- India
Priyanka Gandhi to head Congress screening committee for Assam polls
Guwahati: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has been appointed the chairperson of the screening committee for the selection of candidates for the upcoming Assam assembly elections, a notification issued by the party…
- Business
FPIs pull out Rs 7,608 cr from equities in just 2 days of Jan
New Delhi: Foreign portfolio investors have started 2026 on a cautious note, extending their selling streak from last year by withdrawing Rs 7,608 crore (USD 846 million) from Indian equities in the…
- Stock Market
Mcap of 7 of top-10 most valued firms surges Rs 1.23 lakh cr
New Delhi: The combined market capitalisation of seven of the top-10 most-valued firms surged Rs 1,23,724.19 crore last week, in line with an optimistic trend in equities, with Reliance Industries stealing the…
- Photos
Maharashtra’s first woman DGP Rashmi Shukla retires
Mumbai: Rashmi Shukla, Maharashtra’s first woman Director General of Police (DGP), retired on Saturday, having completed 37 and a half years in the Indian Police Service. Shukla was accorded the Guard of…
- India
Jailed Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim again granted 40-day parole
Chandigarh: Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who is serving a 20-year jail term for raping two of his disciples and is lodged in the Sunaria jail in Haryana’s Rohtak,…
- Sports
Ashes: Root, Brook steer England to 211/3 before bad light halts play
Joe Root and Harry Brook shared a 154-run partnership to guide England to 211-3 before bad light stopped play on Day 1 of the final Ashes test, which featured an emotional on-field…
- Hyderabad
Octogenarian loses Rs 7 crore in ‘digital arrest’ fraud in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: An 81-year-old man here was duped of Rs 7.12 crore in a “digital arrest” scam after fraudsters posing as Mumbai Police officers threatened him of involvement in a drug trafficking racket…
- World
Uncertainty in Venezuela as Trump says he contacted Maduro’s deputy
Caracas: Venezuelans on Saturday scrambled to understand who was in charge of their country after the US military captured President Nicolás Maduro, ousting the strongman who had outlasted a botched coup attempt,…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Auto driver held for drunk driving threatens cops with dead snake
Hyderabad: An auto-rickshaw driver has allegedly threatened traffic police personnel with a dead snake here after he was caught for drunken driving, police said on Sunday. The incident happened on Saturday in…
- India
EV penetration in luxury car segment dips in GST 2.0 era
New Delhi: Electric vehicle (EV) penetration in the luxury car segment has seen a drop by nearly 3 percentage points in the GST 2.0 era with the internal combustion engine versions offering…
- Technology
Elon Musk’s X to remove illegal content, permanently ban offending users
New Delhi: Microblogging site X will act against illegal content by removing it, permanently suspending accounts that uploaded the material and working with local governments as required, the Elon Musk-owned social media…
- India
Forged documents submitted in Thane court for bail in drugs case; FIR lodged
Thane: Police have registered an FIR against unidentified persons for allegedly submitting forged documents before a court in Maharashtra’s Thane district to secure bail for accused in a narcotics case, officials said…
- Delhi
2025 JEE exam: HC bench upholds single judge’s order dismissing plea against NTA
New Delhi: A division bench of the Delhi High Court has upheld a single judge’s order dismissing a writ petition of two JEE aspirants against the National Testing Agency (NTA), alleging discrepancies…
- India
‘Will deport Bangladeshi infiltrators, ensure Marathi-Hindu mayor in Mumbai’
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has said the BJP-led Mahayuti would identify and deport “Bangladeshi infiltrators” from Mumbai and ensure the country’s financial capital gets a mayor who is a Marathi and…
- India
Attack on observer’s vehicle: EC writes to Bengal DGP, seeks action taken report
Kolkata: The EC flagged serious security lapses during the visit of an ERO to Special Intensive Revision (SIR) hearing camps in West Bengal, and sought a detailed action taken report from the…
