Chandigarh, Aug 14 (PTI) The Punjab Cabinet on Thursday gave approval to denotify the land pooling policy, which the AAP government withdrew a few days ago. The decision in this regard was taken in the meeting of the council of ministers, chaired by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann here. Following the withdrawal of the policy by the Bhagwant Mann dispensation, farmers organisations and opposition parties were pressing the state government to issue the notification for the withdrawal of the policy....Read More
New Delhi, Aug 14 (PTI) State-owned Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOC) on Thursday reported more than doubling of its first quarter net profit, as marketing margins surged because of holding of retail prices despite a drop in input oil cost. Its standalone net profit of Rs 5,688.60 crore in April-June - the first quarter of the 2025-26 fiscal year - compared to Rs 2,643.18 crore earnings in the same period of the last year, according to a stock exchange filing by the company. The first quarter p...Read More
Dehradun, Aug 14 (PTI) The state cabinet's approval for bringing another legislation to amend the Uttarakhand Freedom of Religion Act makes this law, which is aimed at preventing religious conversions through coercion, fraud, or undue influence, even more stringent. This is the second legislation to amend the act which has been in force in Uttarakhand since 2018. The first amendment was made in 2022 when Pushkar Singh Dhami assumed office as chief minister for a second consecutive term. The s...Read More
Gurugram : JSW MG Motor India today announced that India's best-selling EV, the MG Windsor, has achieved another remarkable milestone. In July, the company set a new record for Windsor sales, selling 4,308 units in a single month. The carmaker has sold nearly 36,000 units of the MG Windsor since its launch. The robust sales performance has helped the company expand its market share in the EV Segment. In Q2 CY'25, the company recorded a 4% increase in market share, rising to 32% from 28% in Q1 C...Read More
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh), Aug 14 (PTI) Heavy rains lashed Vijayawada, leaving several areas waterlogged, while a 51-year-old man died after accidentally falling into an underground drainage, the Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) said on Thursday. According to the VMC, drainage cleaning work was underway near Gulammohiddin Street when the man, identified as T Madhusudhana Rao, fell into it as the area was inundated. "Heavy rains in the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday left sev...Read More
Bijapur (Chhattisgarh), Aug 14 (PTI) A jawan of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) was injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Naxalites went off in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Thursday, police said. The incident took place at a forest in Indravati area when a joint team of the DRG and the Special Task Force (STF) -- both units of the state police -- was out on an anti-Naxal operation, a police official said. The jawan is being evacuated from the forest after prelimin...Read More
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 14: The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and AMPIN Energy Transition, in collaboration with Deloitte & Sumitomo Corporation, successfully concluded its pivotal seminar titled Renewable Energy Transition for Commercial and Industrial Consumers in the Southern Region at Hotel Taj MG Road. The event brought together a diverse group of industry leaders, policymakers, and C&I consumers who discussed the roadmap to achieve 100 RE for ...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 14 (PTI) A massive tree fell on moving vehicles in Kalkaji area amid incessant rain in Delhi on Thursday morning, critically injuring a 50-year-old man and his daughter who were passing by on a motorcycle, police said. The incident was 0captured on a CCTV footage in which the huge tree, inches away from footpath, can be seen uprooting from the road and falling on unaware commuters. The tree fell some vehicles, including a motorcycle in which the man and his daughter were travell...Read More
Kolkata, Aug 14 (PTI) Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said India would not have got Independence if Bengal was not there, as personalities like Rabindranath Tagore and Subhas Chandra Bose, who contributed significantly to shaping the nation's destiny, were born here. Speaking at a function marking the 12th anniversary of the 'Kanyashree' scheme, Banerjee said Bengal is the beacon of hope which stands for unity amid diversity. "If Bengal was not there, India would not have got Indepe...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 14 (PTI) Wholesale price inflation declined to a 2-year low of (-) 0.58 per cent in July, as deflation in food and fuel kept WPI in the negative zone for the second consecutive month, government data released on Thursday showed. Experts, however, projected WPI inflation to move back into positive territory in August, as base effects fade and seasonal price increases continue. WPI-based inflation was 2.10 per cent in July last year, and (-) 0.13 per cent in June. "Negative rate ...Read More
