Hyderabad: The MGBS to Chandrayangutta stretch of the Hyderabad Metro Rail project in the Old City has gained pace, with pillar marking and road widening now in progress, Hyderabad Airport Metro Limited (HAML) Managing Director N V S Reddy said on Sunday, August 3. The 5.5-km corridor, part of the metro expansion into the Old City, has been carefully planned to reduce property acquisition while ensuring smooth connectivity. The number of affected properties has been brought down from 1,100 to a...Read More
India's oldest asset reconstruction company (ARC) wants to go public. Asset Reconstruction Co. (India) Ltd (ARCIL) filed its draft prospectus on 1 August, with four of its shareholders -- Avenue India Resurgence Pte. Ltd, State Bank of India, Lathe Investment Pte Ltd, and The Federal Bank Ltd -- looking to sell up to 105.46 million shares. If approved, it will become India's first listed ARC. Mint takes a look at the draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) to assess the state of India's ARCs -- on...Read More
New Delhi, August 4: Apple is likely to introduce its upcoming iPhone 17 series in early September 2025. Reports suggest the launch could take place between September 8 and 10, and the lineup may include four models, which may be iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Air, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone 17 Pro Max. The iPhone 17 series will be released in global markets and also in India. The iPhone 17 series may bring several upgrades compared to the iPhone 16 lineup. Users can expect improvements in processing spee...Read More
New Delhi [India], August 4: The Mayo Alumni Summit 2025 marked a strong beginning to Mayo College's 150th-year celebrations. Held at the Hyatt Regency in New Delhi, the event brought together over 300 alumni and was organized by the Mayo Alumni Association Delhi (MAAD). More than a reunion, the summit served as a platform for dialogue on the institution's future, addressing key themes such as real estate, artificial intelligence, and mental wellbeing. Also Read | Shibu Soren Was Grassroots Lea...Read More
New Delhi [India], August 4: The Mayo Alumni Summit 2025 marked a strong beginning to Mayo College 150th-year celebrations. Held at the Hyatt Regency in New Delhi, the event brought together over 300 alumni and was organized by the Mayo Alumni Association Delhi (MAAD). More than a reunion, the summit served as a platform for dialogue on the institution future, addressing key themes such as real estate, artificial intelligence, and mental wellbeing. The event served as a prelude to the main 150t...Read More
Patna's double-deck flyover, inaugurated by the CM in June, has sunk after heavy rainfall. Built for Rs 422 crore, flooding has disrupted daily life and raised structural concerns. A recent incident has raised concerns about the structural integrity of Patna's double-deck flyover, which was inaugurated in June this year. Part of the double-deck flyover sinks after incessant rainfall in the city. The flyover was built for Rs 422 crore and was inaugurated by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. A video ...Read More
Mumbai Customs has arrested a traveller at the international airport here for allegedly trying to smuggle 15 kg of hydroponic weed with an estimated value of Rs 14.73 crore, officials said. The contraband was concealed in a packet labelled as 'Diplomatic Pouch of Ministry of External Affairs', officials said on Sunday. The traveller had landed at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport from Bangkok, an official said. "During the examination of his baggage, Customs officials reco...Read More
President of the Philippines Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. will arrive in New Delhi on Monday for a five-day State Visit to India. This will be his first visit to the country since assuming office. He will be accompanied by First Lady Louise Araneta Marcos and a high-level delegation comprising Cabinet Ministers, other dignitaries, senior officials, and business representatives. President Marcos is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday. Discussions are expected to focus on defence...Read More
The political parties in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday condemned the assault on employees of a private airline by an Army officer at Srinagar International Airport last week, saying the officer must be held accountable. "This is gundagardi!! This incident took place at Srinagar Airport, where an Army officer was seen brutally assaulting SpiceJet staff member(s), leaving him with serious injuries. It is highly condemnable & shameful. The officer must be held accountable," National Conference spoke...Read More
Anil Ambani has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate for questioning in connection with an alleged '17,000-crore loan fraud case. Searches were conducted at multiple locations linked to Reliance Group. SEBI shared findings of a probe into alleged diversion of '10,000 crore by Reliance Infrastructure to Reliance Group units through an undisclosed related party. The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has summoned Anil Ambani, chairman and managing director of Reliance Group, for questioning ...Read More
