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Sikhs, including members of the Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee, joined the BJP on Saturday. Citing a host of measures taken by the government to help the minority community, BJP president J P Nadda on the occasion said if anybody has really worked for the community, it is Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Nadda also cited central government decisions such as the opening of the Kartarpur Sahib corridor, the FCRA registration for donations to the Golden Temple and the action against accused in the 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases. He said the BJP highly regarded the contribution and sacrifices of the community for the country and will keep working for its welfare.

«If we go with the rollover data, yes, there was subdued rollover action for Nifty as well as for the Bank Nifty if we compare with the last three-month average as well as with the six-month average,» says Rajesh Palviya, Axis Securities.

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Reserve Bank of India (RBI) directed Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited (KMBL) to cease with immediate effect from onboarding new customers through online and mobile banking channels and issuing fresh credit cards. The reason given by the RBI for such an action is because serious deficiencies and non-compliances in certain specified areas were observed. «As per the RBI press release, the action against Kotak Mahindra Bank may have been taken more around the information technology security aspects,» says Ashok Hariharan, Co-Founder and CEO, of IDfy, an identity verification company.

afflicts rich and poor countries alike. With barriers to commerce rising, high interest rates contining to bite and regulators bridling at takeovers, such liaisons are becoming the go-to way to enlarge a business empire, as the recent actions of companies including Disney, Ford and Microsoft illustrate. Call it the age of the quasi-merger.

Brij Bhushan's plea for further probe in harassment case rejected, verdict on... The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has accepted the recommendation of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to dismiss Deputy Inspector General Khajan Singh. The CRPF headquarters accepted the probe report prepared by the internal committee and forwarded it to the UPSC and the MHA for taking appropriate disciplinary action. The UPSC and the MHA have hence issued orders for dismissal against the DIG.

Amazon reporting results will keep investors' focus in the days ahead on the global rates outlook and on tech earnings, while growth and inflation data from Europe and China are also coming out.

Singapore Food Agency also directed a recall of a spice mix produced by Everest. In June 2023, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had ordered a recall of spice mixes of Everest and Maggi Masala-ae-Magic as it found those contaminated with Salmonella bacteria. A few years earlier, in September 2019, a batch of MDH’s spice mix had been recalled for the same reason.

A concerted effort to crack down on the use of cryptocurrencies in the buying and selling of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) is underway in the United States, spearheaded by Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bill Cassidy.

Providing relief to those taxpayers who failed to link their Permanent Account Number (PAN) and Aadhaar Number by the June 30, 2023 deadline, the Income Tax Department has relaxed the deadline for imposing penalties on such cases and said that no action will be taken for a short deduction of TDS in case the assessee links his/her PAN with Aadhaar by May 31. 

Delhi Police has arrested two persons, including a woman, under Motor Vehicles Act from Najafgarh after a video went viral on social media in which the duo can be seen doing stunts in the costume of spiderman and spiderwoman. The accused have been identified as Aditya (20) and Anjali (19), both are residents of Najafgarh. «Two persons were riding a bike and wearing Spiderman costumes. An inquiry into the matter was conducted and the riders have been booked under sections different sections of the Motor Vehicle (MV) Act for offences without a helmet, without a mirror, without a licence, dangerous driving and not displaying a number plate etc,» a senior police officer told news wire agency PTI. Delhi police arrested the duo on Friday for various Motor Vehicle Act violations such as riding without a helmet, mirror, license, and displaying no number plate.

BNSF will become the second major freight railroad to allow some of its employees to report safety concerns anonymously through a federal system without fear of discipline

Bombay High Court has said that issuance of a Look Out Circular (LOC) at the instance of public sector banks against alleged default borrowers in the absence of a statute or law is violative of a person's fundamental rights. The court made the observation on April 23 while quashing the Centre's decision empowering such banks to seek issuance of LOCs. A division bench of Justices Gautam Patel and Madhav Jamdar had on April 23 held as unconstitutional the clause of an Office Memorandum issued by the Central government empowering the Chairman, Managing Directors and Chief Executive Officers of public sector banks to seek issuance of LOCs against default borrowers or even persons who stood guarantee for such borrowers. In its 289-page judgment made available on Friday, the bench said an executive function cannot substitute a statute and the executive cannot in any event contravene the Constitution.

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a warning to Americans regarding the use of crypto money-transmitting services that are not registered as Money Services Businesses (MSBs) in accordance with United States federal law. 

Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm a16z Crypto, the crypto arm of Andreessen Horowitz, issued a stern warning on April 25 to startup founders considering token sales in the United States. 

“Investors placed more bullish bets on the monthly F&O expiry day, which saw benchmark indices rally for the fifth straight session led by gains in frontline banking and metal stocks. Even the fall in other Asian and European indices and US Dow Futures witnessing a sharp fall too didn't deter local investors," Prashanth Tapse, Senior Vice President (Research) at Mehta Equities said.

Congress on Thursday said that the Election Commission of India is «super, super cautious» when it comes to complaints against PM Narendra Modi, after the poll watchdog asked the BJP to respond to the complaints filed by opposition parties accusing the PM of delivering a divisive speech in Rajasthan. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said, «We had complained to the ECI. We brought to their notice that the PM's language is against the Model Code of Conduct, the Representation of the People Act, 1951 and various verdicts of the Supreme Court… There has been a delay, we have also complained about some other candidates misusing religion for votes.

major railroads promised to join after last year's disastrous Norfolk Southern derailment in Ohio. “Rail workers deserve to know they’re safe when they’re on the job — and if they experience anything that compromises their safety, they should be able to report it without worrying if their job is in jeopardy," said Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.

husband has no control over his wife's 'stridhan' (woman's property) and while he may use it during the time of his distress, he has a moral obligation to return it to his wife, the Supreme Court has reiterated while directing a man to pay Rs 25 lakh to a woman in return for her lost gold. The woman in this case claimed that 89 sovereigns of gold were gifted to her by her family at the time of marriage. Additionally, after the wedding, her father gave a cheque for Rs 2 lakh to her husband. According to the woman, on the first night of their marriage, the husband took custody of all her jewellery and entrusted the same to his mother under the garb of safekeeping. She alleged that all the jewellery was misappropriated by the husband and his mother to discharge their pre-existing financial liabilities. The Family Court, in 2011, held that the husband and his mother had indeed misappropriated the appellant's gold jewellery and that she was entitled to recoup the loss caused to her by the said misappropriation.

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan says new rules that would force power plants fueled by coal or natural gas to capture smokestack emissions or shut down are targeting pollution that's “pushing our planet to the brink.”

A new rule in California aims to limit health care price increases to just 3% each year