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Indian e-tailer major Flipkart completed another round of buyback of its shares valued at $350 million (Rs 2,275 crore) from its investors, according to its regulatory filing on Thursday.The Chennai-based business intelligence platform Paper.vc, which sourced the filing from the Singapore's Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA), said Flipkart had bought over 18 lakh preferential shares from its institutional investors like Tiger Global, Accel and Naspers."The buyback will enable t

Representational ImageElectricity distribution and transmission system in Rajasthan sustained heavy damage owing to the strong storm which lashed the state on Wednesday night.There is a condition of blackout in many towns and villages. Owing to storm and rains, around 1,500 feeders in the state were damaged, confirmed State Power Minister Pushpendra Singh Ranawat on Thursday.Many poles, wires and distribution transformers have been damaged and the overall loss has been estimated to the tune of

Narendra ModiPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday held the Congress responsible for creating a "debt-ridden" Karnataka while accusing the it of functioning only on "commissions and bribes"."The Karnataka government is a 'seedha rupaiah sarkar' (straight money government). Every single job in the state gets done only with money, commissions and bribes. Congress has created a debt-ridden Karnataka," he alleged at a rally in Ballari city in the rich mining district of Ballari.In his 40-minute s

Rahul GandhiCongress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to speak on his party's plan for Karnataka's growth, while accusing him of resorting to personal attacks."Personal attacks won't win the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) any votes. The Prime Minister should instead tell the people of Karnataka about his plans for the state," Gandhi told a public meeting in Bhalki in Bidar district, about 700 km north of Bengaluru.Gandhi, addressing a "Jana Aashirwada Yatre" he

Sushma SwarajExternal Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will visit Myanmar on May 10-11, it was announced on Thursday. Briefing the media, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said that the visit "is part of the ongoing high-level interaction which we have with the government of Myanmar".Kumar said that, during the visit, Suham Swaraj will hold discussions with the Myanmar leadership on various bilateral, regional and multilateral issues of mutual interest."They are expected to also

Smoke billows out of the Ahmedabad office of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) where a fire broke out on Thursday afternoon. Pic/PTIA major fire broke out at a research facility located in the Space Application Centre (SAC) of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) here this afternoon, officials said.Nobody was injured in the blaze, which was doused within a couple of hours, they said. "A major fire broke out inside a building, which is used as an antenna testing laboratory (for

Representational Picture15 people, including a mathematics professor, were arrested in Ghaziabad for betting on Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket matches, police said on Thursday.Superintendent of Police Akash Tomar told the media that the professor with a leading private university had also passed the examination to be a scientist at a Mumbai-based body. But he did not reportedly take up the job as his wife also teaches at the university in Ghaziabad.The police have recovered Rs 55,000 in cas

Representational PictureAn Indian hit the jackpot in Abu Dhabi by winning 7 million dirhams in a Big Ticket raffle in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) capital. Anil Varghese Theveril, 50, won the amount in the Big Ticket millionaire draw held at Abu Dhabi International Airport on Thursday."I believe that in order to hit the jackpot, you don't just pick random numbers. And for me, my son's birthday is my lucky number," Theveril told Gulf News. He is based in Kuwait and works as an executive assista

A Guwahati-bound IndiGo flight carrying 177 passengers from Delhi was delayed by over 5 hours on Wednesday night due to bad weather conditions, triggering protests by a group of passengers at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport. The protesting passengers even allegedly came out of the stranded A320 aircraft and tried to block the taxiway, sources in the know of the incident said. Flight operations were partially hit last evening as a dust storm hit Delhi NCR and some adj