- Business
Odisha registers 17% growth in gross GST collection in Aug
Bhubaneswar: The gross GST collection in Odisha has recorded 17.11 per cent growth in August 2022 against the collection made during August last year, officials said here on Friday. According to the…
- Middle East
Iran briefly seizes 2 US ‘surveillance vessels’ in Red Sea
Tehran: The Iranian Navy briefly seized two “surveillance vessels” of the US Navy in the Red Sea, according to state media reports. On Thursday, while carrying out a counter-terrorism mission in the…
- Politics
Kejriwal’s five promises to farmers in Gujarat
Gandhinagar: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday made five “key promises” to farmers in Gujarat while addressing a rally at Dwarka town in the state’s Saurashtra region. He said if the…
- World
UK slips behind India to become world’s 6th biggest economy
London: Britain has dropped behind India to become the world’s sixth largest economy, according to Bloomberg. India toppled the UK from its position in the final three months of 2021 to become…
- Politics
BJP’s Giriraj Singh demands survey of mosques, madrasas in Bihar
Patna: Firebrand Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Union Minister, Giriraj Singh has demanded a survey of madrasas and mosques in Bihar similar to that in Uttar Pradesh. “We demanded from the…
- India
LPG cylinder prices rose 45% in 5 years
New Delhi: Even as domestic LPG prices have been on the upsurge, burdening the common man, an interesting fact to note is that cooking gas rates have been revised an astounding 58…
- Business
Commanding heights of India’s economy up for grabs in battle between Adani and Ambani
New Delhi: Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani, both billionaires, have in recent years become the best-known faces of Indian business. To supporters, they are patriotic nation-builders, using their sway and resources to…
- World
Biden says Trump, MAGA Republicans represent extremism, are threat to democracy
Washington: US President Joe Biden went into a combative mood, dubbing his predecessor Donald Trump and the MAGA (Make America Great Again) Republicans as representing “extremism” that threatened the very foundations of…
- India
AG refuses sanction for contempt of court proceedings against Sibal
New Delhi: Attorney General K.K. Venugopal had declined a request to initiate contempt of court proceedings against Rajya Sabha MP and senior advocate Kapil Sibal for his statement allegedly against the Supreme…
- India
Nirmala Sitharaman flags missing Modi pics in Telangana PDS outlets
Hyderabad: Union Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has questioned the absence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s photograph in PDS outlets of Telangana. On a visit to PDS outlets in the Kamareddy district of…
- World
UK PM Race: Liz Truss widely expected to win
London: The Tory leadership ballot will close on Friday with Conservative members to choose between Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak as the new UK Prime Minister, a media report said. The tea-time…
- Entertainment
Virat Kohli, Anushka buy 8-acre farmhouse in Alibaug
Mumbai: Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma and her cricketer husband Virat Kohli are now the owners of an eight-acre farmhouse in the plush Alibaug area near Mumbai. The farmhouse is spread over 8…
- India
After SC relief from arrest till Monday, Abhishek sharpens attack on Shah
Kolkata: After the Supreme Court on Friday barred the Enforcement Directorate (ED) from taking any drastic action against Trinamool Congress national General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee till September 5, the latter sharpened his…
- India
CBI arrests Trinamool leader in chit fund scam, recovers Rs 80 lakh
Kolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday arrested Trinamool Congress leader and the Chairman of Halisahar Municipality in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, Raju Sahani for his alleged involvement…
- India
Azad rally in Jammu vs Congress rally in Delhi
New Delhi: There are two rallies this Sunday — one by the Congress in Delhi against inflation, unemployment and LPG price hike and the other to be held by former Congress leader…
