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MUMBAI : Kotak Mahindra Bank's new managing director and chief executive officer, Ashok Vaswani, has expressed greater concern over the reputational fallout of the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) restrictions on the bank than their financial impact. During his first earnings press conference on Saturday, Vaswani stressed that regaining the trust of customers and regulators would be the bank's utmost priority. To achieve this, the focus would be on upgrading technology systems and accelerating investments.

Dividend Stocks: Shares of several companies including Bank of Maharashtra, HCL Technologies, HDFC Bank, and several others among others will trade ex-dividend in the coming week starting from Monday, May 6. Some companies have also announced other corporate actions such as E.G.M. and rights issue.

The IRS says it's taken steps to address a wide disparity in audit rates between Black taxpayers and others filers

in which his son and JDS MP from Hassan Prajwal Revanna is also booked. Revanna was brought to CID office in Bengaluru, news agency PTI reported. Revanna was taken into the custody after a special court for People's Representative in Bengaluru rejected the interim bail application of HD Revanna and Prajwal Revanna in connection with the alleged "obscene videos" case.

Blue Corner Notice is issued by the international police cooperation body to collect additional information from its member countries about a person's identity, location or activities in relation to a crime. Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah held an "important meeting" with the officials of the Special Investigation Team (SIT), during which he instructed that immediate action be taken to arrest Prajwal Revanna. "We will proceed for arrest with appropriate measures.

UNICEF India on Saturday announced Bollywood star Kareena Kapoor Khan as its new National Ambassador. The «Crew» star, who has been associated with UNICEF India since 2014, will support the not-for-profit organisation in furthering every child's right to early childhood development, health, education and gender equality, a press release said. Kareena had earlier served as a Celebrity Advocate for UNICEF India. «There are few things as important as the rights of children, the future generation of this world. I am honoured to continue my association with UNICEF now as India's National Ambassador,» the 43-year-old actor said in a statement.

Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday claimed that the Congress government in Karnataka did not take action against JD(S) leader Prajwal Revanna, accused of sexually abusing women, for about a year despite being aware of the matter. The Congress was afraid that it might lose Vokkaliga votes and therefore stayed silent until the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections got over, she said, speaking at a meeting with select journalists here. «The Union home minister (Amit Shah) has made it very clear that we will not tolerate the matters that go against women and on that we stand united. Though the (BJP's) alliance partner has this issue, we have made it clear that it was not acceptable, and let it be investigated,» Sitharaman said, when asked if the scandal will have an impact on her party's performance in Karnataka in the ongoing elections. It was being claimed that a driver gave a pen drive (allegedly containing evidence of Revanna's acts) to the Congress party and state home minister but they were sitting on this evidence for about a year, and «now the BJP is made to answer because the JD(S) is in alliance with us,» she said.

Kolkata, TMC leader Kunal Ghosh, who was removed as the party's state general secretary, met Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien on Saturday, in signs of rapprochement. Ghosh, accompanied by state Education Minister Bratya Basu, went to O'Brien's office in Ballygunge in the afternoon. The meeting lasted for around one and a half hours. The TMC had on Wednesday removed him as the state general secretary and star campaigner after he shared the stage with BJP's Kolkata Uttar candidate Tapas Ray. The statement announcing the party's action was issued by O'Brien, the TMC's leader in Rajya Sabha. Following the meeting, Basu said, «Discussions were held to strengthen the organisation and fight the BJP unitedly. There is no bad blood.»

Buy or sell stocks: Understanding the recent performance of the Indian stock market is crucial for making informed investment decisions. After a period of range-bound action with a positive bias, the market experienced a significant shift. On Friday, the Nifty 50 index ended 172 points lower after reaching a new peak of 22,794, and the BSE Sensex dropped 732 points from its lifetime high of 75,124.

West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose reacts to sex harassment allegation CM Banerjee also questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's silence on the issue. "You (PM) are saying so many things in Sandeshkhali. We had taken necessary action the moment we found some aberrations.

