Mumbai, Jul 3 (PTI) India captain Shubman Gill's clearly thought-out strategy and body language on the opening day of the second Test against England are traits of a world-class player with a bright future, says former cricketer Jonathan Trott. Gill stood tall with a second consecutive ton in the five-Test series, reaching 114 not out (216 balls, 12 fours) at stumps to take India to a sturdy 310/5 on the opening day of the second Test in Birmingham. The former England batter and incumbent Afgh...Read More
Mumbai, Jul 3 (PTI) The rupee depreciated 8 paise to 85.70 against the US dollar in early trade on Thursday amid renewed headwinds from global risk sentiment and persistent foreign fund outflows. Forex traders said the rupee was trading in a narrow range largely due to RBI's cautious strategy as any dip in USD-INR is likely to be met with dollar buying by the RBI, not only to manage maturities but also to rebuild its intervention cushion. This persistent demand for dollars by the central bank ...Read More
Mumbai, Jul 3 (PTI) Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty climbed in initial trade on Thursday, mirroring a positive trend in Asian markets, amid optimism over India-US trade deal. The US-Vietnam trade deal also had a positive effect on the domestic equities, analysts said. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 242.83 points to 83,652.52 in early trade. The 50-share NSE Nifty went up by 83.65 points to 25,537.05. "US President Trump announced a trade deal reducing Vietnam's tariff to 20 per cen...Read More
Imphal, Jul 3 (PTI) Three militants belonging to different proscribed outfits have been arrested by security forces in Imphal Valley districts of Manipur, police said on Thursday. Police arrested a member of the banned PREPAK (PRO) outfit from Meitram area in Bishnupur district on Wednesday. He has been identified as Oinam Hemanjit Singh. Security forces also arrested an insurgent belonging to the banned Kangleipak Communist Party (PWG) outfit from Sekmaijin Maning Leikai area in Imphal East d...Read More
Lucknow, Jul 3 (PTI) A man allegedly killed his in-laws with a sharp edged weapon after his estranged wife refused to return to her matrimonial home, police said on Thursday. The incident took place in Vijay Kheda at about 9 pm on Wednesday. The accused Jagdeep Singh attacked father-in-law Anantram (80) and mother-in-law (75) with a knife when his wife Poonam refused to go with him, they said. Hearing their screams, locals gathered at the spot and caught the accused and handed over them to th...Read More
Ranchi, Jul 3 (PTI) Union minister Nitin Gadkari will on Thursday inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of projects worth Rs 6,350 crore in Jharkhand, officials said. The Union Road Transport and Highways Minister will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of 11 National Highway projects in the state, including nine from Ranchi and two from Garhwa. Among the projects are an elevated corridor worth Rs 560 crore in Ranchi, and two projects worth Rs 2,460 crore in Garhwa. Gadkari will inaugu...Read More
Pune: Police have released the sketch of one of the two men accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl and robbing women after their car halted on a roadside in Maharashtra's Pune district, an official said. The shocking incident took place at around 4.15 am on Monday on a highway near Bhigwan in Daund town when a group of people was travelling in a car to the temple town of Pandharpur in neighbouring Solapur district, according to police. "Based on the description given by the victims,...Read More
Hapur (UP), Jul 3 (PTI) Five people including four minors were killed in a road accident after the motorcycle they were riding was struck by a speeding truck in Uttar Pradesh's Hapur, police said on Thursday. The accident occurred near the Miniland School on Bulandshahr Road in the Hapur police station area on Wednesday night, Additional Superintendent of Police Vineet Bhatnagar said. According to initial reports, Danish, 40, a resident of Rafiqnagar, was returning from a swimming pool at a fr...Read More
EV Market: India's electric vehicle market is undergoing a dramatic shift. Previously in Tata Motors' control, the segment is now experiencing intense competition following the tie-up of Mahindra and MG to corner a massive 53% share. Fresh sales figures from June 2025 reveal how competitors are reconfiguring the electric vehicle battle, forcing Tata to reevaluate its steps. 13,033 electric vehicles were registered in June 2025 in India. This is a whopping 78% rise over June 2024, though EVs sti...Read More
Srinagar, Jul 3 (PTI) The annual Amarnath Yatra began on Thursday with the first batches of pilgrims setting off from the twin base camps in Baltal and Nunwan towards the 3880-metre-high cave shrine in the south Kashmir Himalayas, which houses a naturally formed ice-lingam, officials said. The yatra started early morning from the twin tracks -- the traditional 48-km Nunwan-Pahalgam route and the 14-km Baltal route. The batches of pilgrims, including men, women and sadhus, left from the Nunwan ...Read More
