NEW DELHI (AP) -- India and Japan on Friday agreed to further expand ties and deepen cooperation in areas such as security, economy, clean energy and human resources. The two nations released a "joint vision" for cooperation for the next 10 years after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shigeru Ishiba held talks in Tokyo. They agreed to boost Japanese private sector investment in India to 10 trillion yen ($68 billion) over the next decade. The Indian leader said I...Read More
Mumbai: The biggest news at Friday's 48th annual general meeting (AGM) of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) came in the form of upcoming Initial Public Offering (IPO) of Reliance Jio Platforms. RIL chairman and managing director Mukesh Ambani announced that the telecom and digital giant will file for an IPO in the first half of 2026. "Today, it is my proud privilege to announce that Jio is making all arrangements to file for its IPO," Ambani said. "We are aiming to list Jio by the first half of 2...Read More
Chennai: E-commerce shipments as well as parcels sent to relatives in the US will now be subjected to tariffs as the US has suspended the exemptions for smaller packages valued $800 or less. The suspension of tariff from Friday will have a six-month transition period to a new tariff regime. The tariff rates on small packages will be calculated in one of two ways starting August 29. As per the first option, a flat rate of $80 to $200 per item, depending on the country of origin, will be levied....Read More
New Delhi, Aug 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Enforcement Directorate, Gurugram office carried out search operations on August 26-27 under the provisions of Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), 1999 at multiple locations in Delhi-NCR and Noida in connection with FEMA investigation against M/s BPTP Ltd. (formerly M/s. Business Park Town Planners Private Limited), a real estate company based in Faridabad, Haryana. The search operations were carried out at the offices of M/s BPTP Ltd. and the residenc...Read More
Guwahati, Aug 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said that the late Assamese leader Golap Borbora -- the first-ever non-Congress chief minister of Assam -- was among the many personalities sidelined by the Congress despite their towering contributions to the nation. He stressed that it was Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government which restored honour to such figures. Speaking at Golap Borbora's birth-centenary celebrations at Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalakshetra here, Home Mi...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) The proposed rationalisation of Goods and Service Tax (GST) Slab before Diwali this year can pull up first-time buyers in the two-wheeler (2Ws) segment, a report said on Friday. "The imminent GST cut by 10 per cent (from 28 per cent to 18 per cent) can make the 2Ws a lot more affordable and help revive demand, both for first-time buyers and even replacement cycles," HSBC Global Investment Research said in a report. The Eighth Pay Commission will also provide ...Read More
Guwahati, Aug 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday sharpened his attack on the Congress, saying Assam cannot be represented by leaders who make "frequent visits to Pakistan" -- a veiled reference to state Congress president Gaurav Gogoi. Speaking at the NDA Panchayat Pratinidhi Sammelan here, HM Shah asserted that the BJP-led alliance would retain power in Assam for a third straight term, riding on the development push of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the leadership of...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 29 (PTI) Banks and financial services firms during a joint meeting with the Department of Financial Services and the IT ministry on Friday sought detailed guidelines from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to implement the ban on online money gaming, sources said. The firms also sought more time to put in place mechanisms to comply with the ban, they said. The government has banned all forms of online money gaming by bringing in the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act aft...Read More
Mumbai: Actor Sidharth Malhotra and Janhvi Kapoor on Thursday visited Mumbai's famous Lalbaugcha Raja pandal a day after Ganesh Chaturthi. The actors who are set to be seen together in their upcoming film 'Param Sundari' offered prayers at the Lalbaugcha Raja pandal and wished for the success of their movie. Siddharth donned a peach-pink kurta, while Janhvi wore a red saree for their holy visit. Amid the huge crowd, the 'Param Sundari' actors made their way towards the large Ganesha idol and o...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 29 (PTI) Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Friday said the Centre under the current proposal to rationalize Goods and Services Tax (GST) rates should provide adequate compensation to states to prevent financial instability, asserting that such a balanced approach will protect the fiscal autonomy of states while advancing the objectives of GST reform in the true spirit of cooperative federalism. He emphasised that the benefits of this measure should reach the poor peo...Read More
