Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced its bi-monthly monetary policy on Friday, in line with expectations running high for another rate cut to boost economic growth, which has been facing pressure from global trade disruptions. RBI has retained GDP growth forecast for current fiscal at 6.5 pc amid geopolitical tensions and weather vagaries that pose headwinds. Governor Sanjay Malhotra announced that the rate has been slashed the key repo rate by 50 bps from 5.75 per cent to 5.50 per...Read More
Mumbai: Riding on a dominant all-round display from Sairaj Patil, Eagle Thane Strikers continued their dominant run in the T20 Mumbai League 2025 with a commanding 97-run victory over Bandra Blasters at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday. After powering Thane to a formidable total with a brisk unbeaten half-century, Patil returned to make an impact with the ball, picking up two key wickets in a superb all-round display. His efforts proved decisive as the Strikers decimated the Blasters' batting li...Read More
Lucknow: The accused in the Alambagh two and a half year old girl rape case was killed in an encounter with the police on Thursday night. The police first caught the accused during a check near the ACP Cantt office, but he allegedly started running and opened fire on the police. In the retaliatory firing opened by the police, the accused got injured and succumbed after some time. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central) Ashish Srivastava said that the name of the deceased accused is Deepak Verma...Read More
Mumbai: Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty declined in early trade on Friday ahead of the RBI monetary policy outcome. Moreover, a sluggish trend in global equity markets and fresh foreign fund outflow also drove investors to stay on the sidelines. The 30-share BSE Sensex declined 159.93 points to 81,282.11 in early trade. The 50-share NSE Nifty dropped 27.65 points to 24,723.25. From the Sensex firms, Tata Motors, Bajaj Finance, ICICI Bank, Bajaj Finserv, Reliance Industries and Bharti ...Read More
New Delhi: Reserve Bank Governor Sanjay Malhotra is announcing the bi-monthly monetary policy amid widespread expectations of a third consecutive rate cut of 25 basis points or even bigger to propel economic growth against the backdrop of trade tensions triggered by Trump tariffs. The RBI's rate-setting panel Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) started its three-day deliberations on Wednesday.The central bank reduced the key benchmark lending rate (repo) by 25 bps points each in February and April t...Read More
Hyderabad: Classic Legends has launched the 2025 iteration of the Jawa Yezdi Adventure in India. The new adventure motorcycle comes with several cosmetic and feature upgrades. Mechanically, the 2025 Jawa Yezdi Adventure remains unchanged from its predecessor. 2025 Jawa Yezdi Adventure: Price, colours, booking details, rivals The 2025 Jawa Yezdi Adventure has two headlight options: single and twin. The single-headlight variant ranges between Rs 2.17 lakh (ex-showroom) and Rs 2.24 lakh (ex-showr...Read More
Bengaluru: In a major development, the Karnataka government suspended senior IPS officers including Bengaluru Police Commissioner Dayanand. The government also ordered the arrest of the senior representatives of Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA), Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) franchise, and DNA Event Management Company in connection with Wednesday's stampede that claimed the lives of 11 youngsters. "Today's cabinet discussed yesterday's stampede thread bear. Prima facie it appeared...Read More
Srinagar: At least 32 residential places were raided by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) across Kashmir on Thursday in the ongoing probe into a terror conspiracy by Pakistan-backed proscribed terror outfits to destabilise Jammu and Kashmir. "Two live cartridges, one fired bullet head, and a bayonet have been recovered during the searches. Apart from this, several digital devices containing large volumes of incriminating data & documents have been recovered by NIA in these searches," said...Read More
New Delhi: Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday met farmers in Punjab and reviewed crops and production. Addressing a gathering, Chouhan said, "Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision is Viksit Bharat, and we are working tirelessly with that goal in mind. Our mission is to build a glorious, prosperous and powerful India. Agriculture is the backbone of the Indian economy. In the fourth quarter of last financial year, the country achieved a growth rat...Read More
Patna: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi slammed the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in Bihar over crime, unemployment and migration by writing on social media platform X on Thursday. The post came a day ahead of his visit to the state to participate in 'women-oriented programmes' at Rajgir and Nalanda. He also exhorted the people to "change the cycle of injustice and put Bihar on the path of safety, self-respect and dignity." Rahul's remarks came in th...Read More
