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New Delhi: The statement by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on December 15, that in India's metros, the rich refuse to adapt their lifestyle to emergencies, while daily wagers face the brunt of government-imposed restrictions, is already bearing out across the NCR. The CJI was hearing the amicus curiae's submissions on a plea over worsening air pollution in the Delhi-NCR, as the head of a three-judge Supreme Court (SC) bench yesterday. Meanwhile, with rapidly deteriorating air quality ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Google has announced its 'End of Year Sale' in India, offering discounts on its latest Pixel 10 Series. The smartphone lineup includes the Google Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, Pixel 10 Pro XL, and Pixel 10 Pro Fold. In addition, the tech giant is also offering discounts on the Google Pixel Watch 3, Pixel Buds 2a, and Pixel Buds Pro 2. All these devices are available for purchase on the company's official website. Google is also providing Equated Monthly Instalment (EMI) options and cashbac ...Read More >
New Delhi: Congress leader P Chidambaram has slammed the "increasing practice" of the government using Hindi words in the titles of the bills and said the change is an "affront" to the non-Hindi-speaking people. Chidambaram said the non-Hindi-speaking people cannot identify a Bill/Act with titles that are in Hindi words written in English letters, and they cannot pronounce them. "I am opposed to the increasing practice of the government using Hindi words written in English letters in the title ...Read More >
Kolkata: The Election Commission on Tuesday published on its website the draft electoral roll of West Bengal based on its enumeration feedback. EC also published the names of voters whose names were included in the electoral rolls of the state in 2025 but were deleted from the draft rolls of 2026, stating reasons for their deletion. The draft rolls have been made available on the official website of CEO, West Bengal, ceowestbengal.wb.gov.in/Electors as well as the voter portal of the EC, voters ...Read More >
New Delhi: In a major update, a Delhi court on Tuesday refused to take cognisance of the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) chargesheet, filed against senior Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, and others, in the National Herald-linked money laundering case, dealing a setback to the central agency. Earlier on September 6, the ED had submitted a copy of the complaint Subramanian Swamy had filed with the agency on July 4, 2014, along with a copy of a June 30, 2021, document. During the he ...Read More >
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the nation in paying homage to the soldiers who helped the country secure victory in the 1971 War. They lauded the valour of the armed forces on Vijay Diwas, the day the Indian Army defeated Pakistan in the war. In a post on X, the president said that the Indian Army's 'Empowerment through Indigenisation' initiative reflects a commitment to being prepared for future challenges. "In Operation Sindoor, the army demonstrated ...Read More >
Srinagar: Multiple raids were carried out at the residences of several suspects in Kashmir by the Police's Counter Intelligence Unit in Kashmir on Tuesday morning in a terror case. The raids were conducted at 12 places in seven districts of the Valley for glorification of terrorism on the internet with an aim to recruit youth into militancy, officials said. On cold winter morning, sleuths of the CIK assisted by Police and Central Reserve Police Force carried out searches at residences of suspe ...Read More >
Mumbai: The rupee plunged 9 paise to a record low of 90.87 against the US dollar in early trade on Tuesday, weighed down by sustained FII outflows and no breakthrough in the India-US trade deal. However, a weaker greenback and a decline in global crude oil prices capped further losses in the domestic unit, according to forex traders. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at its all-time low of 90.87 against the US dollar, down 9 paise from its previous close, and traded in a narro ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Tata Motors has officially announced the prices of the Accomplished and Accomplished+ trims of the Tata Sierra in India. Bookings for the SUV open on December 16, 2025. Just a week earlier, the Indian automaker had revealed the prices of the base and mid variants of the Tata Sierra. Tata Sierra Top Trims: Price, delivery details The Accomplished variant of the naturally aspirated (NA) petrol engine is priced at Rs 17.99 lakh (ex-showroom). The Accomplished trim of the turbo petrol ...Read More >
Mumbai: Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty declined in early trade on Tuesday as persistent foreign fund outflows and weak global market trends dented investors' sentiment. The 30-share BSE Sensex declined 363.92 points to 84,849.44 during initial trade. The 50-share NSE Nifty dropped 106.65 points to 25,920.65. From the Sensex firms, Eternal, Axis Bank, HCL Tech, Infosys, Tata Steel, and Bharat Electronics were among the major laggards. However, Bharti Airtel, Asian Paints, Tata Motors Passen ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) continued to reel under hazardous air conditions on Tuesday, with the city's overall Air Quality Index (AQI) remaining in the 'Very Poor' category. According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the AQI stood at around 378 at 8 am, showing marginal improvement from Monday, when it had slipped into the 'Severe' category at 427. Despite the slight dip, pollution levels remained alarmingly high across several parts of the national c ...Read More >
