Q4 Results: Reliance Jio’s Profit Remains Flat As ARPU Falls – BloombergQuint

Mukesh Ambani’s telecom upstart has acquired over 30 crore customers by offering cheap data and is fast closing in on India’s second-largest operator Bharti Airtel Ltd. Since the launch of Reliance Jio in 2016, the telecom industry has been engaged in a brutal pricing war that has bled profits and triggered consolidation in the industry. […]

East states Lok Sabha Election voting LIVE updates: Till 5 pm, Manipur registers 69.05% polling, Assam 62.95%, Odisha records 46.69% turnout – Firstpost

East states Lok Sabha Election voting LATEST updates: At 4 pm, the overall voter turnout in Assam stood at 60.89 percent, 65.59 percent in West Bengal, 68.94 percent in Manipur and 45 percent in Odisha. Polling came to an abrupt end following skirmishes between some voters and CRPF personnel in Inner Manipur’s 6/10 Kyamgei Muslim […]

There is No ‘Hindu Terrorism’. But There is Something Called Sangh Parivar Terrorism – The Wire

In this remarkably prescient article written in November 2008, Jyotirmaya Sharma analysed the BJP’s arguments in defence of Hindutva activists accused of committing acts of terrorism in Malegaon and on board the Lahore-bound Samjhauta Express. “The only difference between Osama and Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur,” he wrote, “is that the former is unlikely to contest […]

BJP fields Sadhvi Pragya Thakur from Bhopal; Malegaon blast accused to face Congress’ Digvijaya Singh – Firstpost

Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, who is undergoing trial in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, joined the BJP on Wednesday and will be contesting form the Bhopal Lok Sabha constituency. She will be facing senior Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijaya Singh in Bhopal. “I will contest the election from Bhopal and win. Former […]