was chosen unanimously as the Chief Minister designate during the AAP legislature party meeting on Tuesday, following Arvind Kejriwal's resignation, which changed Delhi's political landscape.

Delhi New CM Oath Ceremony 2024 Live Updates: Aam Aadmi Party (AA) leader Atishi will take oath as the new Delhi Chief Minister at Raj Niwas around 4:30 pm on Saturday. Atishi will be the 17th woman chief minister in the country and the third woman Chief Minister of Delhi, after Sushma Swaraj and Sheila Dikshit.Five others will be sworn-in as ministers.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has advised banks to seek legal remedy in case of a stand-off with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) over matters classified as fraud. The RBI's advice was in response to the CBI returning complaints filed by some banks to probe accounts tagged as fraud and where they have already filed an FIR (first information report). In several cases, the investigative agency has informed the lender that its complaint has been returned because the borrower concerned has not been given an in-person hearing before the account was classified as fraud.

Housing sales are estimated to decline 18% during July-September quarter across nine major cities to 1,04,393 units on high base, according to PropEquity data. Real estate data analytic firm PropEquity on Friday released the data for housing sales across nine major cities. Sales stood at 1,26,848 units in the same period last year. As per the data, the housing sales are estimated to rise only in Delhi NCR (22%) and Navi Mumbai (4%) during July-September period of this year.

Quad summit this weekend, Australian PM Anthony Albanese appears to have broken ranks with the US and Canada, co-members of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance, on the issue of Indian «spies» in Australia by pointing out that such matters are raised privately. Responding to media queries during his ongoing US trip on the «nest of Indian spies» in Australia, Albanese said, «Well, what I do is act diplomatically and have those discussions, and that will, no doubt, be something that is raised.

India or engaging people to promote, operate and grow their businesses from the Indian market will have to pay tax attributable to such setups even if these MNCs report losses in their global balance-sheets. This was laid down by a three-judge bench of the Delhi High Court in a ruling which would impact several MNCs using liaison office, subsidiary, or a fixed place like a hotel room — arrangements which are considered as 'permanent establishment' or PEs in tax parlance — to meet customers, negotiate prices, and market products and services. The ruling, pronounced on September 19, was in response to a petition by the UAE-based Hyatt International Southwest Asia which had a fixed place or PE in India at the premises of Hyatt Regency hotel in Delhi.

centralized dashboard for targeted policy intervention. Central team led by labour and employment secretary Sumita Dawra held discussions in this regard with five eastern states on Friday in Bhubaneswar. These included Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh. This is the fourth meeting in a series of regional consultations being held by the ministry of labour and employment nationwide with the states and union territories (UTs) on key labour and employment issues.

Dara Shukoh, the favorite son and favored successor of the Mughal Emperor Shahjahan who built the Taj Mahal.It was the last text he wrote, published in 1655 circa, which led to his humiliation, defeat and eventual death. He was tortured and beheaded for blasphemy by his brother Aurangzeb, because of his “Confluence of two seas”, where he attempted to bring together Hinduism and Islam.

Supreme Court on Friday directed a Union government-appointed high-level committee probing the death of three IAS aspirants in a coaching centre here in July due to flooding in the building's basement to submit interim measures in four weeks to prevent such incidents. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan directed the Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi governments to apprise the court of policy, legislative and administrative changes made to prevent a repeat of such incidents. It said uniform initiatives should be taken in the entire National Capital Region to prevent another Old Rajendra Nagar-type incident from happening. «If the need arises, we will pass directions for pan-India to prevent Old Rajendra Nagar-type incidents,» the bench observed.

quick-commerce platforms like Blinkit and BB Now it will be delivered to your doorstep within minutes. Albinder Dhindsa, the co-founder and CEO of Blinkit, informed in a social media post on Friday that the company will deliver the iPhone 16 in Delhi, NCR, Mumbai, Pune, and Bengaluru on the very launch day of the iPhone. «Get the all-new iPhone 16 delivered in 10 minutes! We've partnered with @UnicornAPR for the third year in a row, bringing the latest iPhone to Blinkit customers in Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Pune, Bengaluru (for now) — on launch day! P.S — Unicorn is also providing discounts with select credit cards and EMI options are available too,» said Dhindsa.

Trilokpuri area of the national capital. Aam Aadmi Party MLA Rohit Kumar Mehraulia said that the pit may have been caved in due to heavy rain this year. «This incident happened around 9 pm...we informed the police, and they came here and placed barricades and stopped people from going there. This pit must have formed due to heavy rain this year,» he said on Thursday.