New Delhi: In a sharp retort, India ripped through Pakistan's "divisive agenda" at the UN Security Council, calling out Islamabad's "unique" way of respecting the will of its people by jailing a prime minister and giving lifetime immunity to its army chief. India's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Harish Parvathaneni, delivered a strong response in the Security Council on Monday after Pakistan's Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad raised the issues of Jammu and Kashmir and the Indus Wa ...Read More >
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday met the top leadership of the UAE and had a productive discussion on deepening economic and defence cooperation. Jaishankar participated in the three-day Sir Bani Yas Forum 2025, which concluded on Sunday. Following that, he co-chaired the 16th Joint Commission and 5th Strategic Dialogue with HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the UAE, in Abu Dhabi on Monday. ...Read More >
Kolkata: President Droupadi Murmu has withheld assent to three amendment Bills passed by the West Bengal Assembly, seeking to replace the governor of the state with the chief minister as chancellor of state-run universities, an official said on Monday. As a result, Governor CV Ananda Bose will continue to discharge his duties as the Chancellor as before, in line with the existing legal provisions, the official said. In April 2024, Bose had reserved the West Bengal University Laws (Amendment) Bi ...Read More >
Kolkata: Days after the much-hyped Lionel Messi event at the Salt Lake Stadium has turned into a major fiasco, West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose has squarely blamed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, holding her accountable for the breakdown, citing "systemic and police failure." He also confirmed that a detailed report, naming the Chief Minister, will be sent to the central government. Calling December 13 a "dark chapter for sports lovers," the Governor said the disaster could have been prevent ...Read More >
New Delhi: The G.O.A.T. India Tour 2025 of Lionel Messi, one of the world's greatest footballers, concluded in Delhi amid immense excitement among his fans. Bad weather delayed Messi's flight, but the moment the Argentine legend set foot in Delhi, the excitement reached its peak. Messi, along with his Inter Miami teammate Luis Suarez and Argentina's Rodrigo de Paul, arrived in Delhi in a charter flight from Mumbai. Tight security arrangements were in place throughout the city for his arrival, e ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has expressed its displeasure over the Madhya Pradesh High Court condoning a 1,612-day delay on the part of the state government in filing a petition in a civil dispute, saying it wonders whether the court was aware of earlier verdicts on the issue. A bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and PB Varale noted that on September 1, the high court condoned the delay without even asking the state government. "We are dismayed to say from the tenor of the impugned order that the ...Read More >
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government has terminated 103 employees of the Fire and Emergency Services after investigating agencies found their recruitment, conducted five years ago, 'fraudulent and illegal'. The candidates were recruited as Firemen in 2020 by the Fire Service Department by the department's recruiting committee which was headed by its director general of the department. But the recruitment exercise faced allegations of fraud and illegal appointments by several candidates wh ...Read More >
New Delhi: The government is taking the high airfares issue seriously and wants to prevent opportunistic pricing situation and is strengthening the tariff monitoring unit of DGCA, Minister of Civil Aviation Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu informed the Rajya Sabha on Monday. Responding to supplementaries during Question Hour, the minister said the government is taking the issue seriously, while noting that the surge in airfares is generally because it is a deregulated sector. He said in air travel, many ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday expressed its discontent over the practice of allowing people to do 'special pujas' in temples after paying money, disrupting the "resting time" of deity. A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi sought a response from authorities on a plea against the changes in 'darshan' timings and temple practices at the famous Bankey Bihari Ji Temple at Vrindavan. The bench took note of the submissions of senior ad ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Indian box office in 2025 saw tough competition, but a few films attracted large audiences to theatres. Although no film reached the Rs 1,000 crore mark, positive word of mouth allowed several releases to earn impressive amounts. The year featured a variety of top films, including action spectacles, fantasy dramas, romantic stories, and historical narratives. Here's a closer look at the highest-grossing films of 2025 and how Dhurandhar made a significant late impact on the charts. ...Read More >