Morena (MP), July 2 (PTI) Unidentified persons allegedly looted cash and jewellery from the house of a woman sarpanch by holding her and family members hostage at gunpoint in Morena district of Madhya Pradesh, police said on Wednesday. Hours after the crime, police arrested one of the robbers and raided the houses of relatives of two suspects. Four armed robbers barged into the house of Alapur village sarpanch Manju Yadav at around 1.30 am on Tuesday. Yadav, her husband Rajkumar Yadav, and the...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 2 (PTI) As Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on a five-nation tour, Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Wednesday called him a "globetrotting" PM and asked why diplomatic efforts of the government were "unable" to isolate Pakistan at the global stage. In a video statement, Moitra said Modi is "probably the one Prime Minister who's travelled the most on taxpayers' money, apparently cementing India in the global world order and making sure that we are in prime position". "A ...Read More
Shillong, Jul 2 (PTI) A Meghalaya court on Wednesday remanded three persons to judicial custody in connection with the murder case of Indore businessman Raja Raghuvanshi in the northeastern state in May. The three were arrested from Madhya Pradesh on the charge of concealing evidence in the murder. On June 26, they had been remanded to police custody for six days. On Wednesday, property dealer Silome James was granted 14 days of judicial custody while flat owner Lokendra Tomar and guard Balla ...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 2 (PTI) Only seven overage vehicles were impounded by authorities on the second day on Wednesday of fuel ban for end of life vehicles, even as petrol pumps reported less traffic, officials said. Under the directions of the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM), petrol pumps across Delhi have been asked not to provide fuel to end-of-life vehicles starting Tuesday with the Transport Department along with the Delhi Police and traffic personnel putting in place a detailed enfo...Read More
Mumbai, July 2 (PTI) Truckers in Maharashtra resorted to an indefinite strike on Wednesday to protest against the e-challan system for recovering fines and demanded swift resolution of long-pending issues, transporters' representatives said. They claimed goods transport services were disrupted across the state. Authorities stated that the transportation of essential items, including milk, fruits, and vegetables, was not affected. Despite an appeal by State Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik and...Read More
Raipur, Jul 2 (PTI) Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai on Wednesday noted public revenues are vital for development of a state and the country as he warned of action against entities resorting to Goods and Services Tax (GST) frauds. He made the remarks while presiding over a review meeting of the Commercial Tax (GST) department at Mantralaya's Mahanadi Bhavan, said an official statement. At the meeting, officials informed that Chhattisgarh registered an impressive 18 per cent increase ...Read More
Hyderabad, Jul 2 (PTI) Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Wednesday said his government would initiate a debate in the Legislative Assembly on improving intermediate education in the state. During a meeting with officials, Reddy urged them to take steps to ensure that every student who passes 10th standard completes Intermediate (by addressing the issue of dropouts). He expressed concern over the discrepancy between the number of students passing class 10 and those completing intermed...Read More
Bengaluru, July 2 (PTI) Notwithstanding Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's assertion that he would complete the full five-year term, Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly R Ashoka on Wednesday indicated that there will be a change of guard in the state in October or November. Ashoka's comments come amid speculation about leadership change in the ruling Congress in the state. The LoP said the Congress party is a divided house and the Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar is sending signals t...Read More
Muzaffarnagar (UP), Jul 2 (PTI) Police have summoned six people for conducting unauthorised verification of the identities of eatery owners along the Kanwar Yatra route, officials said on Wednesday after a video surfaced on social media showing some individuals allegedly misbehaving with the staff of a 'dhaba'. The six people are said to be associates of Swami Yashveer Maharaj, who runs the Yoga Sadhana Yashveer Ashram in Baghra which has conducted "ghar wapsi" (conversion to Hinduism) ceremoni...Read More
Jammu, Jul 2 (PTI) A gunfight broke out between terrorists and security forces in a heavily forested area in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, officials said. The encounter started when police assisted by the Army and CRPF launched a search and cordon operation in the Kuchal area of Chatroo around 7.45 pm following information about the presence of terrorists this evening, they said. The officials said the terrorists opened fire on noticing the security search parties, leadi...Read More
