B R Shetty, founder and former chairman of the embattled firms NMC Health and Finablr who was making a surprise attempt to return to the UAE after eight months in India, was stopped by immigration officials at the Bengaluru airport on Saturday morning as he was about to board an Etihad flight, a Khaleej Times report claimed.
Washington: US President-elect Joe Biden, his deputy Kamala Harris and incumbent President Donald Trump have extended Diwali greetings to those celebrating the festival of lights.
Bucharest: Romanian officials say seven people have died in a fire at a hospital intensive care ward where COVID-19 patients were receiving treatment.
Kolkata: The condition of legendary actor Soumitra Chatterjee is "very critical and grim" and last efforts to revive him are being made by the teams of doctors treating him at a private hospital in the city on Saturday.
Noida (UP): The air quality in Ghaziabad and Noida deteriorated to the 'severe' category and remained "very poor" in Greater Noida, Faridabad, and Gurgaon of the National Capital Region (NCR) on Saturday, according to a government agency.
Kolkata: Two persons have been arrested and over 100 kg of firecrackers seized from their possession in two areas of Kolkata, police said on Saturday.
Bengaluru: Karnataka on Saturday reported 2,154 fresh COVID-19 cases and 17 deaths, taking the infection count and toll to 8,60,082 and 11,508 respectively, the health department said.
Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi on Saturday said the issue of non-payment of salaries to the state-run transport corporations would be resolved in the next three or four days.
Dubai: Dr. B.R. Shetty, founder of NMC Healthcare and UAE Exchange Centre, has again confirmed an “imminent” return to the UAE. if this is the case, this will be a significant breakthrough in the NMC Healthcare corporate scandal that broke late last year and which later showed more than $4 billion in bank loans going missing.
Mumbai: Domestic equity benchmarks surged to lifetime highs on Saturday as investors built up fresh positions in the special Muhurat trading session to mark the beginning of Hindu Samvat year 2077.
