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The drama between Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) and Nuwan Thushara has taken an ugly turn over the fast bowler's participation in the ongoing IPL 2026 in India. Nuwan Thushara was set to join Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) this season, but he has now been ruled out completely because Sri Lanka Cricket has refused to clear his NOC under a strict new fitness rule. This is a huge blow for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru. This situation has left Thushara to drag the SLC to court after being blocked fr ...Read More >
US President Donald Trump's $100,000 fees hike for specific H-1B visa hires has sparked debate among various industry representatives, with many expressing their views on its effects on the US economy. Xavier Fernandes, the founder of the immigration agency Y-Axis, stated that the policy might be more detrimental to the US than beneficial. In an interview with CBS News programme on India's IT sector and H-1B visas, Fernandes said, "It's definitely America's loss. Many CEOs are from Hyderabad. ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 6 (PTI) Public procurement platform Government e-Marketplace (GeM) facilitated transactions worth Rs 5.03 lakh crore in 2025-26, down 7.4 per cent from the previous fiscal, a senior official said on Monday. GeM facilitated transactions worth Rs 5.43 lakh crore in 2024-25. GeM CEO Mihir Kumar said the decline in growth can be attributed to a reduced contribution from the coal ministry, whose share in total sales fell from 34 per cent to 20 per cent in 2025-26 (Rs 1,02,219 crore). ...Read More >
A 31-year-old man died during treatment on Wednesday, a day after he was injured when security forces allegedly opened fire at people protesting the killing of two Meitei siblings on Tuesday, taking the death toll to three. Wanghengbam Bobby, from Bishnupur district, was undergoing treatment at the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Imphal. He sustained a bullet injury to his torso, an officer said. A suspected rocket strike killed a five-year-old boy and his six-month-old sister i ...Read More >
An Odisha irrigation engineer is under investigation after the Vigilance Department discovered a farmhouse, palatial building, high-value plots, and significant cash deposits during raids. Key PointsOdisha Vigilance Department conducted raids on an irrigation engineer, uncovering significant assets.Assets discovered include a farmhouse, a triple-storeyed building, and multiple high-value plots in Bhubaneswar and Dhenkanal.Officials seized over Rs 6.23 lakh in cash, deposits exceeding Rs 60 lakh ...Read More >
Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday laid the foundation stone for the Agra Development Authority's (ADA) ambitious 'Greater Agra' project, estimated to cost ₹5,142 crore and spread over 449.65 hectares in Raipur and Rehan Kalan villages in the district. The chief minister also laid the foundation for several other development projects worth ₹1,324 crore. Under the state government's 'New City Promotion Scheme' and urban expansion plan, the ADA will develop the township comprising 10 m ...Read More >
Arora stated this during an interaction with leading industrialists here today. While addressing the industrialists, the minister said it is a moment of great pride that under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Punjab has witnessed the highest-ever investment in its history for the year 2025-26, with commitments worth ₹60,256 crore, that would create 1.35 lakh jobs for youth. "Our target for next year will be ₹75,000 crore and we are sure that we will surpass this target," he s ...Read More >
Peshawar Zalmi held their nerve to beat Hyderabad Kingsmen off the final ball in a tense four-wicket win in the Pakistan Super League fixture in Karachi. Chasing 146, Zalmi got over the line thanks to an all-round effort from Iftikhar Ahmed, who followed up his four-wicket haul with an unbeaten 15 off 10. Zalmi were well placed at 116 for 3 in the 14th over, with Babar Azam anchoring the chase with 43. But he fell lbw to Hassan Khan and his dismissal triggered a slowdown as Hyderabad fought bac ...Read More >
Bhopal, April 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) As wheat procurement begins from April 9 in Madhya Pradesh, a significant surge in farmer participation is reported for the 2026-27 season, with 1,904,644 farmers registering across the state, a notable increase from 1,544,055 registrations in the previous 2025-26 season. To facilitate smooth procurement, the state government has established 3,627 procurement centres. Wheat procurement is scheduled to begin shortly, with the Centre-fixed Minimum Support Price at ...Read More >
By- Kaushik.Pradhan@timesofindia.comKOLKATA: A high-level election review meeting on Wednesday turned volatile when a senior election observer openly challenged CEC Gyanesh Kumar, later leading to the observer's removal.During the virtual meeting convened by the full bench of the EC, Cooch Behar South general observer Anurag Yadav objected to remarks made by the CEC. The situation escalated when CEC Kumar told the officer to "go back home", said sources. Sources said Yadav shot back, saying, "Yo ...Read More >
