Mhow (M.P), Jan 27 (PTI) Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday urged party workers to unite in saving the Constitution, saying the Dalits, backwards, tribals and poor will suffer otherwise. Addressing the "Jai Bapu, Jai Bhim, Jai Samvidhan" rally here, he also branded the BJP-RSS people as "traitors" and said the Congress will never tolerate the exploitation of the poor in the name of religion. Taking a swipe at BJP leaders taking holy dip at the Maha Kumbh, Kharge said taking a dip ...Read More
New Delhi, Jan 27 (PTI) AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal on Monday released the party's manifesto for the Delhi Assembly polls, featuring 15 promises such as Rs 2,100 monthly aid for women, 24-hour clean water, free healthcare for the elderly and a 50 per cent metro fare concession for students. Kejriwal asserted that the AAP government's six existing 'revdis' (freebies), including free education, healthcare, bus rides for women, water and electricity will continue if the party retains power in the Fe...Read More
New Delhi, Jan 27 (PTI) Integrated chemical manufacturer Epigral Ltd on Monday posted a more than two-fold jump in consolidated net profit at Rs 103.63 crore in the December quarter on strong sales. The company had reported a net profit of Rs 49.08 crore in the year-ago period. Total income rose 37 per cent to Rs 649.10 crore during the October-December quarter of 2024-25 fiscal from Rs 473.98 crore in the corresponding period of the previous year, according to a regulatory filing. Expenses r...Read More
Rajkot, Jan 27 (PTI) The England bowling attack has been told not to worry about leaking runs and rather just focus on taking wickets against an ultra-aggressive Indian batting unit, senior pacer Mark Wood said on Monday. Wood, who is in the middle of his first international commitment since July, has bowled decently in the series thus far. Fellow pacer Jofra Archer, however, conceded as many as 60 runs in four overs in the previous game in Chennai with Tilak Varma taking him to the cleaners. ...Read More
New Delhi, Jan 27 (PTI) An analysis of blood samples of children and teenagers with long Covid has revealed a "distinct protein signature in plasma", which researchers say can help develop a blood test for diagnosis. Long Covid refers to the symptoms, including chronic fatigue, that persist despite recovering from acute COVID-19 infection. The condition, including causes, treatments and diagnostics, continues to be studied around the world. Researchers, including those from the Catholic Univer...Read More
New Delhi, Jan 27 (PTI) LT Foods, a leading player in the basmati and speciality rice segment, on Monday posted 4.75 per cent drop in consolidated net profit at Rs 145.38 crore on higher expenses. The company had logged a net profit of Rs 152.64 crore in the year-ago period. Total income rose to Rs 2,288.25 crore from Rs 1,949.68 crore in the corresponding period of the previous year, according to a regulatory filing. Expenses rose to Rs 2,094.42 crore from Rs 1,757.67 crore. The Board reapp...Read More
Kolkata, Jan 27 (PTI) The Calcutta High Court on Monday reserved its order on the admission of two appeals, one by the West Bengal government and the other by the CBI, challenging a trial court order which sentenced RG Kar hospital rape-murder convict Sanjay Roy to life imprisonment till death. Both the CBI and the state government separately prayed for capital punishment for the convict. The court's division bench, presided by Justice Debangsu Basak, heard both the state government and the CB...Read More
Bengaluru, Jan 27 (PTI) Seasoned India batter KL Rahul was on Monday named in the Karnataka squad to face table-toppers Haryana in their final league match of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group C, beginning here on January 30. Rahul was given a go-ahead by the BCCI medical team as the wicketkeeper batter was rehabilitating from an elbow niggle after the tour to Australia, where he played all the five Tests. PTI had reported on January 21 that Rahul would play for Karnataka in the final league match ...Read More
New Delhi, Jan 27 (PTI) Superstar Shah Rukh Khan has confirmed that his upcoming film "King" will be directed by Siddharth Anand. The film will mark the duo's reunion after 2023's spy action movie "Pathaan". There were reports that Sujoy Ghosh, who was previously attached to direct "King", was no longer attached with the project. Shah Rukh made the revelation at the Global Village event in Dubai on Sunday. In a video shared by one of the actor's fan clubs on X, the 59-year-old actor said he ...Read More
Mumbai, Jan 27 (PTI) Integrated senior citizen-focused healthcare provider Geri Care Health Services on Monday said it has raised Rs 110 crore funds from private equity investor InvAscent. The funds were infused through InvAscent's India Life Sciences Fund IV (ILSF IV) for a minority stake in the company. Geri Care intends to utilise the funds to expand its services across key cities in South India - Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kochi, and Coimbatore, the company said in a statement. The company is ...Read More