Haridwar: A former woman BJP leader in Uttarakhand allegedly let her boyfriend and his aide rape her 13-year-old daughter, the police said on Thursday, adding that all three have been arrested. The accused woman, a former BJP Mahila Morcha leader and her boyfriend (names withheld to protect the minor's identity), were arrested from a hotel in Haridwar on Wednesday following a complaint by the girl's father in this regard. The woman's boyfriend's aide was also arrested late on Wednesday night a...Read More
Mumbai: Newly appointed Test captain Shubman Gill on Thursday said India's batting order will be finalised once the team reaches England for the gruelling five-Test match series set to begin later this month. "There will be pressure in every tour. It will be difficult to fill their space (the one left by Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli). We are used to playing in a pressure situation," Gill told reporters here. "Our batting order will be decided after an intra-squad practice game along with a 10-...Read More
Katra: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday said the political will shown by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in over a decade led to the completion of the 272-km Udhampur-Baramulla-Srinagar Railway link (USBRL) project to connect Kashmir with rest of the country. On Friday, the prime minister is scheduled to inaugurate the world's tallest railway bridge over Chenab and the country's first cable-stayed railway Anji Bridge before flagging off two Vande Bharat trains - one from Katra to Srin...Read More
New Delhi: On World Environment Day, an emotional moment unfolded during commencement of a national green project, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi planted a sapling of Sindoor at his official residence in New Delhi, which was gifted to him by the valiant women of Kutch, Gujarat, who exemplified courage and sacrifice during the 1971 war with Pakistan. The role played by Indian women during the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war is now being used as a symbol to promote the 'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam 2.0' campaign,...Read More
Bengaluru: A day after 11 people died and several injured in a stampede at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, an FIR has been filed against the managements of Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA), Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and a private event management company - DNA Entertaiment Private Limited - at the jurisdictional Cubbon Park Police Station here. According to the Karnataka Police, an FIR has been filed under Sections 115 (voluntarily causing hurt), 118 (causing grievous hurt by dange...Read More
Chennai: Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), in collaboration with GRID-INDIA, a Central Public Sector Enterprise, is starting a special teaching and research programme for the students of Tanzania, an East African country. From certification courses, joint research, and technical consultation projects, the collaboration will include everything for strengthening its infrastructure of energy. With an active presence in Africa through IITM Zanzibar, the institute is committed to ...Read More
Bengaluru: A case was registered against RCB, event management firm DNA entertainment private limited, Karnataka State Cricket Association on Thursday in connection with the stampede near Chinnaswamy stadium here that claimed the lives of 11 people and injured 56, police said on Thursday. Following a complaint by a police inspector, the case was registered at Cubbon Park station, they said. In the FIR, RCB Franchise has been listed as accused 1, DNA entertainment private limited as accused 2 a...Read More
Mumbai: A fire broke out at a shop inside the busy Churchgate railway station in south Mumbai on Thursday evening, triggering panic among commuters during the peak hours. No one was injured in the incident that was reported around 5.25 pm by the Western Railway, an official said. The Mumbai fire brigade rushed its teams and firefighting equipment to the spot. Police and local civic staff were also mobilised to facilitate the firefighting operation, the civic official said....Read More
Hyderabad: An innovative device to treat heart diseases, designed by a senior cardiologist from Hyderabad, has been granted United States patent. In a rare achievement, Dr Koneti Nageswara Rao, senior consultant and head of the department of Pediatric Cardiology at Rainbow Children's Hospital in Hyderabad, has been awarded the US patent for his innovative 'KONAR-MF (Multifunctional) Occluder', a device for treating patients with congenital heart defects. The patent was granted by the Director ...Read More
Hyderabad: The recently released Tamil film Thug Life, starring veteran actor Kamal Haasan, has been facing controversy in Karnataka due to comments made by the actor. At the audio launch of Thug Life, Kamal Haasan said, "Kannada was born from Tamil." This statement sparked widespread outrage among Kannada-speaking communities. If all had gone as planned, Thug Life was scheduled to release in Karnataka by now. However, due to the actor's refusal to apologise, the film has not seen a release in ...Read More
