New Delhi, Jul 2 (PTI) As the special intensive review of the electoral roll of Bihar gathers pace, political parties in the state have started appointing more booth-level agents who coordinate with the poll machinery during preparation and revision of the voters' list. These booth-level agents (BLAs) raise claims and objections about the inclusion or deletion of voters. According to the latest data, the BJP had 51,964 BLAs, and the number as on Wednesday stands at 52,698, an official said, ci...Read More
Aizawl, Jul 2 (PTI) Trucks started plying on a portion of a key national highway in Mizoram on Wednesday, six days after a transport association blocked the dilapidated road to repair it, officials said. Kolasib unit of Mizoram Tipper Association (MTA) has carried out repairing work of NH-6/306 on the Sairang-Kawnpui sector, which was badly damaged during rains between June 26 and June 30, preventing tankers and trucks carrying essential commodities from plying. National Highway-306 is the pri...Read More
Thane, Jul 2 (PTI) The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested a revenue department employee and a private person for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 from a man foe releasing certain land-related documents, officials said on Wednesday. The accused were trapped at the additional tehsildar's office in Mira-Bhayandar locality of Thane district. The accused duo, revenue assistant Shyam Bedekar and private person Vinod Indulkar, were booked and arrested under relevant sections of the Pre...Read More
Jammu/New Delhi, Jul 2 (PTI) The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has deployed a special 'May I Help You' women personnel team to assist Amarnath Yatra pilgrims who take the Baltal route to reach the cave shrine in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Wednesday. The paramilitary force has pooled in the highest number of troops for the annual pilgrimage that was flagged off by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha from Jammu on Wednesday. Of 581 Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) companies deploy...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 2 (PTI) Embattled India football head coach Manolo Marquez stepped down on Wednesday after reaching a "mutual agreement" with the All Indian Football Federation (AIFF), which was under pressure to fix accountability for the recent downward spiral of the national team. The AIFF Executive Committee, in its meeting here, agreed to relieve the 56-year-old Marquez after he expressed his desire to do so despite one year still left in his contract. "The AIFF and Manolo decided to mutua...Read More
Shimla, Jul 2 (PTI) The controversy over a five-storey building collapsing in Bhatta Kuffar area in Shimla saw two officials of National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) being booked on Wednesday on complaints by residents for allegedly endangering life and intentional hurt. This came a day after a case was filed against Himachal Pradesh Panchayati Raj Minister Anirudh Singh on charges of wrongful restraint and voluntarily causing hurt after he allegedly assaulted the two NHAI officials while ...Read More
Banihal/Jammu, Jul 2 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary on Wednesday said the National Conference-led government hopes to greet the Amarnath yatris in a full-fledged state next time. Choudhary made the remark as he, along with NC MLA Sajad Shaheen and District Development Council Chairperson Ramban Shamshad Shan, received the first batch of Amarnath pilgrims in Banihal, the gateway to Kashmir valley. The first batch of 5,892 yatris was flagged off from the yatra b...Read More
Lucknow, Jul 2 (PTI) The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) on Wednesday arrested three suspected members of an interstate gang allegedly involved in the illegal trafficking and supply of oxytocin injections to be misused in milch animals and vegetables. Acting on a tip-off, the STF seized nearly 5,87,880 ml of oxytocin -- valued at approximately Rs 1.20 crore -- during a raid at a house on Mohan Road near Buddheshwar crossing in Lucknow's Kakori police station area. The arrested men have ...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 2 (PTI) Olympian shooters Anjum Moudgil and Saurabh Chaudhary are back in reckoning for India team spots along with world championship bronze medallist Mehuli Ghosh, following their encouraging performances in the National Selection Trials 3&4 for rifle and pistol in Dehradun recently. India's leading female rifle shooter and two-time Olympian Anjum had missed out on the first half of the international season comprising three World Cups, but following her fine showing in the 50m ...Read More