New Delhi, Jan 27 (PTI) Delhi Chief Minister Atishi on Monday accused the BJP of resorting to unfair tactics out of desperation, as she claimed that a "historic loss" awaits the saffron party in the upcoming Assembly polls in the capital. At a press conference here, Atishi alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is deliberately disrupting Delhi's water supply in a bid to sway the public opinion in its favour. "The BJP is heading towards a historic loss in the national capital. In its bew...Read More
New Delhi: Reliance Jio added 12.1 lakh wireless subscribers in November, pushing its mobile user tally to 46.12 crore, while rivals Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and state-owned BSNL suffered subscriber losses, according to TRAI's latest data. Jio snapped decline of past four months, and spruced up its mobile user tally to 46.12 crore in November. Bharti Airtel lost 11.4 lakh wireless subscribers in November as its mobile user base slid to 38.4 crore. Vodafone Idea too suffered subscriber los...Read More
Jalgaon, Jan 22 (PTI) Panic gripped passengers when sparks flew from the wheels of Lucknow-Mumbai Pushpak Express after brakes were applied ahead of a railway station in Maharashtra's Jalgaon district, prompting some of them to pull an emergency chain. Some passengers jumped on the tracks from one side while others stepped down from another side, close to a culvert wall, eye-witnesses said. The passengers who jumped on the tracks were run over by a fast train, they said. "The incident occurre...Read More
Bhubaneswar, Jan 22 (PTI) The police have intensified security to thwart the possible efforts of the Maoists to enter Odisha following an operation that left 14 red rebels dead in neighbouring Chhattisgarh, an official said on Wednesday. The police remained alert in the districts bordering Chhattisgarh as combing operations were underway in Chhattisgarh. "We have put the police and central forces deployed in different districts to remain alert and prevent possible infiltration of Maoists from t...Read More
New Delhi, Jan 22 (PTI) State-owned Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) on Wednesday reported a 20 per cent rise in December quarter net profit as margins rose. The company reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 3,805.94 crore in the October-December period of FY24, as against Rs 3,181.42 crore in the same period a year back, according to a stock exchange filing by the company. The profit was also up quarter-on-quarter when compared with Rs 2,297.23 crore in the July-September period. R...Read More
New Delhi, Jan 22 (PTI) BJP's South Delhi MP Ramvir Singh Bidhuri on Wednesday attacked the Aam Aadmi Party over its special manifesto, asking party boss Arvind Kejriwal what he had done for the middle class under his government. He also targeted the city government over several civic issues. "Before presenting the demands of the middle class to the Centre, Kejriwal should explain what he has done for the middle class in Delhi over the past ten years," Bidhuri said. The Aam Aadmi Party on Wed...Read More
New Delhi, Jan 22 (PTI) Water purifier company Kent RO Systems Ltd has filed preliminary papers with markets regulator Sebi seeking approval to float an initial public offering (IPO). The issue is completely an offer of sale (OFS) of 1 crore equity shares by promoters, according to the draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) filed on Tuesday. Promoters Sunita Gupta, Mahesh Gupta, and Varun Gupta are offloading shares in the OFS. Overall, promoters hold 99.77 per cent stake in the company at presen...Read More
New Delhi, Jan 22 (PTI) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday claimed that Delhi will witness a miracle in the upcoming assembly polls and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener Arvind Kejriwal will become CM for the fourth time. Polling for the upcoming Delhi assembly elections will take place on February 5 while counting of votes will be done on February 8. Mann addressed roadshows to campaign for AAP candidates in Narela, Timarpur and Burari assembly constituencies. While Sharad Chauhan ...Read More
Mumbai, Jan 22 (PTI) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday announced financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh each to the next of the kin of the passengers who died in a train tragedy in Jalgaon district. At least 12 passengers were killed when they jumped from their train in panic due to a 'fire incident', only to be run over by another train on the adjacent tracks in the North Maharashtra district, a top police official said. The accident took place between Maheji and Pardhade s...Read More
New Delhi, Jan 22 (PTI) The Rs 2,715-crore acquisition of premium beauty brand Minimalist from a company founded four years ago is "a great example of making" Hindustan Unilever Ltd's portfolio future fit and it shows the startup ecosystem in India definitely has a strong future ahead, according to its CEO and Managing Director Rohit Jawa. Hindustan Unilever Ltd on Wednesday announced that it has signed and executed share purchase and subscription agreement for acquisition of 90.5 per cent of s...Read More
