- India
Govt raises limit for bringing duty-free imported goods to Rs 75,000
New Delhi: The government on Sunday, February 1, raised the limit for passengers bringing duty-free imported goods into India from Rs 50,000 to Rs 75,000. Under the Baggage Rules, 2026, notified on…
- India
Delhi: Mamata confronts police, asks for sensitivity towards SIR-affected families
New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday, February 2, confronted the security personnel deployed outside Delhi’s Banga Bhawan and said she was in the national capital for justice to…
- India
CBI arrests cybercriminal after massive search operation across 10 states
New Delhi: The CBI has arrested an alleged cybercriminal after conducting a massive countrywide search operation across 35 locations as part of a sweeping multinational crackdown on cyber-enabled financial crimes, officials said…
- India
Rupee rises 42 paise to close at 91.51 against US dollar
Mumbai: The rupee gained 42 paise to close at 91.51 (provisional) against the US dollar on Monday, February 2, a day after the Union Budget 2026-27 was presented, largely as crude oil…
- Hyderabad
Phone-tapping case: Kavitha slams KTR for denouncing SIT questioning KCR
Hyderabad: Telangana Jagruti leader K Kavitha on Monday, February 2, criticised Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) party working president and her brother KT Rama Rao for finding fault with SIT questioning party supremo…
- Sports
ICC warns PCB of “serious implications” over boycott of T20 World Cup tie against India
Dubai: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday, February 1, warned the Pakistan Cricket Board’s reported position of “selective participation” in the Men’s T20 World Cup could have far-reaching consequences for the…
- India
Uproar in LS after Rahul seeks to quote from ex-army chief Naravane’s ‘memoir’
New Delhi: A row erupted in the Lok Sabha on Monday, February 2, after Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi sought to quote from the unpublished “memoir” of former Army chief Gen…
- India
SC refuses PIL on caste recording procedure in 2027 census
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a PIL questioning the procedure to be adopted to record, classify and verify the caste data of citizens in the 2027 general…
- Andhra Pradesh
Maintaining law, order paramount, no violation will be tolerated: Andhra CM
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday, February 2, said maintaining law and order is paramount and that no violation will be tolerated under any circumstances, irrespective of political…
- World
Bangladesh court sentences Sheikh Hasina to 10 years in jail in corruption cases
Dhaka: A Bangladesh court on Monday, February 2, sentenced deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to 10 years in jail in two separate corruption cases related to alleged irregularities in allocations of land…
- India
MGNREGA was transformative law, its substitute a flaw: Congress
New Delhi: Hitting out at the Modi government, the Congress on Monday, February 2, said MGNREGA was a transformative law while the new scheme brought by the Centre that “bulldozed it away”…
- Business
Budget FY27 demonstrates commitment to macro stability: Fitch
New Delhi: India’s budget demonstrates the ongoing commitment to maintaining macro stability through a gradual path of government debt reduction balanced against a still-robust capex program to enhance growth prospects, Fitch Ratings…
- India
Traders in power in Assam, Centre marginalised Adivasis: Jharkhand CM
Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren alleged that those in power at the Centre and in Assam were “traders and not politicians”, and that they “marginalised” the tribal community and were focused…
- Kashmir
NIA raids at multiple locations in Kashmir
Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday, February 2, carried out searches at multiple locations in Srinagar, Bandipora and Baramulla districts of Jammu and Kashmir in connection with a terror case,…
- India
Union Budget announcements like high-speed rail link kickstarts debate in TN
Chennai: While the ruling DMK has claimed often to be sitting pretty ahead of the Assembly polls due by April, the Union Budget presented on February 1, which has initiatives like high…