Mumbai, Jul 2 (PTI) Benchmark BSE Sensex declined by 287 points on Wednesday due to profit selling in HDFC Bank, L&T and Reliance Industries shares and caution ahead of the impending US tariff deadline. Paring its early gains, the BSE Sensex closed lower by 287.60 points or 0.34 per cent at 83,409.69. During the day, it dropped 546.52 points or 0.65 per cent to 83,150.77. The 50-share NSE Nifty declined by 88.40 points or 0.35 per cent to settle at 25,453.40. Flight of foreign capital from eq...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 2 (PTI) Artificial Intelligence (AI) might be becoming more integral in a company's decision-making and strategy development but employers still continue to turn to business school graduates for their versatility and strategic thinking, according to a new survey by Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC). Employers might be reporting ongoing influence of inflation and recession fears on their hiring decisions but recent business school graduates can remain optimistic about t...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 3 (PTI) Teenage Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa believes players like Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura gradually moving away from classical chess has to do with the mental and physical exhaustion that comes with playing the long format for a long time. Magnus, the five-time world champion, and world No.2 American Grandmaster Nakamura have played fewer classical games, and instead focused on freestyle, rapid and blitz formats. Praggnanandhaa, who has won three major classic...Read More
Mumbai, Jul 2 (PTI) Overall hiring for white collar jobs grew by 20 per cent year-on-year in June, mainly driven by opportunities in Tier II markets, a report said on Wednesday. According to Foundit Insights Tracker, which is based on online job posting activity on Foundit.in platform, India's Tier II cities continued to emerge as key engines driving the nation's employment growth. With a growth of 26 per cent, Coimbatore saw a rise in opportunities, followed by Nagpur and Nasik with 24 per ce...Read More
Hyderabad, Jul 2 (PTI) Investigators probing the devastating explosion at the pharma plant of Sigachi Industries near here face significant challenges as three key officials who could have provided crucial data have died in the tragedy. According to a factories department official, the deaths of the factory manager, DGM (production) and an operator are expected to impede the acquisition of information vital for the probe. The investigation by the factories department officers may take about a ...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 2 (PTI) Hyundai Motor India Ltd on Wednesday said its popular SUV model Creta has emerged as the best-selling passenger vehicle in the domestic market in June this year. Creta was the highest-selling model in the country for June 2025 with 15,786 units sold in the month, Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) said in a statement. Maruti Suzuki India's compact sedan Dzire was the second-best-selling model with 15,484 units in June followed by its compact SUV Brezza with 14,507 units in t...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 2 (PTI) Industrial steam and gas supplier Steamhouse India has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) through a confidential pre-filing route, with an aim to raise between Rs 500 crore and Rs 700 crore, industry sources familiar with the development said. In a public announcement on Wednesday, Surat-based Steamhouse India said it has submitted "the pre-filed draft red herring prospectus with Sebi and the stock exchanges...in relation to the proposed initial public offering of...Read More
Srinagar, Jul 2 (PTI) Local authorities gave a warm welcome to the first batch of Amarnath yatra pilgrims at several places in Kashmir, as hundreds of them turned up at in the valley Wednesday. The first batch of 5,892 yatris was flagged off from the yatra base camp in Bhagwati Nagar in Jammu by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha. Upon their arrival in the Kashmir valley, the pilgrims' convoys received a rousing welcome from the administration, and the locals, in Kulgam, Anantnag, and Srinagar di...Read More
Mumbai, Jul 2 (PTI) RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav's remarks about "throwing the amended Waqf Act in dustbin" was an attempt to mislead people of Bihar ahead of assembly polls there, BJP MP Jagdambika Pal said on Wednesday. "There is a competition between Tejashwi and Owaisi. They treat Muslims as vote bank," Pal, chairman of joint parliamentary committee on Waqf (Amendment) Bill, told reporters in Mumbai. Tejashwi had said that his Mahagathbandhan bloc, if elected to power in Bihar, will throw the...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 2 (PTI) UK-based cybersecurity firm Sophos on Wednesday claimed that 53 per cent of Indian companies that faced ransomware attacks in 2024 paid the hackers to get their data back. According to the State of Ransomware in India 2025 report, the median payout towards ransom was USD 481,636 (about Rs 4 crore), down 79 per cent from the previous year. The findings are based on a survey commissioned by Sophos and conducted during January-March 2025. As many as 378 Indian IT and cybers...Read More
Chandigarh, Jul 2 (PTI) A Mohali court on Wednesday extended by four days the vigilance custody remand of Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia, who was arrested in a disproportionate assets (DA) case. Majithia was produced before the court amid tight security after his seven-day vigilance remand ended on Wednesday. Speaking to the media after a three-hour hearing, public prosecutor Ferry Sofat said the court extended Majithia's remand by four more days after the Vigilance Bureau (V...Read More
