The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has issued an updated standard operating procedure (SOP) for processing foreign direct investment (FDI) proposals introducing a defined 12-week timeline and a fully paperless application system, PTI reported.Under the revised framework, decisions on FDI proposals will be taken within 12 weeks, excluding the time taken…
Supreme Court (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: Right to privacy under Article 21 of the Constitution cannot be used as a shield to deny the spouse access to mobile call records and details of stay in a hotel to prove adultery, Supreme Court said on Friday as it rejected the plea of a man who…
Immigration attorney lists out things people should consider before going for a Green Card. A Green Card is the most coveted status in the US for foreigners but an immigration attorney warned that before getting a Green Card, people must remember that it is not something that they can throw away later; it comes with…
Sreejesh Parattu Raveendran of looks on during the Men’s Quarter Final match between India and Great Britain on day nine of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade Yves Du Manoir on August 04, 2024 in Paris, France. (Getty Images) P R Sreejesh’s stint as India junior men’s hockey coach has ended after 17 months,…
When Prince Harry and others accused the Daily Mail of using unlawful methods to source stories, the world was left shocked. The Duke of Sussex – along with Doreen Lawrence, the mother of the murdered black teenager Stephen Lawrence; the singer Elton John and his husband, David Furnish; the actors Elizabeth Hurley and Sadie Frost;…
Meer Patel stole $1 million lottery ticket in July 2024 Two years ago, an Indian-origin man named Meer Patel found himself at the centre of a huge lottery fraud case in Tennessee after he was accused of trying to claim a $1 million winning scratch card that belonged to someone else.Patel, then 23, was arrested…
HYDERABAD: A 13-year-old girl from Ethiopia, who was travelling to Hyderabad for cancer treatment, died on board an Ethiopian Airlines flight, police said on Saturday.The girl had been undergoing treatment for cancer for the last three years. She died while the aircraft was in transit.After the aircraft landed at 1 am on Saturday, she was…
NEW DELHI: TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday accused the Election Commission of colluding with the BJP in the West Bengal assembly elections which gave a sweeping mandate in favour of the saffron party. She said that she would set up 10-member fact-finding committee to visit areas hit by post-poll violence in the state.The BJP…
Inside Taj Mahal Palace’s Tata Suite where Tom Holland is staying during The Odyssey Mumbai premiere; costs Rs 7-12 lakh a night Tom Holland is living in royal style during his latest visit to India. The Spider-Man star has checked into the iconic Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai, where he is reportedly staying in…
NEW DELHI: After exiting BJP and launching his new movement ‘We the Leaders’, K Annamalai has taken another step forward, announcing plans to transform it into a political party by next month or July.The Tamil Nadu leader said the campaign is on the “right track” to become a political party.Pointing out that around 18 lakh…