Boris Becker was released from bankruptcy proceedings in a London court after the presiding judge determined he had taken all reasonable steps to settle his debts with creditors, who were owed tens of millions of pounds, as per Reuters. Despite falling significantly short of repaying the nearly 50 million pounds ($62.5 million) he owed, Chief Insolvency and Companies Court Judge Nicholas Briggs concluded that discontinuing the case was the just course of action due to Becker's earnest efforts, the report added.

₹1 lakh to ₹10,000, experts believe that bonds have become a more attractive investment tool for retail investors. SEBI's move has made bonds easily accessible to retail investors, and at this time, when interest rate reversal is expected in the markets, experts say Indian retail investors should look towards bond investments along with their equity build-up.

There’s chemistry that sets the hero literally on fire. Witty repartee through the film that will make you smile as you munch on popcorn (cheese and caramel for me!). There’s non-stop action (and not CGI) that will make your jaws drop (watch out for the popcorn!). And yes it is perhaps a coincidence that the film was released on International Labour Day, but what a glorious coincidence! 

petrol bomb attacks on vehicles in several parts of Shillong over the past few days, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma said on Friday that the state government will ensure that such incidents will not recur. The CM also assured the people that the situation in the state capital would be under control very soon. «We are working towards ensuring that such incidents won't be repeated. Police have taken steps. To make arrests on such incidents, we need proper evidence. As soon as we get the evidence, action will be taken,» the CM said.

herbs and spices by increasing the maximum level of a pesticide residue allowed by 10 times, a move that activists say will make Indian spices unworthy of exports to some large markets. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has raised the maximum residue limit (MRL) for a pesticide in herbs and spices to 0.1mg/kg from the earlier 0.01mg/kg. "...if the MRLs are not specified by the codex, then the MRL of 0.1 mg shall apply for spices and culinary herbs and spices," the regulator said in an order issued on April 8. It cited «various representations» for this upward revision in MRL.

Indian nationals linked to the murder of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in the province of British Columbia in June 2023. Police added that the probe also includes investigating connections to the Government of India. The following is a timeline of important events that led to the arrests in a murder case that has strained relations between Canada and India. On June 18, 2023, 45-year-old Hardeep Singh Nijjar was shot outside a Sikh temple in Surrey, which is a Vancouver suburb known for its large Sikh population. He was a Canadian citizen who was advocating for the establishment of a separate Sikh homeland to be formed from India.

Shares of Trump Media tumbled on Friday following news that the SEC charged the company’s auditing firm, BF Borgers CPA, for “massive fraud” and systemic non-compliance with critical auditing standards.

One Piece Manga will be taking a break after the release of its Chapter 1114. This has been reported by Dexter. They had returned after a hiatus with the launch of Chapter 1112. It has been reported that the previous hiatus was after the death of Akira Toriyama. The break was the longest since June-July 2023. It was necessitated due to Eiichiro Oda who underwent an eye surgery and was out of action for almost four weeks. It was at this stage that the final saga had been entered into.

The Ontario Securities Commission is planning to toughen up — and make more visible — its response to capital markets misconduct and build the regulator’s reputation as an effective enforcer by vigorously prosecuting serious financial crimes, taking on novel and sophisticated files, and increasing the collection rates for penalties imposed.

Section 498A of IPC dealt with cruelty against the wife by the husband or his relatives. A bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra made the observations while quashing a case filed by a wife against her husband and his relatives. "We request the Legislature to look into the issue, taking into consideration the pragmatic realities and consider making necessary changes in Sections 85 and 86, respectively, of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, before both the new provisions come into force," the Court said as per Bar and Bench.

NEW DELHI : In order to expedite cadaver organ donations, the Union health ministry has told states and union territories (UTs) to identify and monitor cases of brain stem death (BSD) in intensive care units (ICUs). Hospital administrations should sensitively approach the families of brain-dead patients in ICU regarding organ donation before the heart stops functioning.