Jammu, Aug 14 (PTI) At least 10 persons are feared dead in a massive cloudburst that struck a remote village en route the Machail Mata yatra in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, officials said. The cloudburst hit Chasoti, the last motorable village en route to the shrine. The annual yatra to the shrine has been suspended following the incident as authorities mobilised all resources and are heading to the scene to conduct a massive rescue and relief operation, the officials sa...Read More
Srinagar, Aug 14 (PTI) PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said the Supreme Court's reference to the Pahalgam terror attack while hearing a plea for the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir's statehood highlighted the Centre's lack of confidence in the region's stability even after reducing it to a union territory. The BJP-led central government seems to be unwilling to ease its grip over Jammu and Kashmir, she said in a post on X. The Supreme Court on Thursday sought a response from the Cent...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 14 (PTI) In a significant milestone for India's clean energy journey, the state-owned Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has become the first in the country to earn the esteemed ISCC CORSIA certification for producing Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) at its Panipat Refinery. "The certification, a prerequisite for commercial SAF production, represents a significant advancement in India's capability for the production, certification and distribution of SAF," the company said in a statemen...Read More
Jammu, Aug 14 (PTI) A massive cloudburst hit Paddar area of Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district on Thursday, with authorities fearing casualties. The incident took place in Chositi area of the district, officials said. Union Minister Jitendra Singh said he spoke to Deputy Commissioner, Kishtwar Pankaj Kumar Sharma on the matter. "A massive Cloud burst in Chositi area, which could result in substantial casualty. Administration has immediately swung into action, rescue team has left for the s...Read More
Chandigarh, Aug 14 (PTI) Punjab Police on Thursday claimed to have foiled a major terror plot orchestrated by Pakistan-based Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) operative Harwinder Singh Rinda with the arrest of two persons. The accused, who are also BKI operatives, were actively conspiring to target government establishments using grenades, Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said. "Acting on specific intelligence inputs, Counter Intelligence, #Ferozepur successfully foiled a major terror p...Read More
Mumbai, Aug 14 (PTI) JSW Group chairman Sajjan Jindal on Thursday countered US President Donald Trump's recent remarks on India, saying India is one of the largest and fastest growing economies in the world. Speaking at the listing ceremony of JSW Cement at the NSE here, Jindal said India is the fastest growing large economy and has a great future ahead, days after US President Donald Trump's remark of India being a dead economy. "We are going to see a great future for India, because India is ...Read More
Kasaragod (Kerala), Aug 14 (PTI) The Kerala governor's directive to universities in the state to observe Partition Horrors Remembrance Day on August 14 led the RSS-affiliated student wing ABVP to mark the occasion at a college here on Thursday, triggering clashes with the CPI(M)-backed SFI. The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) observed the day by putting up posters about it at a government college, following which activists of the Students Federation of India (SFI) turned up in bigger ...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 14 (PTI) Funds worth Rs 110 crore kept in mule bank accounts have been frozen and 1,200 mule credit cards were seized following recent searches against the Indian operations of a Cyprus-based "illegal" online betting platform named Parimatch, the Enforcement Directorate said on Thursday. Parimatch app, as per the federal probe agency, gained visibility in the country through "aggressive" marketing, including sponsorship of sports tournaments and partnerships with well-known celeb...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 14 (PTI) Clean energy firm ReNew has posted a multifold growth in net profit to Rs 513.1 crore for the June quarter, driven mainly by higher revenues from power sales. The homegrown company, listed on Nasdaq, had logged a net profit of Rs 39.4 crore in the April-June period of the preceding 2024-25 financial year. In the first quarter, the company said its total income (or total revenue) rose to Rs 4,118.2 crore (USD 480 million), compared to Rs 2,490.3 crore (USD 290 million) f...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 14 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) to inform about the documents considered during the 2003 intensive electoral roll revision in Bihar. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi, which resumed the hearing on a pleas challenging the June 24 ECI decision to conduct the special intensive revision (SIR) in the state said, "We would like ECI to state what documents were taken in 2003 exercise". The remarks came after advocate ...Read More