High Net Worth Individuals (HNWI), Chief Executive Officers (CEO), businessmen and Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) are part of India's first Fast Track Immigration-Trusted Traveller Programme (FTI-TTP). As many as 18,400 individuals, frequent global travellers and OCI card holders have been registered in the programme online for availing the service, said a senior home ministry official. Besides Delhi's IGI Airport, the services in the first phase will be made operational at major airports including Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Cochin, Ahmedabad. According to officials, 60% faster immigration clearance to 1,500 passengers have been granted through e-Gates so far. The facility will be expanded to 21 airports. When asked about the personal data of those enrolled for the programme, a senior official said, «the personal data is safe and secure and details are not to be shared.» As per the programme, «Eligible individuals can apply online for the fast-track immigration facility. Those with approved applications are called to submit their biometrics (fingerprint and facial image) at the international airports in India or the Foreigners Regional Registration Offices (FRRO).»

AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal will join the party's campaign in poll-bound Haryana with a roadshow in the Jagadhri constituency on September 20, AAP national general secretary (organisation) Sandeep Pathak said on Thursday. He will also participate in 13 events across 11 districts, covering the Dabwali, Rania, Bhiwani, Meham, Kalayat, Assandh and Ballabhgarh constituencies, among others, in the coming days, Pathak said at a press conference. «AAP national convenor Kejriwal has come out of jail after defeating the BJP's conspiracy. Now he is fully prepared for the election campaign in Haryana and will start on September 20,» he said. His further campaign schedule will be announced later, he added.

MB Patil has taken exception to Union Commerce & Industries Minister Piyush Goyal’s comment that “we should aspire to have our own Silicon Valley” wondering if Bengaluru was no longer one. The union minister’s comments were “unwarranted,” as Bengaluru is globally renowned for its technology and startup ecosystem, he told ET. The two ministers sparred on the microblogging site after Goyal’s comments at an event in Delhi on Monday went viral. The union minister put out a clarificatory post on Thursday in response to Patil’s comments. “Silicon Valley in Bengaluru is suffering from the apathy of the State Govt to provide logistics support, quality infrastructure, good roads whereas the Central Govt. continues to support the State even in developing an industrial township in Tumakuru under the Chennai-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor.

Aam Aadmi Party leader Atishi set to be sworn-in as Delhi's new Chief Minister on September 21, a cabinet rejig has also been announced by the party on Thursday. The Arvind Kejriwal-led party has named Mukesh Ahlawat, MLA from Sultan Pur Majra, as part of the new cabinet. Meanwhile, Ministers Gopal Rai, Kailash Gehlot, Saurabh Bharadwaj, Imran Hussain who currently handle Environment, Finance, Health and Food respectively, have been retained in the new cabinet.

Joint Parliamentary Committee on Waqf Amendment Bill 2024 on Thursday commenced their meeting at the Parliament Library Building with the agenda of listening to suggestions by several muslim boards and experts. As per the new schedule, the meeting will now be held on September 19 and 20, 2024. A meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, was earlier scheduled for September 18, 19 and 20 at the Parliament House Annexe in the capital city of New Delhi. JPC to hear suggestions today: In the meeting, representatives from the Ministry of Minority Affairs will record oral evidence before the committee on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024.The Joint Parliamentary Committee will also hear the views or suggestions of some experts and stakeholders, such as Prof Faizan Mustafa, Vice Chancellor, Chanakya National Law University, Patna; Pasmanda Muslim Mahaaz and All Indian Muslim Personal Law Board, on the bill.

Noida Toll Bridge Company Limited (NTBCL), the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has quashed a massive tax demand of approximately ₹21,000 crore. The listed entity, part of the IL&FS Group, operates the Delhi-Noida-Delhi (DND) flyover, a critical infrastructure link between the two cities. The tax demand, spanning nine financial years from 2006 to 2015, included ₹10,893 crore in alleged unpaid taxes and the same amount in penalties. The Income Tax department had accused NTBCL of concealing income and failure to submit accurate income details. The Income Tax department issued an assessment order on December 31, 2008, followed by reassessment proceedings. These proceedings sought to disallow amortization of interest on zero-coupon bonds issued by NTBCL and taxed designated returns as income. Additionally, the department classified land provided by NOIDA/DDA on lease as a subsidy and disallowed depreciation on the DND Toll Bridge.