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MUMBAI: The BCCI has moved the knockouts of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, a domestic T20 tournament, from Indore to Pune due to logistical reasons. The knockouts of the event, scheduled to be held from Dec 12 to 18, will now be staged at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Gahunje and the Dr DY Patil Academy ground in Ambi in Pune."We informed BCCI about a fortnight ago that we will not be able to stage the SMAT knockouts as there is a lack of hotel room availability here due to some g ...Read More >
MUMBAI: Home loan rates are set to drop to levels last seen before the global financial crisis in 2008, with the RBI's monetary policy committee reducing the repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.25%.Several banks -- Union Bank, Bank of India, Bank of Maharashtra and Indian Overseas Bank -- currently offer home loans at 7.35%. Borrowers at this rate will see their interest rate decline to 7.1%, which is also the deposit rate offered by some private banks. On a Rs 1 crore home loan for 15 years, a 0. ...Read More >
MUMBAI: Reserve Bank of India's Deputy Governor, Poonam Gupta, has responded to recent International Monetary Fund (IMF) comments questioning the quality of India's growth data and classifying the Indian rupee's exchange rate regime as a "crawling peg" within a managed float system.On the concern regarding data quality, Gupta said that the IMF's critique is more procedural than substantive. "The point that they're making on what is perceived to be the quality of our statistics is a very limited ...Read More >
LUCKNOW: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday arrested four more prime accused in the November 10 Red Fort blast case -- including a Lucknow-based woman doctor and a Saharanpur-origin medical practitioner -- taking the total number of arrests to six. Those arrested have been identified as Dr Muzammil Shakeel Ganai of Pulwama, Dr Adeel Ahmed Rather, a doctor in Saharanpur but native of Anantnag, Dr Shaheen Saeed of Lucknow, and Mufti Irfan Ahmad Wagay of Shopian, the NIA said. All ...Read More >
Rajasthan Vahan Chalak Admit Card 2025: The Rajasthan Staff Selection Board (RSSB) has officially released the admit cards for the Rajasthan Vahan Chalak (Vehicle Driver) Recruitment Exam 2025. Candidates who have applied for the RSSB Vehicle Driver posts can now download their hall tickets directly from the official website, rssb.rajasthan.gov.in.The Rajasthan Driver Exam 2025 will be conducted in a single shift on November 23rd. Candidates are advised to check all details on the admit card car ...Read More >
. NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar inaugurated two new Consulates General of India in Russia on Wednesday, in Yekaterinburg and Kazan. Jaishankar hailed the moment as an important day for bilateral ties.Speaking at the event, he said, "I am confident that with the opening of the two new consulates, there will be a further strengthening of India-Russia ties, and this will surely mark a new phase in our relationship." The external affairs minister also said that the two new missio ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday arrested another key associate of the terrorist involved in the car blast near Red Fort in New Delhi on November 10. Jasir Bilal Wani alias Danish, also a Kashmir resident, was arrested from Srinagar in Jammu & Kashmir by an NIA team that was in the Valley in the case, news agency ANI reported citing NIA. The anti-terror agency's probe revealed that Jasir had allegedly provided "technical support for carrying out terror attacks by modi ...Read More >
JODHPUR: At least five people were killed and 14 others sustained injuries after a trailer truck and a tempo carrying devotees collided near Khari Beri village on NH-125 in Jodhpur on Saturday, officials said.The injured were taken to MDM Hospital in Jodhpur for medical care. According to Dr Vikas Kumar, Superintendent of the hospital, three individuals were brought in dead, while 14 others are currently being treated. He said that among the injured, one patient has a severe abdominal wound, ano ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: First phase of the All India Tiger Estimation (AITE)-2026 started across 103 beats of Similipal Tiger Reserve on Saturday. As many as 103 survey groups are working to gather data regarding carnivore and ungulate density. Birds will also be counted in this phase that ends on Nov 22."As per the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) protocol, the estimation will be carried out in two phases at the tiger reserve level. In phase I, which will run for three days, carnivores and meg ...Read More >
Patna: Former Union minister R K Singh on Saturday resigned from the BJP's primary membership shortly after the party suspended him and two other leaders for alleged anti-party activities. The BJP also issued show-cause notices to all three, directing them to explain within a week why they should not be expelled.Singh, a bureaucrat-turned-politician and former Ara MP, had been making remarks critical of the party after losing the Lok Sabha election last year. He was effectively sidelined during ...Read More >
Patna: The just-concluded Bihar assembly poll results have set off an interesting debate in political circles. Although the RJD, headed by Lalu Prasad, put up a disastrous performance in the elections, it had the highest vote percentage of 23. Again, although the AIMIM of the Hyderabad parliamentarian got only 1.85% of the votes, it managed to win five seats, repeating its 2020 poll percentage.Although the RJD maintained its 2020 assembly poll record of getting 23.11% of the votes, it managed to ...Read More >
Patna: The NDA's landslide victory in the Bihar assembly polls will enable it to secure all Rajya Sabha seats from the state in the coming two biennial elections, causing a sharp decrease in the number of RJD members in the Upper House unless it wins more seats in the next assembly elections.The RJD currently holds five of Bihar's 16 Rajya Sabha seats with the Congress holding one.The next round of Rajya Sabha elections, slated for early next year, will see the tenures of RJD MPs Prem Chand Gupt ...Read More >