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is widely expected to keep policy rates unchanged this week, showed an ET poll of economists, as monetary experts assess the economic fallout of the punitive 25% US tariffs and await clarity on the contours of a trade deal between New Delhi and Washington. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is widely expected to keep policy rates unchanged this week, showed an ET poll of economists, as monetary experts assess the economic fallout of the punitive 25% US tariffs and a...Read More
THOOTHUKUDI, India (Reuters) -- Vietnamese electric vehicle maker VinFast is in talks with several component manufacturers as it looks to source more from India, the company's Asia CEO said on Monday. The firm is in discussions with several of its current component suppliers, and some want to shift part of their production to an industrial park in India, VinFast Asia CEO Pham Sanh Chau told Reuters on the sidelines of the inauguration of its Indian plant in the southern city of Thoothukudi. Gl...Read More
New Delhi [India], August 4 (ANI): President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr of the Philippines will soon be arriving in India on a state visit, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Monday. Sharing the update on X, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, President Mr. Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr., of Philippines @bongbongmarcos, will soon be arriving in on a State Visit. Watch highlights of the special & multifaceted India-Philippines relationship. President Mr. Ferdinand Romualdez Ma...Read More
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh)[India], August 4 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh remains severely affected by the ongoing 2025 monsoon, with heavy rainfall triggering widespread damage to life and infrastructure. On Tuesday, a total of 309 roads -- including National Highway 305 -- were blocked due to landslides and flash floods. Additionally, 236 water supply schemes and 113 distribution transformers (DTRs) were reported to be non-functional, according to the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA). The...Read More
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], August 4 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday held a virtual meeting with the District Magistrates of all the thirteen districts of the State to discuss the progress of development works and the preparations to deal with any eventuality, given the alert issued by the Meteorological Department. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert for three days in the districts of Dehradun, Nainital, Champawat, Bageshwar,...Read More
NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin on Monday took on Delhi Police's use of the term "Bangladeshi language" for Bengali in an official statement, calling it a direct insult to the "very language in which our National Anthem was written.""The Delhi Police, under the Union Home Ministry, has described Bengali as a 'Bangladeshi language.' This is a direct insult to the very language in which our National Anthem was written," he said in a post on X.The statement which refers to Bengali as...Read More
New Delhi: The government has extended the Income Tax Return (ITR) filing deadline to September 15, 2025. This gives taxpayers more time to choose between the old and new tax regimes, depending on what suits them best. If you are a salaried employee or pensioner without business income, you can switch between regimes every year just by selecting the correct option while filing ITR-1 or ITR-2. However, if you have business or professional income, the rule is stricter. You can switch back to the...Read More
MUMBAI: The Indian stock market opened in the green on Monday, led by gains in auto and metal stocks, amid mixed global cues. At 9.29 am, Sensex was up 221 points or 0.28 per cent at 80, 821 and Nifty was up 82 points or 0.33 per cent at 24, 647. In the opening trading session, auto and metal were leading the market, advancing 0.93 per cent and 1.07 per cent respectively. The Nifty Bank edged up 0.13 per cent, to 55, 688 points. Midcap and smallcap stocks saw buying activity. Nifty midcap 100...Read More
Bengaluru: The long-awaited inauguration of the Namma Metro Yellow Line is finally set to become a reality. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Bengaluru on August 10 to officially inaugurate the Yellow Line, fulfilling a long-pending dream of residents in the city's southern region. On the same occasion, PM Modi is also expected to lay the foundation stone for the ambitious Phase-3 metro project. Recently, the Commissioner of Railway Safety granted clearance for operations on the Yellow Li...Read More
BHOPAL: Eastern Maharashtra's third largest city -- the communally and politically sensitive Akola - has emerged as the fourth major link of the recently busted inter-state fake passport racket allegedly run by an Afghan man from Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh. Sohbat Khan, the alleged mastermind of the racket, is revealing key details during questioning by the Madhya Pradesh Police's anti-terrorism squad (ATS). As per sources privy to the probe, Sohbat's questioning has revealed that a p...Read More