The Bombay High Court at Goa on Wednesday cancelled the notification to hold the Ponda assembly bypoll on April 9 morning on a petition challenging the Election Commission of India's (ECI) move to hold the poll when the current assembly has less than a year left in its term. The term of the current Goa assembly ends on March 14, 2027. The ECI had notified voting for April 9, and counting on May 4. "Considering that the remainder of the period left for the person who might have been elected in ...Read More >
Delhi Police have apprehended the alleged mastermind behind a sophisticated ATM fraud operation, responsible for over 50 cases of cheating and targeting vulnerable individuals at ATM kiosks across the city. Key PointsRavi Kumar Bharti, suspected leader of an ATM fraud gang, has been arrested in Delhi.Bharti is allegedly involved in over 50 cases of ATM fraud across Delhi.The gang targeted elderly ATM users by trapping cards and tricking victims into revealing their PINs.Delhi Police used CCTV a ...Read More >
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor asserted that the Kerala Assembly elections are a direct contest between the ruling LDF and the Congress-led UDF, dismissing the BJP as a non-factor. Senior leader AK Antony also predicted a "clean sweep" for the UDF, criticizing the BJP as a "non-Kerala" party. Voters are deciding the fate of 883 candidates across 140 constituencies. Congress MP Shashi Tharoor cast his vote in the Keralam Assembly elections on Thursday in Thiruvananthapuram, asserting that the electo ...Read More >
The Election Commission has scheduled polling in West Bengal in two phases - April 23 and 29 With Assam voting on Thursday (April 9), the Bharatiya Janata Party is shifting its focus to West Bengal. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to hold seven major rallies this week ahead of the first phase of polling on April 23. Party insiders claim that PM Modi's campaign blitzkrieg will help the BJP convert its strong vote-share performance in the 2024 Lok Sabha election into an Assembly breakthr ...Read More >
Three persons Surendra alias Bobby, Joginder and Deepak all residents of Mangolpuri, have been arrested in this connection, they added. According to the police, a PCR call was received at Mangolpuri police station on April 7 regarding a woman found lying under suspicious circumstances inside a room at a building located in Patthar Market. A PG facility was being run on the third floor of the building by one Amarjeet . "During inspection of the room, the body of a woman was recovered from insi ...Read More >
Bichhiya (Bahraich), April 9 (UNI) Panic has gripped villages in the Katarniaghat Wildlife Division as incidents of leopard attacks show no sign of slowing down. Two separate attacks reported this week have left several villagers seriously injured, intensifying fear in the region, officials said on Thursday. The first incident took place late Tuesday night in Kutiya village under Rampurwa Gram Panchayat in the Nishangada range. A leopard entered the house of a villager, Indal Sahani, around 11 ...Read More >
MUMBAI: Tata Consultancy Services Limited has signalled its confidence in the digital future by recommending a final dividend of Rs 31 per share. The payout, which remains subject to shareholder approval at the upcoming annual general meeting, caps off a year of significant activity for the global IT services leader. The company reported a consolidated revenue from operations of Rs 267,021 crore for the year ended 31 March 2026, representing a steady increase from the Rs 255,324 crore recorded ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 9 (ANI): The Centre on Thursday said it has intensified monitoring of LPG supply across the country, conducting over 1.16 lakh raids so far and suspending around 53 LPG distributors for violations, even as it maintained that there is no shortage of domestic LPG. Speaking during the daily Inter-Ministerial Briefing on developments in West Asia, Sujata Sharma, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, said strict enforcement measures are being undertaken to ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 9 (ANI): India's Basmati rice export sector has remained resilient despite tensions in the West Asia region, with exporters saying the impact of the conflict has been far less severe than initially feared due to alternative supply routes and timely policy support from the government. According to Dev Garg, Vice President of the Indian Rice Exporters Federation (IREF), the sector faced initial disruptions after the conflict began, but has since stabilised and is currentl ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 9 (PTI) Anand Rathi Wealth on Thursday reported a 25 per cent surge in profit after tax (PAT) to Rs 92 crore for the three months ended March 2026. The company had posted a PAT of Rs 73.6 crore in the same quarter of the preceding fiscal, Anand Rathi Wealth, part of Mumbai-based financial services group Anand Rathi, said in a regulatory filing to the stock exchanges. Total revenue climbed by 25 per cent to Rs 301.6 crore in the quarter under review from Rs 241.3 crore in January ...Read More >
