Image used for representative purposes NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain pleas seeking its intervention over allegations that certain officials deputed for election duty were excluded from voter rolls in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections.A bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant told the petitioners to approach the appropriate appellate…

NEW DELHI: Indian tennis great Leander Paes on Tuesday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party, calling it a “big opportunity to serve the youth” as he steps into public life ahead of key elections. The 51-year-old, who remains one of India’s most decorated athletes, was inducted into the party in the presence of Union ministers including…

NEW DELHI: The share of graduates among unemployed youth (20-29 years of age) has more than doubled over the past two decades, at a time when India has made substantial progress in expanding access to higher education for its youth, said a report released by the Azim Premji University on Tuesday. Data showed that around…

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate has informed Supreme Court that NBFC entities of Reliance ADAG – Reliance Home Finance Ltd and Reliance Commercial Finance Ltd – had siphoned off parts of Rs 15,500 crore, they had raised from banks, through “an intricate network of 53 shell and group entities under control of R-ADAG”.ED sources said…

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM/ KOZHIKODE: Congress-led UDF govt in Kerala is planning to hand over the case related to the alleged abetment of Kannur ADM Naveen Babu’s suicide to the CBI. CPM on Sunday criticised the move as “politically motivated”.Babu’s family had recently met chief minister V D Satheesan and sought an urgent CBI investigation into the politically…

NEW DELHI: Chennai saw the highest percentage – 92.2% – domestic flights of IndiGo, Air India Group, Akasa, Alliance Air and SpiceJet operating on time this May, among the top 10 busiest busy Indian airpots followed by Kolkata (84.7%), Hyderabad (84.4%), Bengaluru (82.3%) and Kochi (81.5%%). The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) Tuesday released…