Day: December 17, 2019

Actor Payal Rohatgi gets bail

9:11 pm December 17, 2019

Bundi (Raj): Bollywood actor Payal Rohatgi, who was arrested in a case relating to alleged objectionable content against the Nehru-Gandhi family on social media, was granted bail by a court here on Tuesday. Rohatgi’s counselor Bhupendra Sahay Saxena moved the bail application in the court of district judge on Monday. The district judge was on […]

Internet-dependent commercial activities hit in Assam

9:07 pm December 17, 2019

Guwahati: Suspension of internet in Assam has affected commercial activities dependent on online transactions and mobile applications, particularly banking, cab services, food delivery and e-commerce sectors. Internet services have been suspended in Assam since December 11 following protests against the citizenship law. Broadband services were restored on Tuesday but mobile internet remained suspended causing hardship […]

‘Kotak Mahindra Bank best suited to acquire Yes Bank’

9:04 pm December 17, 2019

Mumbai: Two of India’s top bankers on Tuesday opined that Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMB) is best suited to acquire smaller and capital-starved rival Yes Bank. Yes Bank’s capital buffers have dipped on accelerated non-performing assets recognition under new chief executive Ravneet Gill earlier this year. The private sector lender’s capital raising plan is also passing […]

Twelve Bangladeshis arrested for illegal stay in Palghar

8:54 pm December 17, 2019

Palghar: As many as 12 Bangladeshi nationals, including nine women, have been arrested for illegal stay at Boisar in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, police said on Tuesday. In a joint operation, the Anti Human Trafficking Cell and Anti Terrorism Squad of the Palghar police on Monday arrested 12 Bangladeshi nationals, including nine women, all in the […]

Body found in bag on road in Panvel identified

8:52 pm December 17, 2019

Mumbai: The boy whose body was found in a plastic bag on a busy road in Panvel in neighbouring Raigad has been identified as local resident Suraj Monu Upendra Sahi, Navi Mumbai police said on Tuesday. The bag was found near Kundevahal on Uran-Palaspe road by passersby on Monday morning after which police started going […]