Kolkata, Jan 22 (PTI) Indian bowlers produced a clinical performance to bowl England out for 132 in their first T20 International here on Wednesday. Mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy (3/23) was the most successful Indian bowler while seamer Arshdeep Singh (2/17), Axar Patel (2/22) and Hardik Pandya (2/42) chipped in with two wickets apiece after captain Suryakumar Yadav invited England to bat first. For England, captain Jos Buttler played a lone hand with 68 off 44 balls while Harry Brook and...Read More
Ahmedabad, Jan 22 (PTI) The tableau of Gujarat which will be part of the 76th Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi merges the state's rich cultural heritage and development with the nation's growth and progress, officials said Wednesday. The tableau, themed "From Anartpur to Ektanagar - A Confluence of Heritage and Development" has the 12th-century Solanki-era 'Kirti Toran' of Vadnagar placed alongside the towering 'Statue of Unity', the world's tallest 182-metre statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai ...Read More
Patna, Jan 22 (PTI) Former Bihar MLA Anant Singh escaped unhurt following an exchange of fire between two groups in Patna on Wednesday, police said. No casualty was reported in the firing so far, Barh Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Rakesh Kumar said. "The police received a call that an incident of firing took place in Nauranga village in Mokama area under the jurisdiction of Pachmala Police Station limits in the evening. A team immediately reached the spot and recovered three cartrid...Read More
New Delhi, Jan 22 (PTI) The NIA conducted searches at multiple locations linked to the Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) in several states on Wednesday in connection with the Chandigarh grenade attack case. The search operation was conducted at the premises of suspects linked to US-based terrorist Harpreet Singh alias Happy Passian in Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Bathinda and Ferozepur districts of Punjab, Lakhimpur Kheri district in Uttar Pradesh, Rudrapur district in Uttarakhand, and Chandigarh, the ...Read More
Hyderabad, Jan 22 (PTI) The Income Tax department's searches at multiple locations linked to prominent Telugu film producer and Telangana Film Development Corporation chairman Dil Raju, along with others, continued here, on Wednesday. Raju, originally named Venkata Ramana Reddy, has produced some of the biggest Telugu blockbusters, including the latest Ram Charan-starrer 'Game Changer' and 'Bommarillu'. Speaking to reporters from the balcony of his house, Raju, claimed that the searches were n...Read More
New Delhi, Jan 22 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday urged Delhi BJP members to target winning over 50 per cent of votes in every booth in the upcoming assembly polls, and excoriated the AAP for its "unfulfilled" promises, "fake" announcements and "corruption". People are openly expressing anger with the AAP government during the party's campaign, he said, claiming that it is making new announcements every day as it is aware that it is losing ground across the national capital. In...Read More
New Delhi, Jan 22 (PTI) Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday expressed his grief at the deaths of several people due to rumours of fire in the Pushpak Express in Maharashtra's Jalgaon and called for immediate compensation to the victims and punishment to the guilty. "Our deepest condolences to the bereaved families of the victims, we pray for the peace of the departed souls. We wish for the speedy recovery of the injured. "The government and administration are requested to provid...Read More
New Delhi, Jan 21 (PTI) Describing it as "another mighty blow to Naxalism", Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said 14 Naxalites were killed in a joint operation by the CRPF, SoG Odisha and Chhattisgarh Police along the Odisha-Chhattisgarh border. With the resolve for a Naxal-free India and joint efforts of security forces, Naxalism is breathing its last today, Shah said. "Another mighty blow to Naxalism. Our security forces achieved major success towards building a Naxal-free Bharat. Th...Read More
Imphal, Jan 21 (PTI) Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Tuesday pleaded with people to take a pledge to work collectively to uphold the pride and dignity of Manipur on the occasion of statehood day. Manipur became a full-fledged state on January 21, 1972. "It was on this day in 1972 that Manipur became a full-fledged state of the Indian Union, marking a significant milestone in our history. On this momentous day, let us pledge to work collectively to uphold the pride and dignity of our beautiful ...Read More
New Delhi, Jan 21 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday hit out at the Modi government over its economic policies and asserted that real development is when everyone progresses, there is a fair environment for business, a fair tax system and the income of workers increases. In a post in Hindi on X, Gandhi said, "The truth of Modi Ji's developed India: Your hard work, whose profit? The wheel of the country's economy is turning with your sweat and blood, but are you getting your fair shar...Read More