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Congress demands resignation of Amit Shah over Ambedkar remarks

New Delhi, Dec 18 (PTI) The Congress on Wednesday demanded the resignation of Home Minister Amit Shah for his remarks in the Rajya Sabha which it claimed were an insult to B R Ambedkar. The opposition party also demanded that Shah should apologise publicly and in Parliament for the remarks. Referring to Shah’s speech in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said the Home Minister accused us of speaking about Ambedkar 100 times and “told us that had we remembered God so many times we could have achieved heaven seven times”. “The ‘insult’ caused to Babasaheb Ambedkar

Adani-owned Ambuja Cements to merge with two units

Dec 17 (Reuters) – India’s Ambuja Cements will merge two of its recently purchased units into the company, it said on Tuesday, in a bid to streamline the structure of the Adani Group’s cement businesses and simplify compliance requirements. Ambuja acquired Penna Cement in a $1.25 billion deal in June, while it had picked up a majority stake in operations of Sanghi Industries last year. The company said it would merge the publicly listed Sanghi Industries by offering 12 Ambuja shares for every 100 Sanghi shares held. Led by billionaire Gautam Adani, the group entered India’s cement industry in 2022

Anti-constitutional, against federalism: Priyanka Gandhi slams bill for holding simultaneous polls

New Delhi, Dec 17 (PTI) Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on 17 December, Tuesday, termed the bill that lays down the mechanism to hold simultaneous elections “anti-constitutional” and asserted that it is against federalism. Her remarks came after two bills that lay down the mechanism to hold simultaneous elections were introduced in the Lok Sabha after a fiery debate. Opposition parties dubbed the draft laws— a Constitution amendment bill and an ordinary bill — as an attack on the federal structure, a charge rejected by the government. “Anti-constitutional bill—it is against the federalism of our nation. We are opposing the

ED restores properties worth Rs 22,280 cr to banks, legitimate claimants: Sitharaman

New Delhi, Dec 17 (PTI) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the ED (Enforcement Directorate) has restored properties worth Rs 22,280 crore to the victims or rightful claimants and asserted that the fight against economic offenders will continue unabated. Replying to a debate on the first batch of Supplementary Demands for Grants in the Lok Sabha, she said Rs 14,131.6 crore worth properties belonging to fugitive Vijay Mallya have been restored to public sector banks. As regards the Nirav Modi case, properties to the tune of Rs 1,052.58 crore have been restored to PSBs and private banks. In the

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