Guwahati, Aug 14 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday launched a digital portal, through which indigenous people living in "sensitive areas" can apply for arms licences. Sarma said the aim of the initiative is to enable responsible citizens to aid and assist the government in maintaining peace, and law and order situation in the state. He said the licences will be granted after proper scrutiny and a multi-layered process. The CM said the licences will be granted to those...Read More
Shimla, Aug 14 (PTI) Cloudbursts and flash floods in several districts of Himachal Pradesh caused massive destruction, with 396 roads closed for traffic, houses damaged, vehicles washed away and some panchayats in Shimla cut off. No loss of life has been reported, officials said on Thursday. Since Wednesday night, Kandaghat has received 100 mm of rainfall, Jatton Barrage 87 mm, Una 85.4 mm, Solan 81.4 mm, Olinda 76 mm, Shillaroo 73 mm, Shimla 69 mm, Kufri 66 mm, Jubbarhatti 65.2 mm, Kasauli 62...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 14 (PTI) IT company Blackbox has reported an increase of 28 per cent in consolidated net profit at Rs 47 crore in the first quarter ended June 30, 2025, despite decline in revenue, the company said on Thursday. Blackbox had posted net profit of Rs 37 crore in the same period a year ago. The revenue of the company declined by 3 per cent to Rs 1,387 crore during the reported quarter, from Rs 1,423 crore in June 2024 quarter. "Revenue for the first quarter (Q1) of the financial ye...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 14 (PTI) A hockey great whose influence extended well beyond the field, the multi-faceted Dr Vece Paes was a rare combination of sporting and academic excellence that healed and helped athletes across disciplines. Paes, 80, breathed his last in Kolkata early this morning after battling multiple age-related ailments, including the debilitating Parkinson's disease. To those who knew him closely Paes was a mild-mannered, and highly intelligent man, who did the country proud on the ...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 14 (PTI) The Supreme Court was informed on Thursday that there was "no immediate threat" to Indian nurse Nimisha Priya who is on death row in Yemen for murder. It then listed the matter after eight weeks. The counsel for petitioner organisation Save Nimisha Priya International Action Council, which is extending legal support to Priya, requested a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta to adjourn the matter. The apex court was hearing a plea seeking a direction to the Ce...Read More
Pune, Aug 14 (PTI) Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's lawyer on Thursday withdrew from a Pune court the plea claiming apprehension of threat to the parliamentarian from followers of Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. The lawyer, Milind Pawar, said the court has accepted withdrawal of the plea. Earlier on Wednesday, hours after filing the plea, the lawyer said it was filed without Gandhi's consent and would be withdrawn. Pawar is representing Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case filed by Satyak...Read More
Patna, Aug 14 (PTI) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar conducted an aerial survey of the flood-affected districts on Thursday. Around 25 lakh people have been affected in 10 districts by the floods with several rivers in spate due to torrential rains, officials said. Kumar chaired a high-level meeting on Wednesday over the flood situation and directed officials to make necessary arrangements for the affected people. The affected districts are Bhojpur, Patna, Saran, Vaishali, Begusarai, Lakhisa...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 14 (PTI) The whole problem of stray dogs in Delhi-NCR is because of "inaction" of local authorities, the Supreme Court said on Thursday while reserving its order on the interim prayer seeking a stay on the August 11 directions passed by the apex court. A two-judge bench of the top court had on August 11 directed authorities in Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) to start picking up stray dogs from all localities "at the earliest" and relocate the animals to dog shelters. While h...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 14 (PTI) IT company Infosys plans to acquire 75 per cent stake in Versent Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Australian telecom firm Telstra, for 233.25 million Australian dollars or about Rs 1,336 crore, the company said in a regulatory filing. The acquisition is part of strategic collaboration between Infosys and Telstra to form a joint venture to provide AI-enabled cloud and digital solutions for Australian businesses. "Infosys will acquire 75 per cent of the shareholding in...Read More
New Delhi, Aug 14 (PTI) The government on Thursday announced service medals for 1,090 police personnel of various central and state forces on the eve of Independence Day. According to a Union Home Ministry statement, 233 personnel have been awarded the Medal for Gallantry (GM), 99 personnel awarded President's Medal for Distinguished Service (PSM) and 758 have been decorated with the Medal for Meritorious Service (MSM). This includes medals for fire, home guard and civil defence and correction...Read More