Mumbai, July 2 (PTI) Maharashtra Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik on Wednesday exposed the illegal plying of bike taxis by booking a ride in Mumbai using a different name, an investigation that laid bare the department's official version of strict compliance. The minister booked a ride using Rapido app to verify a senior official's claim that the app and illegal bike taxi service were not functional. He booked a ride from Mantralaya to Dadar using the app, which showed the fare payable at Rs ...Read More
Mumbai, Jul 2 (PTI) Sebi on Wednesday said it has permitted a one-time special window for investors to re-lodge physical share transfer requests that were submitted before April 1, 2019, but rejected or returned due to deficiencies. The six-month window will be open from July 7 to January 6, 2026, as part of the regulator's effort to ease investing and safeguard investor rights. Transfer of shares in physical form was discontinued from April 1, 2019. The regulator had earlier allowed investor...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 2 (PTI) Hectic parleys are underway between officials of India and the US in Washington on the proposed interim trade agreement between the two countries, an official said on Wednesday. The talks entered the seventh day on Wednesday in Washington, the official said. While India is seeking greater market access for its labour-intensive goods, the US wants duty concessions for its agricultural products. The Indian team, headed by special secretary in the Department of Commerce Ra...Read More
Guwahati, Jul 2 (PTI) The opposition Congress on Wednesday demanded a CBI inquiry into the alleged sale of 90 Gir cows from an Assam government project to individuals, including the wife of a BJP minister, MP and several MLAs. Addressing a press conference here, senior Congress leader Ram Prasad Sarmah alleged that funds are available for ministers and MLAs, but not to support 'gaushalas' (cowsheds) to look after the cows. "There have been widespread irregularities and corruption in the Gorukh...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 2 (PTI) Railway Board officials on Wednesday said Chief Minister Rekha Gupta should follow the formal process, after she wrote to Rail Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw seeking to change the name of Old Delhi Railway Station to Maharaja Agrasen. Officials said the Ministry of Home Affairs is the competent authority to approve the change in the name of a railway station. It does so on the recommendation of the state government concerned. To change the name of a station, the chief secreta...Read More
Pune, Jun 2 (PTI) Police have released the sketch of one of the two men accused of robbing women passengers of their gold ornaments and sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl after the car they were travelling in halted on the roadside in Pune district, an official said on Wednesday. The shocking incident took place at around 4.15 am on Monday on a highway near Bhigwan in Daund town when a group of people was travelling in a car to the temple town of Pandharpur in Solapur district, according to...Read More
Bhopal, Jul 2 (PTI) The BJP on Wednesday declared party MLA and "grassroots man" Hemant Kumar Khandelwal, who has strong roots in the RSS, as its new state unit president. By naming Khandelwal, 60, the saffron party signalled its outreach to the Vaishya (trading) community, aiming to balance the delicate caste arithmetic in a state led by an OBC chief minister. He succeeds V D Sharma, who had been heading the state BJP unit since 2020. Khandelwal said that his family had been "raising the par...Read More
Mumbai, Jul 2 (PTI) The Dharavi Redevelopment Project (DRP) has released its first eligibility list, with over 75 per cent of tenement holders qualifying for new homes under the ambitious slum redevelopment scheme, according to data released by the DRP. All bona fide residents who settled in Dharavi before January 1, 2000, are eligible for a 350 sq ft flat within Dharavi. All such residents will qualify for the resettlement unless they do not provide documents. Those who settled between Januar...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 2 (PTI) The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday alleged Sonia and Rahul Gandhi wanted to usurp the assets of Associated Journals Limited (AJL), a Rs 2,000 crore company, the publisher of National Herald newspaper. Special judge Vishal Gogne was hearing the submissions on the point of cognisance in the National Herald case. Additional solicitor general S V Raju said a conspiracy was hatched to form Young Indian Private Limited in which the Gandhis held 76 per cent shares to usur...Read More
Shimla, Jul 2 (PTI) The death toll from cloudbursts and flash flood-related incidents in the Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh has risen to 11 with the recovery of six additional bodies. The search for 34 missing people is underway, officials said on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the weather department has warned of low to moderate flash-flood risk in parts of five districts of Chamba, Kangra Kullu, Mandi and Shimla in the next 24 hours. Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, who visited the disaster...Read More