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Mumbai, Nov 9: Leading online food and grocery store BigBasket on Sunday admitted to a potential breach of its customer data and that it was assessing the extent. "We have lodged a complaint with the Bengaluru Cyber Crime Cell and intend to pursue it to bring the culprits to book," said the city-based company in a statement. The Cyber Cell, however, did not confirm receiving the complaint. The 9

Mumbai, Nov 9: The Bombay High Court on Monday refused to grant bail to Republic TV Editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami. Goswami, arrested in connection with the alleged suicide of an interior designer, on Monday filed a bail application before the sessions court at Alibaug in Maharashtra's Raigad district. Goswami and two others - Feroze Shaikh and Nitish Sarda - were arrested by Alibaug police on

Chennai, Nov 9: More than a year after quitting his job to protest the Centre's anti-people policies, former Karnataka cadre IAS officer Sasikanth Senthil formally joined the Congress party in Chennai on Monday. Senthil joined the party in the presence of Tamil Nadu Congress Committee chief K S Alagiri, state incharge Dinesh Rao and All India Congress secretary Sanjay Dutt. Senthil said that he

Mumbai, Nov After arrested Republic TV anchor Arnab Goswami alleged that he was being "assaulted" in jail and was not being allowed to meet his family, the Maharashtra Governor has intervened and conveyed his concern to the state government. Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari spoke to Maharashtra's Home Minister Anil Deshmukh this morning and expressed concern over the security and health of Mr

Bengaluru, Nov 9: Reliance Industries Ltd and Saudi Aramco are resuming talks over a 20 per cent stake sale by the Indian conglomerate in its oil-to-chemical business after a brief pause due to Covid-19 pandemic, ET Now reported on Monday, citing sources. Both the companies were committed to the deal and Aramco wants to do a physical inspection of Reliance's assets in India, the report said

Bengaluru, Nov 9: Karnataka reported 1,963 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday taking the total count of cases in the state to 8,48,850. According to the State Health and Family Welfare Department, 2,686 people were discharged today and total discharged cases now stand at 8,04,485. Nineteen people succumbed to the coronavirus in the state taking the death toll to 11,410. The active cases in the state

Mumbai, Nov 8: Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami on Sunday said he was subjected to torture and was not being allowed to talk to his lawyers. A video released by the Republic Television showed him speaking to media from the police van which shifted him from Alibag primary school in Rajgad district to Taloja jail in Navi Mumbai. “I had requested them please let me talk (to my lawyers). But

New Delhi, Nov 8: The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has issued a notification making a FASTag mandatory for all four-wheel vehicles from January 1, 2021. FASTag has become mandatory for M and N class four-wheelers sold before December 1, 2017. For this, the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 were amended. The ministry issued a notification regarding this on November 6. As per the

Chennai, Nov 8: Former Karnataka-cadre IAS officer S Sasikanth Senthil, who resigned from civil services last year will join the Congress in Tamil Nadu on Monday, according to media reports. “Yes. I have decided to take the political plunge. I will be joining the Congress,” Senthil, a 2009 batch officer, was quoted as saying by news papers. The 41-year-old former bureaucrat will join the Tamil

New Delhi, Nov 8: India's Case Fatality Rate (CFR) of COVID-19 has touched 1.48 per cent and the country continues to report one of the lowest mortality rates, as per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Sunday. The Ministry said that the widespread and comprehensive testing, prompt tracing, quick isolation, and effective treatment of severe patients in ICUs through a standard of