New Delhi, Jul 4 (PTI) The initial public offer of student recruitment solutions provider Crizac Ltd got subscribed 59.82 times on the closing day of bidding on Friday. The Rs 860-crore initial share sale received bids for 154,56,79,488 shares against 2,58,36,909 shares on offer, as per NSE data. The portion for Qualified Institutional Buyers (QIBs) got subscribed a whopping 134.35 times while the quota for non-institutional investors fetched 76.15 times subscription. Retail Individual Investo...Read More
Lucknow, Jul 4 (PTI) The Uttar Pradesh government to further strengthen grant-aided primary schools to enhance access to quality education for children from marginalised communities, an official statement said on Friday. Under the initiative, primary schools operated through the Social Welfare Department will provide free and quality education to children from economically weaker sections -- especially those belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and families living below the poverty ...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 4 (PTI) Shares of Tata group firm Trent on Friday faced heavy selling pressure, tumbling nearly 12 per cent. The stock tanked 11.93 per cent to settle at Rs 5,448.65 on the BSE. During the day, it dropped 12.30 per cent to Rs 5,425. At the NSE, it fell 11.87 per cent to Rs 5,456. The stock emerged as the biggest laggard among the BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty firms. The company's market valuation also eroded Rs 26,226.08 crore to Rs 1,93,692.68 crore in line with weak trend in its ...Read More
New Delhi, July 4 (PTI) Former hockey player Aslam Sher Khan is baffled why the Obaidulla Cup tournament is not been given the kind of treatment it deserves since it was a "part of Bhopal's heritage." Khan, hero of India's World Cup win in 1975, alleged that apathy of Madhya Pradesh government officials is affecting the revival of the tournament. He informed that a committee formed under his chairmanship of Aslam sent e-mails to the state sports director and Bhopal's commissioner but did not re...Read More
Kolkata, Jul 4 (PTI) A forum of teachers, who have been referred to as 'untainted' by the West Bengal School Service Commission and are currently working at their schools on an interim basis following a Supreme Court order, on Friday said none of its members have applied for fresh recruitment examinations. Deserving Teachers' Rights Forum spokesperson Chinmoy Mondal said none of the 15,403 teachers, who were marked as not specifically tainted by the WBSSC on its list sent to the offices of dist...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 4 (PTI) Seiko Epson Corporation on Friday inaugurated its first manufacturing facility in the country, which will create 200 direct jobs. The ink tank printer facility, set up in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, has been established in collaboration with Epson's manufacturing partner RIKUN. It is expected to commence operations in October 2025, according to a company statement. "This is a historic occasion for Epson. India is crucial to our growth and offers immense opportunity for innovati...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 4 (PTI) Shares of stockbroking firms such as Nuvama Wealth, Angel One, leading stock exchange BSE, and depository CDSL saw sharp declines on Friday amid concerns of potential business impact following a regulatory crackdown. Markets regulator Sebi has barred US-based Jane Street Group from the securities markets and directed the group to disgorge unlawful gains of Rs 4,843 crore for allegedly manipulating stock indices through positions taken in derivatives segment. This could b...Read More
New Delhi: Asaduddin Owaisi's All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) seems to have put Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad in a fix by expressing its willingness to join the mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) in Bihar. This appears to be a part of Owaisi's well-calculated move and well-thought-out strategy that has visibly given a shock treatment to the constituents of both the opposition mahagathbandhan and the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA). Obviously, Owaisi is d...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 4 (PTI) A major tragedy was on Friday averted at Channapattana station, about 60 km from Mysore in Bengaluru division, after the loco pilot and assistant loco pilot of the Palace Queen Humsafar Express doused fire in the engine using an extinguisher. South Western Railway Chief Public Relations Officer Manjunath Kanmadi said "the cause of the fire is being investigated". "The incident, which took place around 11:30 am when the train was going from Mysore towards Udaipur, hasn't ...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 4 (PTI) The AIMIM should stay away from elections in Bihar and extend "in-principle" support to the opposition's "Mahagatbandhan", Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Manoj Jha said on Friday. The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) won five seats in the 2020 Bihar Assembly polls, but four of the party MLAs joined the RJD within two years. AIMIM's Bihar unit president Akhtarul Iman, the lone MLA of the party in the state, wrote to RJD chief Lalu Prasad earlier this week, fo...