PNB Fraud News LIVE: Adani Latest News LIVE Updates: No irregularities found in operations, dealings, says Adani Wilmar on raids at their Himachal warehouse

01:50 PM

BJP president J P Nadda in Agartala

01:44 PM

China slams Biden’s ‘extremely irresponsible’ remarks on Xi leadership

Beijing condemned US President Joe Biden for what it called ‘extremely irresponsible’ remarks in which he said his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping faced ‘enormous problems’.’This type of rhetoric from the US is extremely irresponsible and runs counter to basic diplomatic etiquette,’ foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told a regular briefing, saying Beijing was ‘strongly dissatisfied’.

Our party has changed political culture, we give report cards of what we have done

– BJP president J P Nadda in Tripura

01:28 PM

Unilever annual profits jump on higher prices

British consumer goods group Unilever said Thursday that 2022 profits soared as sales of its food and hygiene products leapt on higher prices.Profit after taxation jumped 26 percent to 7.6 billion euros ($8.2 billion) last year from 2021, with turnover spiking by 14.5 percent.

01:23 PM

Tripura Assembly elections

BJP President JP Nadda along with CM Manik Saha releases the party’s manifesto

01:09 PM

China urges Australia be fair to Chinese surveillance camera cos

China hopes Australia will provide a fair environment for Chinese companies, its foreign ministry spokesperson said in response to questions regarding Australia reviewing Chinese-made cameras in defence offices.Australia’s defence minister said earlier that the government will examine surveillance technology used in offices of the defence department, amid reports that Chinese-made cameras installed there posed a security risk.

12:52 PM

Tax demand case: Flipkart gets relief till Feb 24

The Income Tax department has assured the High Court of Karnataka that no coercive action will be taken against Flipkart India Private Limited on the demand notices issued by the Assistant Commissioner of Income-Tax for Rs 1,100 crore.The company had filed two writ petitions challenging the demand notices issued on January 31, 2023 for the assessment years 2016-17 and 2018-19.

12:43 PM

Bombay High Court dismisses PIL against Vice President, Law Minister for their remarks against judiciary, Collegium: Bar & Bench

12:36 PM

Catering staffer beaten to death by DJ’s team members over food plates in Delhi Rohini’s Sector 12: Police

The PM never faces the media because he doesn’t want to listen to uncomfortable questions. Rahul Gandhi’s questions were uncomfortable. PM doesn’t have any answer at his disposal to refute every charge by Rahul Gandhi

– Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Congress MP on Adani issue

12:19 PM

Seven workers die due to suffocation while cleaning an oil tank in a factory in Andhra Pradesh: Police (PTI)

12:16 PM

India says debt talks in focus at G20 finance meet

Finance minister told the chief of the International Monetary Fund that debt discussions would be at the forefront during a meeting of G20 finance officials later this month.Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and IMF’s Kristalina Georgieva also discussed regulating crypto assets.

12:07 PM

Punjab National Bank increases repo linked lending rate to 9.00% from 8.75%, effective February 9 (Reuters)

12:02 PM

PNB fraud case

SC asks HC to decide in 4 weeks plea of CBI against nod granted to Mainak Mehta, brother-in-law of Nirav Modi, to visit Hong Kong

11:57 AM

Death toll rises to over 16,000 in Turkey, Syria quake: Officials (AFP)

11:52 AM

Vistara announces Mumbai-Mauritius flight service from March 26

The five times weekly flight services will be catered with a long range A321 aircraft, which the airline inducted in its fleet recently, in a three class configuration (business, premium economy and economy), Vistara said.Mauritius is the 12th international destination that Vistara is connecting with Mumbai.

The execution timeframe is starting from February 2024. We are confident that we will be able to deliver the first aircraft in Feb 2024

– HAL CMD CB Ananthakrishnan on the first LCA Mark 1A

11:42 AM

TikTok promises to ramp up fight against disinformation in EU

Chinese social media company TikTok pledged to do more to tackle disinformation on its platform by adding more safety features and broadening its fact-checking measures, spurred by the role played by state-controlled media and the war in Ukraine.

11:24 AM

SC agrees to hear on Friday plea seeking court-monitored probe into Hindenburg Research report on Adani firms (PTI)

11:09 AM

Bombay High Court dismisses the plea filed by Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Ltd against the acquisition of its Vikhroli plot for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project. There are no irregularities in this acquisition, HC says

11:06 AM

Macron and Zelensky to travel together to EU summit in Brussels (AFP)

10:59 AM

Budget session: BJP has issued a three-line whip to all its Lok Sabha MPs to be present in the House till February 13

10:50 AM

Elon Musk on twitter outage says multiple internal & external issues simultaneously today. Should be fully back on track later tonight (Reuters)

10:49 AM

Delhi High Court grants bail to former NSE CEO Chitra Ramkrishna in a money laundering case registered against her by the ED

10:20 AM

Bihar: I-T raid continues at the premises of JD(U) MLC Radha Charan Sah and his close aide in Patna, in connection with alleged tax evasion

Union Min L Murugan is going to Sri Lanka as an official guest of GoI. I’m going there at the invitation of certain Sri Lankan parties. We hope this continuous engagement will yield tremendous results that would prove to be beneficial for our Indian fishermen.

– Tamil Nadu BJP chief

10:18 AM

CPI demands White Paper on State finances from Andhra govt

The Communist Party of India (CPI) has demanded that the state government of Andhra Pradesh release a White Paper on the State’s finances, debts and interest payments. In a statement, K Ramakrishna, Secretary, CPI, said the total outstanding liabilities had reached Rs 4.42 lakh crore as per the statement made by Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary in Parliament. However, State Finance (debt) Minister Buggana Rajendranath Reddy said that Andhra’s debt is only Rs 1.35 lakh crore.

