The UGC was responding to a SC order in January in a petition filed six years ago by the mothers of Rohith Vemula and Payal Tadvi, who wanted Court to act against the “rampant” caste discrimination in universities which claimed their children’s lives. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The University Grants Commission (UGC)
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Thursday set aside insolvency proceedings against Coffee Day Enterprises Ltd (CDEL), the parent company of Café Coffee Day (CCD), dismissing a bankruptcy plea filed by IDBI Trusteeship over an alleged ₹228 crore default. The ruling came in response to a petition by Malavika Hegde, a shareholder and
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Wyndham Hotels’ chief executive Geoffrey A. Ballotti, who is in India for a hospitality summit by HVS Anarock HOPE 2025 in Goa, told Mint that the desire among the new crop of local hotel owners to have greater control over their business is transforming the company’s India strategy. “These new hotel owners want more control
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The action film based on the life of Sambhaji, who succeeded his father Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha kingdom, to the throne, has become the subject of a raging controversy. With the brutality that Sambhaji faced when he refused to bow before the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb reinvigorating stories of the Maratha empire’s glory in
Flower petals being showered on devotees as they take a dip at Triveni Sangam on the occasion of the ‘Maha Shivaratri’ during the ongoing ‘MahaKumbh Mela 2025’, in Prayagraj on February 26, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI Lakhs and lakhs of devotees streamed towards the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganga, the Yamuna, and the
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Devotees at the Sri Rama Lingeshwara Swamy temple on the occasion of Maha Shivratri in Keesaragutta, Medchal-Malkajgiri district, on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: G RAMAKRISHNA Devotees offer prayers on the occasion of Maha Shivratri at the Sri Rama Lingeshwara Swamy temple, Keesaragutta, in Medchal-Malkajgiri district, on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: G RAMAKRISHNA Devotees offering prayers
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“If you know your history Then you would know where you coming from Then you wouldn’t have to ask me Who the heck do I think I am” – Bob Marley, “Buffalo Soldier” Dear reader, Does the past matter? Why do we need to know history? The answer is pretty simple. History is memory. Like
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In August 2022, Abdul Rashid, a resident of Kashmir’s Anantnag district, learned that his “leader” was going to launch his own political party in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). He was excited, as were the hundreds of loyalists of this leader whose tenure as Chief Minister in the region (from 2005 to 2008) was often hailed
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Yet, it is hard to determine how to value the 25-year-old company. Is it a gaming firm? Its subsidiaries span everything from sports blogging to (more recently) outdoor kids’ play areas. Some liken it to a tech-focused holding company, such as InfoEdge, with stakes in multiple internet businesses, including Zomato and insurance aggregator Policybazaar. But,
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Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah found himself at the receiving end of severe criticism from Opposition leaders for his remarks at a recent news conference. The J&K CM had said that the situation in the valley has ‘changed’ after the abrogation of Article 370 by the PM Narendra Modi-led government in 2019. The
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