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 4 (PTI) The Delhi High Court in its order rejected Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez's argument that the ED adopted a "pick and choose" policy and did not proceed against other similarly-placed actors in a money laundering case. Fernandez was referring to television celebrities Nikki Tamboli, Chahatt Khanna and Sophia Singh. Justice Anish Dayal on July 3 dismissed her plea for quashing an FIR against her in a Rs 200 crore money laundering case also involving alleged conman Su...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 4 (PTI) City's Mughal-era Shalimar Bagh in its heydays was enclosed by a wall and had several elegant structures including a Sheesh Mahal, a hammam, water channels and pavilions, and during the colonial era, the site served as a "summer retreat" for the British Resident in Delhi. A team of conservation experts from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) with support from the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has revamped its surviving old heritage buildings and adjoining areas ...Read More
Mumbai, Jul 4 (PTI) Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended higher on Friday in a highly volatile trade amid a buying rush in banking and other bellwether stocks on the back of a rally in the US markets. After oscillating between highs and lows in intra-day trade, the 30-share BSE Sensex ended 193.42 points or 0.23 per cent higher at 83,432.89. During the day, it hit a high of 83,477.86 and a low of 83,015.83, gyrating 462.03 points. The 50-share NSE Nifty inched up by 55.70 points or 0.22 pe...Read More
Ahmedabad, Jul 4 (PTI) Body parts found at the site of the June 12 Ahmedabad plane crash have been handed over to six families following DNA tests, a senior health official said on Friday. Ahmedabad Civil Hospital Medical Superintendent Dr Rakesh Joshi said the death toll in the horrific crash continues to be 260 as per officials records, adding the body parts that were handed over on Thursday belong to these victims itself. Incidentally, authorities had announced that the mortal remains of th...Read More
Mumbai, Jul 4 (PTI) Actor Parag Tyagi has penned a heartfelt tribute to his wife, Shefali Zariwala, remembering her not just as the iconic "Kaanta Laga" girl, but as a woman of deep strength, grace, and boundless love. Jariwala, who shot to fame with her breakout appearance in the remix track "Kaanta Laga", passed away on June 27 at the age of 42. In a post on Instagram on Thursday evening, Tyagi shared a photo of Zariwala and called her "fire wrapped in grace". "Shefali, Meri Pari -- the eve...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 4 (PTI) Gold prices declined Rs 600 to Rs 99,020 per 10 grams in the national capital on Friday due to fresh selling by stockists, according to the All India Sarafa Association. The yellow metal of 99.9 per cent purity had settled at Rs 99,620 per 10 grams on Thursday. Gold of 99.5 per cent purity slipped Rs 500 to Rs 98,500 per 10 grams (inclusive of all taxes). It had closed at Rs 99,000 per 10 grams in the previous market close. "Gold prices declined on Friday as the US doll...Read More
Kolkata, Jul 4 (PTI) A Trinamool Congress leader in Coochbehar district of West Bengal was injured after a group of assailants shot at him, police said on Friday. Raju Dey, the 'karmadhyaksha' of Cooch Behar Block 2 Panchayat Samity, suffered injuries in the attack near Jhinaidanga area around 11 pm on Thursday, they said. BJP MLA from Cooch Behar (Uttar) Sukumar Roy's son and his driver have been arrested in connection with the incident, a police officer said. "The bullet struck Dey's right ...Read More
Mumbai, Jul 4 (PTI) A total of 479 farmer suicides were reported in Maharashtra in March and April this year, state relief and rehabilitation minister Makrand Patil said in the assembly on Friday. In a written reply during Question Hour, he said 250 farmer suicides were reported in March in Marathwada and Vidarbha, while 229 suicides were reported statewide in April. Of the 250 cases in March, 102 were found to be eligible for financial aid as per government rules, with amounts being disbursed...Read More
Bhubaneswar, Jul 4 (PTI) Five lakh people who were duped by various chit fund companies will get back their money in four months, Odisha BJP president Manmohan Samal said on Friday. Addressing a press conference, Samal said that over 1.26 lakh people have already got their money back. "The BJP government will return the money, whether it is of Rs 10,000 or Rs 10 lakh, to the people cheated by chit fund firms. Returning the money lost in the chit fund scam was one of the promises made by the pa...Read More