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said that if his ministers were involved in interference of a national project like the 850-megawatt Ratle Hydroelectric Project, they would have been raided by the anti-graft body by now. The Rs 3700 crore power project in Kishtwar has fallen into trouble after the company accused the concerned MLA from the Bharatiya Janata Party, Shagun Parihar, of interference. Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Limited (MEIL), a Hyderabad-based com ...Read More >
New Delhi: A bill to repeal 71 laws which have outlived their utility in the statute books was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday. While 65 of the bills are amendment Acts, which were brought to tweak existing laws, six are principal laws that have become outdated. At least one law, proposed to be repealed, is of the British era -- The Indian Tramways Act of 1886. The law was brought to facilitate the construction and to regulate the working of tramways in British India. The proposed repeal ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill that seeks to set up an overarching higher education commission along with three councils was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday with the government expressing willingness to refer it to a joint committee. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan introduced the Bill amid din over the issue of alleged threatening slogans raised at a Congress rally on Sunday against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The higher education commission, which will ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The IPL 2026 mini auction is set to take place on December 16, with a total of 10 franchises fighting for 77 player slots with a combined budget of Rs 237.55 crore. The upcoming season is likely to take place in February-March. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will be entering the auction with a maximum purse in the mini auction of Rs 64.3 Crores. Chennai Super Kings also holds a sizeable budget in the bidding process. Australian all-rounder Cameron Green is expected to attract the highes ...Read More >
New Delhi: A new bill seeks to overhaul laws governing India's civil nuclear sector, opening it up to private participation and putting in place a new liability regime, in a bid to address concerns voiced by the industry partners. The Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India Bill, 2025, seen as a comprehensive legislation to harness India's full nuclear power potential, seeks to repeal the Atomic Energy Act, 1962 and the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage A ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Filmmaker Aditya Dhar's latest release, Dhurandhar, is leaving no stone unturned to break records at the box office. The film, starring Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh in the lead role, has witnessed the highest single-day collection on Day 10. Released on December 5, the spy action thriller has now crossed the Rs 350 crore mark at the box office in India. Dhurandhar Box Office Collection Day 10 According to data from industry tracker Sacnilk, Dhurandhar collected Rs 59 crore on Sunda ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Bidhanagar court sent the event organiser of the football icon Lionel Messi's Goat India Tour, Satdru Dutta to 14-day police custody. Kolkata police arrested the event manager after the chaotic scenes erupted at the Salt Lake stadium following Messi's visit to Kolkata. He was arrested by the police at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport as he was leaving with Messi and Inter Miami teammates Luis Suarez and Rodri de Paul. Satadru Dutta, was produced before the Bidhan ...Read More >
Hubballi: Amid the nationwide IndiGo flight cancellations, a newlywed couple could not reach their wedding reception, which was held in Hubballi of Karnataka's Dharwad district, and was forced to attend it online from Odisha's Bhubaneshwar. The bride's parents represented them on the stage, accepted gifts and completed the rituals while the couple joined them on a large screen via video call. Medha Ksheerasagara from Hubballi and Sangrama Das from Bhubaneswar, both software engineers working in ...Read More >
New Delhi: India's waste processing facilities in municipality areas have been increased from 16 to 80.17 percent in over a decade by setting up services such as material recovery facilities (MRFs), transfer stations, composting plants, construction and demolition (C&D) waste plants and waste to energy plants including waste to electricity, bio-methanation plants and others, data available from the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) states. "As reported by States and UTs on Swachhatt ...Read More >
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