Mumbai, Jul 2 (PTI) BJP MLC Parinay Fuke on Wednesday said the Shiv Sena split in 2022 as a result of its leadership and internal disputes, and claimed that Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis did not play any role in it. Talking to reporters on the premises of the Vidhan Bhavan, the state legislature complex here, he also said the style of leadership in the undivided Shiv Sena led by Uddhav Thackeray led to dissatisfaction among its leaders. "The revolt led by Eknath Shinde was a res...Read More
Gangtok, Jul 2 (PTI) Congress leader Ajoy Kumar's reference to Sikkim as a "neighbouring country" has drawn widespread criticism from various sections of the society, including political parties, in the Himalayan state. Kumar, during a press conference on Tuesday, had referred to the state as a neighbouring country in the same frame alongside Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. However, with the issue snowballing into a controversy, the senior Congress leader on Tuesday apologised, stating it was...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 2 (PTI) State-owned iron ore producer NMDC is actively evaluating offshore acquisitions of critical mineral blocks, its CMD Amitava Mukherjee said adding it will strengthen the company's presence in the global value chain. Critical minerals like antimony, lithium, cobalt, copper are essential for clean energy technologies like solar panels, wind turbines, EVs, and energy storage systems. India has launched the National Critical Mineral Mission (NCMM) to ensure their long-term ava...Read More
Sangareddy (Telangana), Jul 2 (PTI) Sigachi Industries Ltd had been using outdated machinery and workers were compelled to operate it, the FIR registered against the management stated. The explosion at the firm's Pashamylaram unit two days ago left 36 dead and a nearly equal number injured. The Sangareddy police, based on a complaint by a family member of one of the victims, on Monday registered an FIR against the factory management in connection with the explosion under Sections 105 (culpable...Read More
Keonjhar, Jul 2 (PTI) At least three persons were killed in a landslide triggered by heavy rain while extracting manganese illegally from a mine in Odisha's Keonjhar district, police said Wednesday. The incident took place at a manganese mine near Bichakundi Dalpahar under Joda police limits when some people were illegally extracting minerals from the manganese mine on Tuesday, they said. Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Western Range, Brijesh Kumar Rai confirmed the incident and said...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 2 (PTI) Senior Congress leader and former home minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday said the exercise of enactment of the three new criminal laws was a "waste" and has only created confusion in the administration of justice among judges, lawyers and the police. Chidambaram also claimed the new Acts are an overwhelmingly 'cut and paste' exercise, with a few new provisions added. His remarks came a day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah termed the enactment of the three new crimin...Read More
Mumbai, Jul 2 (PTI) Days after the Maharashtra government decided to withdraw orders on implementation of the three-language policy, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Wednesday said they will not accept such a policy even in future. Facing mounting opposition to the introduction of Hindi language in Maharashtra schools from classes 1 to 5, the state cabinet on Sunday decided to withdraw two GRs (government orders) on the implementation of the three-language policy. Chief Minister Devendra Fadn...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 2 (PTI) Shares of Asian Paints declined by nearly 2 per cent on Wednesday morning trade after the Competition Commission of India (CCI) ordered an investigation against the firm for allegedly abusing its dominant position in the market for manufacturing and sale of decorative paints. The direction follows a complaint filed by Grasim Industries (Birla Paints Division), which accused Asian Paints of engaging in exclusionary practices aimed at stifling its entry and growth in the In...Read More
Bengaluru, Jul 2 (PTI) Bengaluru-headquartered Health Care Global Enterprises Limited (HCG) on Wednesday denied allegations of unfair trials at its facility, claiming that it is successfully conducting a significant number of clinical trials with utmost transparency and prioritising patient safety, approved by its Ethics Committee. The development came after Justice P Krishna Bhat (Retd), former chairperson of the Institutional ethics committee of HCG, levelled allegations following which the K...Read More
Mumbai, Jul 2 (PTI) Keystone Realtors Ltd has been selected to redevelop eight housing societies in Mumbai, enabling the company to generate revenue of Rs 3,000 crore from the saleable area. Mumbai-based Keystone Realtors sells properties under Rustomjee brand. In a regulatory filing on Wednesday, Keystone Realtors informed that "it has been selected by eight housing societies as the developer for the large-scale cluster redevelopment project in the highly sought after residential neighbourhoo...Read More