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 29 (ANI): Vidarbha batter Danish Malewar joined an exclusive club featuring former greats Vijay Merchant, Aravinda de Silva and others after hammering a double ton for Central Zone against North East Zone in the ongoing Duleep Trophy on Friday. On the opening day, the 21-year-old stepped on the crease after Aayush Pandey fell in the third over for a mere score of 3(10). He restored the state of calmness by forging a 139-run stand with Aryan Juyal (60) and t...Read More
Chennai, Aug 29 (PTI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Friday announced that he would unveil a portrait of rationalist leader Thanthai Periyar (E V Ramasamy) at the University of Oxford on September 4 during his visit to England. He would release two books that chronicled the hundred-year journey and living legacy of the Self-respect movement founded by Ramasamy in 1925. "Periyar goes global! 'Oppression is my enemy,' the rallying cry of Periyar now resonates at #Oxford," Stalin said in...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 29 (PTI) Jio Platforms, the entity that houses Reliance Industries' telecom and digital businesses, is gearing up for an initial public offering (IPO) and stock market listing in the first half of 2026, RIL Chairman Mukesh Ambani said Friday, sparking wide expectations that the share-sale could be the biggest in the country's history. Jio is currently a unit of Reliance Industries, India's most valuable company, and while the Reliance Industries Chairman did not disclose the quan...Read More
CHENNAI: Leader of the Opposition Edappadi K Palaniswami denounced the Chief Minister MK Stalin-led government over the incident in which petitions submitted during the 'Ungaludan Stalin' special grievance camps were found floating in the Vaigai at Thiruppuvanam village in Sivagangai district. Palaniswami stated that the people would deliver a fitting response to the government's arrogance in the upcoming Assembly elections, as a result of its failure to understand their anguish and address the...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 29 (PTI) Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran on Friday exuded confidence that Indian economy will grow at a rate between 6.3 and 6.8 per cent in the current fiscal on strong domestic demand, even though there would be some downside risks to the projections due to steep 50 per cent US tariffs. Briefing reporters after the announcement of first quarter GDP numbers which came in at 7.8 per cent, he said that high tariffs are expected to be "short-lived" as both the countries...Read More
CHANDIGARH: The flood situation in Punjab remains critical, with 836 villages and standing crops across more than 1.10 lakh acres affected in eight districts, Pathankot, Gurdaspur, Fazilka, Kapurthala, Tarn Taran, Ferozepur, Hoshiarpur and Amritsar, due to swelling of the Ravi, Beas and Sutlej rivers. So far, 7,689 people have been evacuated to safer locations. Heavy rains and the rising Ghaggar river, following intense rainfall in its catchment area and the opening of floodgates at Sukhna Lake...Read More
Mumbai, Aug 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) 'Jatadhara' producer Prerna Arora reflected on comparisons with Hollywood VFX. She revealed that the USP of her film lies in its emotion and storytelling. Speaking exclusively with IANS, Prerna was asked, "With the Indian audience exposed to international cinema, there is a lot of comparison with Hollywood VFX. How challenging is the VFX work of Jatadhaara? What is the USP of it?" To this, she replied that as a producer, filmmaker, and creative person, she belie...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Union Minister of State for Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal on Friday said that India is steadily positioning itself as a global hub for arbitration with a focus on establishing a network of credible arbitral institutions. Addressing the first meeting of the India-Singapore Joint Consultative Committee (JCC), established under the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation in Law and Dispute Resolution in Singapore, the Union Minister said the agreemen...Read More
New Delhi: Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran Friday exuded confidence that Indian economy will grow at a rate between 6.3 and 6.8 per cent in the current fiscal on strong domestic demand, even though there would be some downside risks to the projections due to steep 50 per cent US tariffs. Briefing reporters after the announcement of first quarter GDP numbers which came in at 7.8 per cent, he said that high tariffs are expected to be "short-lived" as both the countries are in talks fo...Read More
NEW DELHI: The entry of three Jaish-e-Muhammad terrorists into Bihar via the Nepal route has put the entire state on very high alert. The suspected Jaish-e-Muhammad members have been identified as Hasnain Ali from Rawalpindi, Adil Hussain from Imerkot and Mohammad Usman from Bahawalpur in Pakistan. While the motive is unclear, the security agencies had suspected that they may have been sent in to disrupt the elections that are to be held in Bihar by November 2025. However, since that is a long w...Read More
