In a bid to strengthen its e-commerce position, Reliance Industries (RIL) is in talks to acquire online furniture brand Urban Ladder and milk delivery platform Milkbasket, The Times of India reported.

According to the report, the discussion with Urban Ladder has been going on for the last few months and is now at an advanced stage. People close to discussion pegged the deal at around $30 million including further infusion in the business and earn-out for the management team.

Shares of NTPC rallied over 4 per cent on the BSE on Monday after the company reported a 5.87 per cent year-on-year (YoY) decline in its consolidated net profit at Rs 2,948.94 crore for the first quarter of the fiscal year 2020-21 (Q1FY21).

The company's revenue from operations slipped 2.57 per cent YoY to Rs 26,194.76 crore during the quarter under review.

In a fierce attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Sunday called him 'losers who keep cribbing that the entire world is controlled by BJP and RSS.'

The minister's remarks came after Rahul shared a report published by a US media outlet accusing the ruling BJP along with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) of controlling Facebook and WhatsApp in India.

The three expelled Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MLAs -- Maheshwar Prasad Yadav, Prema Chaudhary, and Faraz Fatmi will join the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) on Monday, sources in the JD-U said on this day.

Sources told news agency ANI that the three MLAs will join the Nitish Kumar led JD-U later in the day.

A J&K police special police officer (SPO) and two CRPF men have been martyred in a terror attack on security forces in Kreeri area of Baramulla in north Kashmir. ‬

Following the attack, a joint team of security forces cordoned off the area to look for the terrorists while the injured were removed to a nearby hospital for treatment.

With more than 57,000 new cases reported in the last 24 hours, India's COVID-19 count on Monday crossed the 26.47 lakh-mark, while the death toll has crossed the 50,000-mark as well.

At 9:30 AM on this day, the COVID-19 tally in the country has reached 26,47,664 cases, which include 6,76,900 active cases; 19,19,843 cured, discharged, or migrated patients, and 50,921 deaths.

A major tragedy was averted on Sunday night after security forces recovered an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) near Tujan village in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir. The IED was planted beneath a bridge.

An IED planted by terrorists under a bridge near Tujan village recovered. This is a road between Tujan and Dalwan, said IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar.

The prayers at the Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala will start on Monday morning after the shrine reopened on Sunday for five-day monthly prayers in the Malayalam month Chingam.

According to the COVID-19 protocol, the bar on the entry of devotees will continue.

Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi on Sunday appointed Ajay Maken as the General Secretary in-charge of Rajasthan. Maken will replace Avinash Pandey with immediate effect, according to the All India Congress Committee (AICC).

Sachin Pilot, on Maken's appointment, took to micro-blogging site Twitter to congratulate him. He wrote, Your appointment will definitely boost the expectations of Rajasthan Congress workers.

Janata Dal (United) has decided to expel Bihar Industries Minister Shyam Rajak from the party due to his involvement in anti-party activities, said party spokesperson Rajeev Ranjan on Sunday.

Shyam Rajak`s recent actions were nothing less than an act of indiscipline. He was involved in anti-party activities. So the party decided to take this action against him. Nobody is above the party. I welcome the party`s decision of expelling him, Ranjan told ANI.

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