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New Delhi: Actor and activist Prakash Raj on Thursday alleged that Form 7 is being used to delete the names of Muslim voters from electoral rolls in Karnataka, calling it a “silent erasure” of the voices of people across 23 districts of the state who cannot reach Delhi. Addressing a press conference at the Press Club of India, Raj, a vocal critic of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, claimed the statutory form meant for objections or deletions was being misused to target minority voters. He…

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday declined to restrain Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke from holding a ‘Tiranga march’ at Central Park in Connaught Place on October 16, after Delhi Police assured the court it would take all possible measures to manage the situation and prevent disruption. Dipke has called on supporters to assemble at the park at 5 pm with the national flag under the slogan “Lehra do Tiranga.” He has framed the gathering as a response to the five-day judicial custody of CJP…

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday strongly objected to the conduct of Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi during the INDIA bloc’s October 12 protest march to its premises, with Chief Justice of India Surya Kant asserting that “nobody can browbeat the judiciary.” A bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi issued notices to the Congress, Gandhi and other INDIA bloc leaders on a petition filed by four lawyers. The plea seeks a regulatory framework for protests and processions near judicial…

Mumbai: Bollywood actor Imran Khan, a US citizen and Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cardholder, has been asked by Indian authorities to leave the country by October 28 after he took part in a protest in Mumbai, media reports said on Thursday. The 43-year-old actor, nephew of superstar Aamir Khan, joined a demonstration on October 10 at August Kranti Maidan organised by the Cockroach Janta Party. Protesters demanded the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over the Special Intensive Revision of…

New Delhi : Vitonnix, a UK-developed preventive healthcare startup has raised its first institutional capital in a seed round led by Inflection Point Ventures. The round saw participation from other investors, including practising doctors and bollywood actors, such as Riteish Deshmukh & Boman Irani, singer Jaspinder Narula and film producer Madhu Mantena. The funds will be used to strengthen its senior leadership team, build a consumer-growth engine, expand distribution channels and enter new international markets. …

HSBC India today announced a INR 200 crore, four-year flagship philanthropy programme to strengthen financial literacy across India. The initiative will help communities move from access to active and informed participation in the formal financial system. The programme will build the knowledge, confidence and practical skills people need to use formal and digital financial services safely, make informed decisions, protect themselves from fraud and strengthen their livelihoods and financial resilience. The programme was…

Pune : EarlySalary Services Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Social Worth Technologies Limited (“SWTL”) and the NBFC arm of Fibe, has received improved credit rating assessments from India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) and CRISIL Ratings. India Ratings has upgraded the rating on the company’s non-convertible debentures to ‘IND A’/Stable from ‘IND A-Positive’. CRISIL Ratings has assigned a ‘CRISIL A/Stable’ rating to the company’s long-term bank loan facilities of Rs. 700 crore and NCDs of Rs. 800 crore, while…