New Delhi: As India is facing a steep US tariff on exports, Union commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal on Friday talked tough, saying that India will neither bow down nor ever appear weak in any trade deal with any country. Besides, the minister also assured all domestic exporters that the government would soon announce a slew of measures to boost exports and domestic consumption to shield the industry from the adverse impact of unilateral actions by other countries. His comments come at...Read More
New Delhi: Days after the Supreme Court took up hearing of the plight of military officer cadets forced to leave due to disabilities suffered during training at the various academies, the Union government announced that they will be brought under the Ex-Servicemen Health Scheme (ECHS). A few cadets who enter institutes like the National Defence Academy (NDA), Indian Military Academy (IMA) and Officers' Training Academy (OTA) suffer lifelong disabilities during training. Until now, they were not...Read More
New Delhi: A gang posing as admission consultants has been busted for allegedly duping parents of Class XII students of over Rs 1.34 crore by promising fake 'management quota' seats in reputed colleges. Police have linked at least 31 complaints to the syndicate, including one from a Delhi Police head constable. According to police, the fraudsters used bulk SMS campaigns to impersonate official admission consultants for prominent Delhi universities and colleges, falsely guaranteeing seats under t...Read More
Rajgir (Bihar) [India], August 29 (ANI): Following India's narrow win over China to kickstart the men's Asia Cup, captain Harmanpreet Singh admitted that the team has struggled to convert their chances into goals more often and vowed it would not make "silly mistakes" again. Team India's Men's Asia Cup campaign kick-started with a 4-3 win over China in Rajgir on Friday. For India, it was Captain Harmanpreet Singh (20', 33', 47') who put in a fantastic performance, as he scored a hat-trick. And ...Read More
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 29 (ANI): Vidarbha batter Danish Malewar joined an exclusive club featuring former greats Vijay Merchant, Aravinda de Silva and others after hammering a double ton for Central Zone against North East Zone in the ongoing Duleep Trophy on Friday. On the opening day, the 21-year-old stepped on the crease after Aayush Pandey fell in the third over for a mere score of 3(10). He restored the state of calmness by forging a 139-run stand with Aryan Juyal (60) and t...Read More
New Delhi [India], August 29 (ANI): Congress leader KC Venugopal has condemned the attack on party state unit in Patna, alleging that it was led by a sitting cabinet minister and other BJP leaders, and asserted that the party will continue to expose the massive vote chori being carried out in the name of SIR. The clash broke out in front of the Congress office in Patna on Friday after BJP workers staged a protest over the alleged derogatory remarks made by a man against Prime Minister Narendra ...Read More
Visakhapatnam: Minister of tourism, culture and cinematography Kandula Durgesh paid tributes to Gidugu Venkata Ramamurthy, hailing him as "the great man who took the umbrella of the colloquial language" during Telugu Language Day celebrations held in Visakhapatnam on Friday. Speaking as the chief guest, Durgesh felicitated 14 recipients of the Gidugu Venkata Ramamurthy awards, personally presenting each awardee with a cash prize of Rs 25,000, a memento and a ceremonial shawl. The awards recogni...Read More
NEW DELHI: A group of victims of the Naxal violence on Friday appealed to all members of Parliament not to support opposition-sponsored vice presidential candidate B Sudershan Reddy, alleging that he was the person who halted the "people's movement" against the extremists at a time when they were about to become extinct. Addressing a press conference here, the victims of the Naxal violence, under the banner of Bastar Shanti Samiti (BSS), alleged that because of Reddy's order as the then judge o...Read More
MUMBAI: Reliance Industries will more than double its Ebitda or operating profit by 2027, chairman Mukesh Ambani said, outlining the group's value creation roadmap that focuses on building new growth engines while strengthening existing businesses to ensure sustained, long-term value creation. Addressing shareholders at the company's 48th annual general meeting here Friday, he said 2027 will mark the 'golden decade' of the company when it turns 50. Ambani said that Reliance has already transfor...Read More
COIMBATORE: A total of 1,388 Lord Ganesh idols were immersed in various waterbodies in Coimbatore district on Friday.More than 400 idols installed by various right-wing organizations in Coimbatore city were immersed in Kurichi tank, Singanallur tank, Kuniyamuthur tank and Vellakinaru tank. The highest number of idols were immersed in Vellakinaru tank, with a total of 128 idols while 83 idols were immersed in Kurichi tank.The city police permitted the installation of 725 Ganesh idols and deployed...Read More