New Delhi: After recasting the Assam unit, the Congress will now contemplate whether to go solo or have a pact with regional parties ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections in the state. The next year's contest is crucial for the grand old party as it has been in the Opposition since 2016 and is desperate to regain power. Given the nature of the challenge, firming up a view on whether or not to forge a broad-based pact with the local parties assumes significance for the Congress which ruled the no...Read More
Villupuram: Amid an ongoing public tussle within Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) in Tamil Nadu, PMK leader Anbumani Ramadoss met his father and PMK founder Dr S Ramadoss for nearly an hour on Thursday morning at his residence in Thailapuram near Tindivanam in Villupuram. Immediately after Anbumani left the house, the editor of the political weekly magazine Thuglak and auditor S Gurumurthy, and former Chennai Corporation mayor Saidai S Duraisamy reached Ramadoss' house and held discussions with the ...Read More
Bengaluru: Taking suo-motu cognisance of the stampede at M Chinnaswamy Stadium that claimed 11 lives, the Karnataka High Court on Thursday issued notice to the Karnataka Government asking it to submit a status report about the tragic incident by coming Tuesday. A bench chaired by Justices V Kameshwara Rao and C M Joshi took suo-motu cognisance of the incident based on the media reports. "Further orders will be given based on the status report to be submitted by the Government," the bench said. ...Read More
Thiruvananthapuram: A fresh controversy has erupted after state Agriculture minister P Prasad boycotted an event organised at Kerala Raj Bhavan on the occasion of World Environment Day today, in protest against installation of a Bharatamba image "associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)" on stage inside the premises. The minister accused Governor Rajendra Arlekar, also a former RSS leader, of turning Raj Bhavan into an RSS venue. After the minister objected to use of "politically s...Read More
New Delhi: Rare earth magnets, essential for EV motors, have become the latest flashpoint in India's growing electric mobility ambitions. These magnets power the core of Brushless DC (BLDC) and Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors (PMSM), which drive most electric vehicles today, particularly two-wheelers. With China tightening export controls, Indian automakers now face serious supply-side disruptions. If the situation continues, industry experts warn that EV prices could rise, production could...Read More
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday asked whether veteran actor Kamal Haasan was a linguist or a historian, as it strongly criticised his controversial remarks over the Kannada language. The Court observed that a "single apology could have resolved the situation." Justice M Nagaprasanna, who presided over the hearing, said that the statement had hurt the sentiments of the people of Karnataka and questioned Haasan's refusal to offer an apology. "Language is an emotional and cultural ...Read More
Chennai: Actor and politician Kamal Haasan on Tuesday sent a letter to Karnataka's film chamber seeking to downplay his remarks over Kannada language being born out of Tamil, as "misunderstood and taken out of context". The chamber has announced that it would not allow the release of "Thug Life", headlined by the actor, in Karnataka, if he did not apologise. The actor's letter was addressed to Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce, President, Narasimhalu, and termed his response as "sincere", add...Read More
New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday announced new rules for government jobs, language use, and local governance in Ladakh, aiming to protect the rights of Ladakh's indigenous communities while offering a clear policy on who qualifies as a resident. Issuing the Ladakh Reservation (Amendment) Regulation, 2025, the Centre introduced new reservation and domicile rules for the Union Territory of Ladakh, reserving up to 85 per cent jobs for locals and one-third of the total numbe...Read More
Alipurduar: Slamming the Mamata Banerjee-led government in West Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that the state's potential has been "stifled" by TMC's "misgovernance".The PM was addressing the public during a BJP rally in the state where he laid the foundation stone of City Gas Distribution project in Alipurduar and Cooch Behar districts in Alipurduar. The Prime Minister is on a multi-state visit today and tomorrow, during which he is scheduled to travel to West Bengal, Bih...Read More
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday reviewed the law and order situation in Mangaluru post the murder of a muslim youth and said efforts were being taken to bring communal harmony there. The coastal district is on the boil following the murder of a youth on May 27 in Bantwal. Prohibitory orders have been clamped there till May 30. The Chief Minister on Thursday visited Congress MLC B K Hariprasad's residence where he had a discussion on the prevailing situation in Daksh...Read More