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ED attaches over Rs 3 cr assets of ex-JK Grameen Bank manager

New Delhi: The ED on Thursday said it has attached assets worth Rs 3.40 crore of a former Jammu and Kashmir Grameen Bank (JKGB)...

Nation mourns Ratan Tata; tributes pour in from political and business leaders

NEW DELHI: Ratan Tata, one of India’s most iconic business leaders, passed away on late Wednesday night at the age of 86, at Mumbai’s...

PM Modi is ‘total killer’ with nation’s adversaries, refused offers of help to deal with threat: Trump

WASHINGTON: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a “total killer” with the nation’s adversaries and turned down offers of help when India faced threats, former...

A visionary leader, compassionate soul: PM Modi

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed deep sorrow over the passing of Ratan Tata, calling him a “visionary business leader, a compassionate soul...

A titan who cared about making India better: industry captains mourn Ratan Tata’s demise

MUMBAI: Industry leaders including Google’s India-born chief executive Sundar Pichai on Wednesday mourned the death of Ratan Tata, saying the veteran industrialist cared about...

US President Biden holds ‘direct,’ 30-minute call with Netanyahu

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden held a “direct,” 30-minute phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, their first conversation in almost two...

Maharashtra Cabinet passes resolution urging Centre to confer Bharat Ratna to Ratan Tata

MUMBAI: Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra Cabinet on Thursday passed a resolution urging the Centre to confer Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honour to...

South Korea’s Han Kang wins 2024 Nobel Prize in literature

STOCKHOLM: South Korean author Han Kang has won the 2024 Nobel Prize in literature “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and...

India’s 100 richest tycoons surpass $1 trillion milestone, Gautam Adani at 2nd spot: Forbes list

NEW DELHI: The collective wealth of India’s 100 richest tycoons surpassed the trillion dollar milestone for the first time as more than 80 per...

Nepal’s 18-year-old Nima Rinji Sherpa is youngest to scale all 14 tall peaks

KATHMANDU: Nepal’s 18-year-old Nima Rinji Sherpa has become the youngest climber ever to scale each of the 14 tallest mountains (over 8,000 metres) in...

712 climbers allowed to scale peaks in Nepal

KATHMANDU: A total of 712 climbers have received permission to climb 29 mountains in Nepal during the fall climbing season. The climbers are from 62...

‘Genius’ breaks another record: Joe Roots becomes England’s highest run-scorer in Tests

MULTAN: With an exquisite straight drive for four, Joe Root took another of Alastair Cook’s records by becoming England’s highest run-scorer in Tests. Root surpassed...

Jamia Millia Islamia University invites online applications for PhD progs

NEW DELHI: The Jamia Millia Islamia University has invited online applications for admission to various PhD programmes for the academic session 2024-25. Candidates seeking...

Rafael Nadal announces retirement from professional tennis at end of season

NEW DELHI: Spain's Rafa Nadal, who won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, said on Thursday he was putting an end to his professional tennis...

Sundar Pichai, Bill Gates pay tribute to Ratan Tata; a rewind to when Elon Musk praised the icon

NEW DELHI: Legendary industrialist Ratan Tata passed away on Wednesday at the age of 86. Following his death, many leaders expressed their grief and...

Sharp divide tough to be bridged: Karan Singh

Srinagar: Congress leader Karan Singh Wednesday said a clear and sharp political divide between the two regions of Jammu and Kashmir would be a...

BJP fails to make impact in Pir Panchal region

Jammu: The BJP, which was hoping to capitalise on the Centre's decision granting reservation to Gujjars and Paharis in the Pir Panchal region, failed...

Next logical step is to restore full statehood to JK: Former Sadr-i-Riyasat

New Delhi: Veteran Congress leader and former Jammu and Kashmir governor Karan Singh on Wednesday expressed great satisfaction over the conduct of "free and...

Restoration of statehood won’t change status of JK assembly: Legal experts

New Delhi: The restoration of statehood from the status of union territory (UT) in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) by the Centre in future will...

Israel has eliminated Nasrallah’s ‘successors’, says Netanyahu

TEL AVIV: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that the country’s forces have successfully targeted and eliminated potential successors to the recently deceased Hezbollah...

Israeli offensive kills dozens, threatens hospitals in northern Gaza

DEIR AL-BALAH, GAZA STRIP: A large-scale Israeli operation in northern Gaza has killed dozens of people and threatens to shut down three hospitals over...

RBI MPC decides to keep policy rate unchanged at 6.5%

NEW DELHI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to keep the policy rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent...

UN officials urge negotiations to restore stability along Lebanon-Israel border

BEIRUT: The escalation of violence and destruction along the Lebanon-Israel border will neither solve the core issues nor bring security to any relevant parties...

Why should PM use govt prog to make political speech: Congress hits back at Modi

NEW DELHI: The Congress on Wednesday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his attack on the party while virtually inaugurating development projects...

Cabinet approves continuation of supply of free Fortified Rice under Pradhan Mantri Garib

NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved continuation of the universal supply of Fortified Rice under all schemes...

India makes significant progress in poverty reduction, electrification, clean water, sanitation: UNFPA

NEW DELHI: India has made remarkable strides in reducing poverty, expanding electrification, and improving access to clean water and sanitation, said Natalia Kanem, Executive...

PM to leave for Vientiane, Prez Murmu to visit three African nations from Sunday

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will leave here on Thursday for Vientiane in Laos to attend the 21st ASEAN-India Summit and the 19th...

Over 34.84 lakh audit reports filed on I-T Dept’s e-filing portal

NEW DELHI: Over 34.84 lakh audit reports have been filed for AY 2024-25 on the e-filing portal till the end of the due date,...

Centre asks major retailers to follow declining mandi prices of key pulses

NEW DELHI: Prices of tur (arhar) and urad pulses in major mandis have declined by almost 10 per cent in the last three months...

UPI fraud sees big jump in 2024

Police share most-common techniques used to scam people, tips to stay safe NEW DELHI: Unified Payments Interface (UPI)-related frauds were the most-common financial scams in...

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