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Priyanka joining forces with Rahul in Parliament will give ‘sleepless nights’ to BJP: Pilot

New Delhi, Nov 22 (PTI) Predicting a big win for Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in the Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll, Congress general secretary Sachin Pilot on Friday said her joining forces with Rahul Gandhi in Parliament will “certainly give sleepless nights” to the BJP and the NDA. In an interview with PTI a day before the poll results, Pilot said, “We are looking at a historic win for Priyanka ji from Wayanad.” “She has been working in the party for many years now and campaigned extensively for Rahul ji, Sonia ji and even Rajiv ji at one point in time, so

Adani’s Australian coal unit faces human rights complaint

MELBOURNE, Nov 22 (Reuters) – India’s Adani Group, whose billionaire chairman has been indicted for fraud by U.S. prosecutors, is facing accusations of racism at its Australian coal unit after an Aboriginal group filed a complaint with the country’s Human Rights Commission. The Nagana Yarrbayn Wangan & Jagalingou Cultural Custodians in Queensland state said it filed a complaint alleging serious racial discrimination by the unit, Bravus Mining and Resources, earlier this week. The complaint details how Adani employees sought to “verbally and physically obstruct and prevent” members of the Aboriginal group from accessing springs near Adani’s Carmichael coal mine “in

“No direct agreement between Andhra DISCOMs, Adani group”: YSRCP on Adani US indictment bribery allegations

New Delhi [India], November 22 (ANI): Yuvajana Sramika Rythu (YSR) Congress Party or YSRCP on Friday clarified that there was no direct agreement between Andhra Pradesh (AP) distribution companies (DISCOMs) and Adani group. The statement came after US proecutors charged Adani Group chairma Gautam Adani and others linking them to an alleged bribery scheme. Earlier, Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (SECI), a government of India entity under the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, came under attack by Congress leader Jairam Ramesh who alleged that SECI was the “key player” in the “corruption scandal”. “It is necessary to mention

Adani Group stocks, bonds fall for a second day after founder’s US indictment

Nov 22 (Reuters) – Stocks and bonds of India’s Adani Group dropped for a second session on Friday after a U.S. arrest warrant was issued for its billionaire founder Gautam Adani over an alleged $265 million bribery scheme. Adani Green Energy, the company at the centre of the case, was down 8% in early Friday trade, and has lost a total $7 billion in market value since the news of the indictment. The conglomerate’s stocks have seen their combined market value drop by $33 billion. U.S. prosecutors have charged Adani and seven other people with agreeing to pay bribes to

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