On the collapse of IL&FS and Jet Airways, Sitharaman said, “I don’t want any more institution falling off the cliff.” She added: “Why we didn’t sense it earlier... it was much too late.”

The BJP government led by B S Yeddyurappa had earlier handed over investigations into the illegal tapping, believed to have lasted a year between August 2018 and August 2019 (during Kumaraswamy’s tenure and the start of Yediyurappa’s), to the CBI.

The breach at the Kudankulam plant became public on October 28 after some of the plant’s data showed up on virustotal.com, an online malware scanning service.

The BCI said “our inaction and tolerance encourages” such “rowdy elements” and “ultimately results in contempt proceedings by the High Courts or Supreme Court”.

Faced with an unprecedented situation, senior police officers issued several appeals to the protesters to rejoin duty, the Congress and AAP attacked the Centre, and the Lieutenant General called for restoring trust.

The confidential communication dated August 29 was issued “with the approval” of the Power Secretary to the chief vigilance officers (CVOs) of the PSUs.

Farmers in Punjab and Haryana have been setting fire to their fields after harvesting of paddy since the 1980s. That was since the time combine machines, instead of manual labourers, started being used for harvesting and threshing their grain.

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The decision to not join RCEP came in dramatic fashion given how the government positioned its stance on the issue in the last couple of days.

This is the second grenade attack in the Valley over the last eight days. On October 28, 19 persons were injured after suspected militants lobbed a grenade in North Kashmir’s Sopore.

On Tuesday, Sitharaman will be the guest at the Express Adda in Mumbai. The Express Adda is a series of informal interactions organised by The Indian Express Group and features those at the centre of change.

The state government maintains that farm fires in Punjab contribute barely over 15 per cent to Delhi’s pollution. But officials in Sangrur admit there are problems, including the slow switch to “expensive” mechanical alternatives to stubble burning.

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Criticising “armchair commentators” who had raised objections to the drive, the CJI said they were far from ground realities and had presented a highly distorted picture, due to which Assam and its development agenda had taken a hit.

Led by Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal, the Indian team is among those from 16 countries who are trying to break the deadlock ahead of the 3rd RCEP summit Monday.

“WhatsApp supposedly sent messages to different people whose phones were hacked. One such message was also received from WhatsApp on the telephone of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra,” Congress communications department head Randeep Surjewala said.

The action is also set to move to Delhi, with Devendra Fadnavis travelling to the Capital to meet BJP chief Amit Shah. Monday will see a meeting between NCP chief Sharad Pawar and Congress president Sonia Gandhi in Delhi as well.

On May 9, 2018, Sebi amended the ‘Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirement’ regulations stating that the Chairperson of the board shall be a non-executive director and not related to the MD/ CEO.

As part of the training session, which roughly coincides with the 20th anniversary of the 1999 Super Cyclone that killed nearly 10,000 people in the state, women are given interactive and intensive training by local ODRAF members, police and the fire and health departments.

According to police, around 2 pm Saturday, an argument took place between advocates and a sentry of the 3rd battalion, posted outside the lock-up for inmates at Tis Hazari court.

Frowning at the order, the state home department said it would look into the issue. “It was inadvertently phrased,” Additional Chief Secretary, Home, Amir Subhani, said. Bihar DGP Gupteshwar Pandey said the “tone of the order should have been changed”.

“The Constitution gives us freedom, but where is the freedom? We are not even free to talk. Earlier, it was landline phones, then mobile phones, now even WhatsApp is not safe. Someone is not only listening, but also recording... I want the PM to investigate the matter,” Mamata Banerjee said.

In an affidavit filed on November 1, the DRI said it “is considering to take appropriate legal remedies available to it and therefore is likely that SLP (special leave petition) would be filed with the honorable Supreme Court to claim appropriate reliefs”.

On Saturday, IT Ministry officials again said they were upset that WhatsApp had not brought up the issue of privacy breach during high-level meetings earlier this year.