Imphal, Jul 4 (PTI) Security forces recovered over 200 weapons, including firearms, and war-like stores in operations lasting only a few hours in four hill districts of Manipur, a senior police officer said on Friday. INSAS rifles, self-loading rifles (SLRs) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were among those found in joint operations between Thursday midnight and Friday morning. "Acting on specific intelligence regarding the presence of a large cache of arms, ammunition and other warlike...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 4 (PTI) An Indian team has returned from Washington after holding talks with the US on an interim trade pact, which is likely to be finalised before July 9, but discussions will continue as certain issues in the agri and auto sectors still need to be resolved, an official said. The Indian team is led by chief negotiator Rajesh Agrawal. He is special secretary in the department of commerce. The official said that the talks are in the last phase and its conclusion is expected to b...Read More
Bhubaneswar, Jul 4 (PTI) Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officers have resumed work after the arrest of BJP leader Jagannath Pradhan in connection with the assault of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) additional commissioner, an official said on Friday. The OAS officers were on mass leave since Tuesday following the assault of BMC additional commissioner Ratnakar Sahoo, a senior OAS officer, who was allegedly dragged out of his office and attacked by a group of miscreants on Monday. ...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 4 (PTI) The Delhi High Court on Friday pulled up the Delhi Jal Board for supplying contaminated water in colonies and asked how the authorities could expect the citizens to "drink sewage mixed water". A bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Anish Dayal was hearing a plea alleging residents of Yojana Vihar, Anand Vihar, Jagriti Enclave and other adjacent areas in east Delhi received "highly contaminated potable water" mixed with sewer/sewage in their household taps. "U...Read More
Pune, Jul 4 (PTI) Two days after an unidentified man allegedly raped a 22-year-old IT professional after entering her flat in Pune city by posing as a courier delivery person, police on Friday said they had detained a suspect. The suspect's past connections with the woman, if any, were being investigated, said a senior official. The incident had taken place at a housing society in Kondhwa area at around 7.30 pm on Wednesday. According to the police, the accused clicked a selfie using the woma...Read More
Hyderabad, Jul 4 (PTI) BRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao was admitted to hospital for a routine health check-up and there are no serious health concerns, his son and BRS Working President K T Rama Rao said on Friday. The doctors have advised the former chief minister to be in hospital for a few days to monitor his blood sugar and low sodium levels, Rao said. "No serious health concerns at all. All his vitals are normal. I thank all those who have been enquiring about his wellbeing," he said in...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 4 (PTI) The flood situation in Assam has turned grim, with the Dhansiri (South) river in Golaghat district and the Dikhow river in Sivasagar district flowing above the danger mark, according to the Central Water Commission's (CWC) daily flood bulletin issued on Friday. These are the only two locations in India currently under the 'severe flood' category, indicating that though the water levels have crossed the danger mark, they remain below the historical highest flood level. Ac...Read More
Mumbai, Jul 4 (PTI) Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended higher on Friday in a highly volatile trade amid buying in bank stocks and a rally in the US markets. After oscillating between highs and lows in intra-day trade, the 30-share BSE Sensex ended 193.42 points or 0.23 per cent higher at 83,432.89. During the day, it hit a high of 83,477.86 and a low of 83,015.83, gyrating 462.03 points. The 50-share NSE Nifty inched higher by 55.70 points or 0.22 per cent to 25,461. From the Sensex fir...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 4 (PTI) Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi representing Congress leader Sonia Gandhi on Friday argued that Enforcement Directorate's National Herald case was "truly a strange" one. Singhvi began his rebuttal after additional solicitor general S V Raju for ED on July 3 concluded his arguments on the point of cognisance of the chargesheet filed in the case. "This is truly a strange case. More than strange. Unprecedented. This is an alleged case of money laundering, without any ...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 4 (PTI) Indian fintech sector raised USD 889 million in the first six months of 2025, a drop of 26 per cent from USD 1.2 billion of H2 2024 and a five per cent slide from USD 936 million seen a year ago, according to a report by market intelligence platform Tracxn. As per the report, India ranked third globally, trailing only the United States and the United Kingdom. "While the Indian fintech sector has seen a temporary dip in funding, the steady momentum in early-stage investme...Read More
Kolkata, Jul 4 (PTI) Former TMC Rajya Sabha MP Santanu Sen on Friday moved the Calcutta High Court, seeking permission to file a petition challenging the West Bengal Medical Council's decision to suspend his registration as a doctor for two years. Justice Amrita Sinha granted permission to Sen to file the petition and said that the matter will come up for hearing on Monday. Council president Sudipto Roy had said Sen was suspended for allegedly making unsubstantiated claims about possessing a f...Read More