Panaji, Apr 9 (PTI) The cancellation of the Ponda assembly bypoll in Goa was due to a "political conspiracy" between the Election Commission of India and BJP, the Aam Aadmi Party alleged on Thursday. The Bombay High Court on Wednesday quashed the ECI's notification for the bypoll a day ahead of polling, citing violation of Representation of the People Act as the legislature's term is set to expire in less than a year. The bypoll, scheduled for Thursday, was cancelled even though postal ballots ...Read More >
Kolkata, Apr 9 (PTI) The Trinamool Congress on Thursday shared a purported video of Humayun Kabir in which the former party leader alleged claims of proximity with the BJP's leader of opposition, Suvendu Adhikari, and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, and demanded an ED probe into the matter. At a press meet, the TMC circulated the video in which Kabir was also purportedly heard saying that he was ready to go to "any extent" to unseat West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. PTI, ho ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Rajesh Chandra Mohanty, the Additional Chief Engineer of Dam Safety, Odisha, Bhubaneswar was arrest by Odisha Vigilance for possession of disproportionate assets. The Vigilance sleuths informed that Mohanty will be forwarded to the Court of Special Judge, Vigilance, Cuttack for possession of disproportionate assets. Based on searches conducted on properties linked to Rajesh Chandra Mohanty, he was found in possession of disproportionate assets including 1 palatial multi storeyed b ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 9 (PTI) Bihar's long-time chief minister Nitish Kumar will take oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha on Friday, paving the way for the formation of a new government in Bihar. Kumar arrived in the national capital on Thursday and was welcomed at the airport by party leaders including JD-U's national working president Sanjay Kumar Jha. "I have arrived here to take oath," Kumar told reporters at the airport. He will be administered the oath as a member of the upper house in the cha ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 9 (PTI) A petition filed in the Supreme Court has sought direction to the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to issue new Aadhaar cards only to citizens up to the age of six years, and frame stringent guidelines for its issuance to adolescents and adults, to stop infiltrators from masquerading as Indian citizens. The Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay has also sought a direction to the authorities to install display boards at common se ...Read More >
NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWS WIRE SERVICES OR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES (Note: All dollar amounts in this news release are expressed in U.S. dollars except as otherwise noted.) TORONTO, April 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fairfax India Holdings Corporation ("Fairfax India" or the "Company") (TSX: FIH.U) announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary, FIH Mauritius Investments Ltd has sold 1,742,987 equity shares, representing its entire equity interest, in Sanmar Chemical Enterprises ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 9 (ANI): The trailer for the much-awaited 'Ginny Wedss Sunny 2' has been finally unveiled, promising a 'bawaal' family entertainer from Avinash Tiwary and Medha Shankr. With the actors in the lead, the trailer offers a glimpse into their mismatched love story, followed by a rollercoaster ride filled with confusion, nok-jhok, and unexpected twists, as the couple gets married. From fun banter and quirky situations to high-energy family drama, the trailer showc ...Read More >
Birbhum (West Bengal) [India], April 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday accused the Trinamool Congress (TMC) of allegedly insulting women from backward classes, citing the mismanagement im President Droupadi Murmu's event, the recent Malda "hostage" incident and the RG Kar medical college rape case, stating that this election is for "dignity and honour of our daughters and women." Addressing a rally here ahead of the West Bengal assembly polls, PM Modi asserted that "For the daug ...Read More >
Mokokchung, April 9 (MExN): Mokokchung Police have dismissed as "baseless and unsubstantiated" allegations by the National People's Party (NPP) of anti-social elements impersonating India Reserve Battalion (IRB) personnel in three villages of Koridang constituency in Mokokchung district. In a clarification submitted to the Deputy Commissioner and District Election Officer (DEO), Mokokchung, Senior Superintendent of Police Vesupra Kezo (NPS) said IRB personnel were legitimately deployed in Chung ...Read More >
Bengaluru, April 9: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials at Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) have busted an international racket involved in gold smuggling using transit aircraft. Gold worth Rs 5 crore seized, five arrested The DRI officials have seized three kg of pure gold worth over Rs 5 crore and arrested five members of the gang, who helped the syndicate transport the gold out of the airport. Insider involvement and modus operandi The DRI officials say that some ...Read More >
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