10:11 AM

AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh gives notice under Rule 267 to raise the issue of ‘financial irregularities and fraud done by Adani Group’

10:08 AM

Adani Wilmar Group in Himachal Pradesh raided by the State Excise & Taxation Department

According to Time Now sources, the raid was carried out following the allegations of not depositing GST.

10:06 AM

Delhi: A catering staff allegedly beaten to death by two men

A catering staff identified as Sandeep Thakur was allegedly beaten to death by two men using a plastic tray after he had an altercation with the DJ coordinator at a wedding function in the Prashant Vihar area, Rohini last night. Suspects were identified, and teams were formed to nab them. Case registered under sections 302 and 34 IPC in PS Prashant Vihar. The probe reveals the presence of four persons at the time of the incident. Of the four people, two persons are being interrogated, and multiple teams are formed to apprehend the remaining 2 people, said Delhi Police.

09:55 AM

Enforcement Directorate has arrested Rajesh Joshi, owner of Chariot Production Media Pvt Ltd, in connection with its ongoing probe into Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22 money laundering case

09:46 AM

Goods and Services tax officials visit Adani Wilmar facilities in Himachal Pradesh

09:37 AM

Rupee falls 5 paise to 82.59 against US dollar in early trade

09:37 AM

Indian stock market

Sensex falls 52.28 points to 60,611.51 in early trade; Nifty declines 43.85 points to 17,827.85

09:35 AM

Uttar Pradesh: Free bus travel for women above 60

Women above 60 years of age in Uttar Pradesh will soon start getting the facility of free travel on UP State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) buses in the state.In its 2022 election manifesto, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had promised this.

09:20 AM

Ind vs Aus 1st Test

Australia win toss and opt to bat first against India

09:19 AM

Budget Session

09:06 AM

Rajasthan state budget live telecast

Rajasthan Govt issued an order directing all govt & private Universities to make arrangements for the live telecast of state budget so that a maximum number of students & teachers can watch the live telecast of the budget. The budget will be presented in State Assembly on Feb 10

08:52 AM

Australia to remove Chinese-made cameras

Australia’s Defense Department will remove surveillance cameras made by Chinese Communist Party-linked companies from its buildings, the government said after the US and Britain made similar moves. The Australian newspaper reported Thursday that at least 913 cameras, intercoms, electronic entry systems and video recorders developed and manufactured by Chinese companies Hikvision and Dahua are in Australian government and agency offices, including the Defense Department and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

08:45 AM

Punjab: A Pakistani drone was spotted near the Adia post of BSF last night. BSF troops fired towards the drone. Search operation underway by police and BSF: BSF DIG Prabhakar Joshi, Gurdaspur sector

08:36 AM

Turkish quake survivors face big freeze in cars, tents

08:19 AM

Tripura Assembly elections

BJP President JP Nadda will release the party’s manifesto for the Tripura Assembly elections today, after offering prayers at Mata Tripura Sundari temple in Agartala

08:06 AM

Meta’s Facebook, Instagram back up after brief outage

Meta Platforms Inc’s Facebook and Instagram were back up for most users after a brief outage, the company said, adding that a technical issue that disrupted services for thousands of people has been resolved.

07:52 AM

Blinken over China’s surveillance balloons

China has ‘violated the sovereignty’ of not just the United States but of countries across five continents, Secretary of State Antony Blinken alleged, days after US fighter jets shot down a Chinese surveillance balloon. Earlier this week, Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman briefed diplomats from about 40 friendly nations, including India, Japan and Australia, over the surveillance balloon.

07:40 AM

North Korea shows off possible solid-fuel ICBM

Nuclear-armed North Korea unveiled what could be a new, solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) during a nighttime parade, analysts said.North Korea held the widely anticipated nighttime military parade on Wednesday, an event expected to showcase the country’s latest weapons to mark the founding anniversary of its army.

India has become one of the largest ecosystems for start-ups in the world. There were a few hundred startups in 2016 & in 2022, over 84,000 start-ups have been established. Today, we’re third-largest startup ecosystem in the world

– Union Min Anurag Thakur at IIT Guwahati

06:46 AM

Twitter service stumbles as paying users get more room

Thousands of Twitter users reported problems using the platform as the Elon Musk-owned social network began letting paying users post tweets as long as 4,000 characters.Reports of Twitter troubles spiked at website Downdetector early afternoon in Silicon Valley, and continued for about two hours.Users complaints shared online included being unable to post messages, being told they had exceeded a daily limit of tweets, and inability to send direct messages.A daily limit of 2,400 tweets per day was put in place at Twitter to reduce strain on its operations, according to US media.

06:35 AM

PM Modi to reply on ‘Motion of Thanks’ in Rajya Sabha today

06:26 AM

Disney to cut 7,000 jobs

Walt Disney Co announced a sweeping restructuring under recently reinstated CEO Bob Iger, cutting 7,000 jobs as part of an effort to save $5.5 billion in costs and make its streaming business profitable.The layoffs represent an estimated 3.6% of Disney’s global workforce.

06:26 AM

Twitter access in Turkey will be re-enabled shortly: Musk

Ukraine can count on France

– French President Emmanuel Macron as he along with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Paris

06:24 AM

About 27.3 million people watched Biden address

An estimated 27.3 million people watched U.S. President Joe Biden’s Tuesday night State of the Union speech, according to Nielsen ratings data from 16 television networks.Biden’s audience fell 29% from his State of the Union address last year, which brought in 38.2 million television viewers, Nielsen said.