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Monday backed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for calling out the Delhi police for allegedly referring to Bengali as a Bangladeshi language, labelling it a "direct insult to the very language in which the National Anthem is composed." Stalin said such remarks were not "inadvertent errors" but a reflection of a regime that undermines India's linguistic diversity. "The Delhi Police, under the Union Home Ministry, has described Bengali as...Read More
India's JSW Cement has priced its ₹3600 crore ($412.72 million) initial public offering between ₹139 to 147, a newspaper advertisement showed on Monday. The cement arm of the steel-to-autos JSW conglomerate first filed to go public last August, but the country's markets regulator put it on ice for four months without disclosing a reason and approved the filing only in January this year. The firm has presence in India's southern, eastern and western regions and operates seven plants, as of fisc...Read More
Bengaluru: Former MP Prajwal Revanna, convicted of rape in the high-profile KR Nagar case, has officially begun his life sentence and transitioned from an undertrial to a convict at Bengaluru's Parappana Agrahara Central Prison. With this shift, Revanna's lifestyle is set to change drastically as he enters the routine and rules of prison life.Prajwal Revanna, who had been lodged in the prison for the past 14 months during trial, has now been formally designated a life convict and assigned priso...Read More
New Delhi: If you are planning to buy Mahindra's electric vehicle, then do not delay. The delivery of electric vehicles has started from the company. Delivery of two powerful models - B3 6 and XEV 9e Pack Two - has started across the country in the customer comfort electric SUV lineup. Do you know that both these electric SUV vehicles were launched in November 2024 last year? Now the work of sending the delivery of their mid-spec variants to the customers is being done. If you are looking for a...Read More
Jashpur (Chhattisgarh) [India], August 4 (ANI): Covering several kilometres to fetch clean drinking water was the routine of earlier days for the population at Kujri, a village surrounded by forest and hills in tribal-dominated Jashpur district of Chhattisgarh, before the Jal Jeevan Mission came as a boon to them. Kujri is a village located around 15 to 17 kilometres from Jashpur district and close to the border of the neighbouring state of Jharkhand. Earlier, the villagers had to rely on borew...Read More
CHENNAI: The State Health Department has announced that 4,44,018 people have so far benefited from the 'Nalam Kakkum Stalin' scheme. According to a report from Thanthi TV, Chennai recorded the highest number of beneficiaries with 2,935 people availing the scheme. In Villupuram, 2,013 people have benefited, followed by 1,385 in Coimbatore and 1,360 in Tiruvannamalai. Chief Minister MK Stalin launched the comprehensive and specialised health screening scheme on August 2 with 1256 camps to provi...Read More
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], August 4 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha called upon the youth to dedicate themselves towards achieving the goal of Viksit Bharat and utilising their knowledge and ideas for this shared goal. Addressing at the Viksit Bharat-Yuva Connect Programme in Jammu, Manoj Sinha shed light on the intricacies of the human mind, calling it a network of ideas. I believe that the biggest miracle of the universe is the human mind. There are about 10,...Read More
New Delhi, August 4: Intel is reportedly planning changes in its work from office (WFO) policy that could affect many of its employees. The company is said to be ending work from home options and moving back to a regular office routine. Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan has reportedly shared the update about the company's upcoming workplace changes. The update came in a July 24 memo that mainly addressed 15% Intel layoffs impacting around 15,000 employees. The plan is said to focus on bringing employees back...Read More
Tura (Meghalaya), Aug 4 (PTI) An official of the Meghalaya Agriculture Department was swept away by strong currents of the Ganol River in West Garo Hills district while attempting to cross the water body during a family picnic, police said on Monday. The missing official, identified as Teseng M Sangma, was posted at Ampati in South West Garo Hills district and resided in staff quarters near Dolampong in Araimile police station area in Tura. Teseng had gone to Sella Wari near Ganol River for a ...Read More
Mumbai: Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty climbed higher in opening trade on Monday, tracking a firm trend in the Asian markets and buying in auto and metal stocks. The 30-share BSE Sensex rose by 217.61 points or 0.27 per cent to 80,817.52 in opening trade. The 50-share NSE Nifty went up by 71.55 points to 24,636.90. From the 30-share Sensex firms, Tata Steel, BEL, Bajaj Finserv, UltraTech Cement, Hindustan Unilever, Asian Paints, Reliance Industries, Titan and Adani Ports were among the gai...Read More