Sasaram: Although the Grand Alliance (GA) managed to retain only one of the 11 assembly seats in Rohtas district -- Karakat -- the election results indicate that the alliance continues to enjoy strong support among govt employees who cast their votes through postal ballots. In almost every segment, GA candidates received more postal-ballot votes than their NDA counterparts. Notably, govt employees also pressed NOTA in every assembly segment of the twin districts.In Sasaram, out of the total 2,21 ...Read More >
Patna: A day after the RJD suffered a crushing electoral setback, the crisis within the party escalated into the personal domain with Rohini Acharya stepping out of her father Lalu Prasad's residence on Saturday to declare that she had "no family left". Rohini, who once donated a kidney to save Lalu's life said she had been "expelled" by those closest to the RJD leadership, turning an already fraught internal rift into an unprecedented public rupture."I don't have any family, you should go and a ...Read More >
Patna: Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi on Saturday said the people of Bihar have rejected caste politics in the assembly elections.Addressing the people of Bihar in Surat, PM Modi said the opposition leaders in Bihar would take months to recover from the shock they suffered after the assembly election results were declared on Friday.Modi, who celebrated the NDA victory at the Delhi BJP office on Friday by saying "Bihar ke logo ne garda uda diya", a colloquial expression meaning doing something ...Read More >
Chennai: Leader of opposition Edappadi K Palaniswami on Saturday said the DMK govt turned Tamil Nadu into a land of missed chances. His remark came in the wake of South Korea's Hwaseung firm, which initially planned to invest in TN, opting for Andhra Pradesh instead. Referring to media reports about the Korean footwear firm shifting its base to Andhra Pradesh, in chief minister Chandrababu Naidu's Kuppam constituency, Palaniswami in an X post alleged that the company's decision "reflected a tren ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Telangana is strategically positioning itself to emerge as India's aerospace and defence (A&D) capital by 2030, with the state govt working on a comprehensive roadmap to develop a globally competitive ecosystem for the sector in the state, IT and industries minister Duddilla Sridhar Babu said on Saturday.As part of the long-term vision for Telangana, the state govt is integrating the A&D sector as a critical component of its $3 trillion economy goal by 2047, Sridhar Babu said while ad ...Read More >
Ahmedabad: Teachers serving as booth-level officers (BLOs) in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process submitted memorandums to district collectors on Saturday, highlighting the difficulties they face while performing election-related duties. The programme was organized under the leadership of the Akhil Bharatiya Rashtriya Shaikshik Mahasangh. In Ahmedabad, too, representatives of the association handed over a memorandum to the district collector.The primary demands include a permane ...Read More >
Faridabad: In the corridors of Al-Falah University, few took notice when Dr Shaheen Shahid was occasionally seen in quiet conversation with Dr Muzammil Ahmad Ganaie. To their colleagues, the interactions have taken on a whole new meaning since the duo's arrest in the Delhi terror attack.A former colleague of Shaheen, who spoke to TOI, said he saw Muzammil meet her on campus "a couple of times" in 2023. "They seemed cordial, nothing out of the ordinary," recalled the doctor, who left Al Falah Uni ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday enhanced monthly interim maintenance seven times, from Rs 50,000 to Rs 3.5 lakh, for a wife in Pune. This decision came after observing that the estranged husband approached the court with "unclean hands and lack of credibility" in a matrimonial dispute. The couple married in 1997 and separated in 2013. The husband filed for divorce in 2015, and the family court in Pune granted it in 2023 on grounds of cruelty, which the High Court stayed in appeal. There ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu's Ranji Trophy campaign is almost over even before it well and truly began.TN were pushed to the brink of elimination in just the fourth round of the opening phase, after enduring a four-wicket defeat to Andhra on the penultimate day of the Elite Group A match in Visakhapatnam. On Monday, TN hit a new low - their second loss of the red-ball season - in a run of lows and stayed stuck at four points from as many games.Captain R Sai Kishore put the team's poor performances down ...Read More >
Ahmedabad: After the Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) arrested three persons for allegedly planning pan-India terror attacks, investigations have revealed chilling details about their movements and communication with Pakistani handlers. Two of the accused had even recced Delhi to find attack targets, ATS sources said.Police officers on Monday said that the Hyderabad-based doctor, arrested on Saturday, was in possession of a large quantity of castor beans -- used to extract ricin, a deadly pois ...Read More >
Ahmedabad: Following a blast in a car that triggered a massive fire in Delhi on Monday evening, an alert has been sounded across Gujarat. The alert also follows the arrest of three terror suspects by the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) on Sunday, who were allegedly planning pan-India terror strikes.Gujarat DGP Vikas Sahay said, "An alert has been sounded, and police will conduct intensive patrolling and vehicle checks across the state. Entry and exit points will be strictly monitored, and sen ...Read More >
SRINAGAR: A sweeping security push that has gripped Kashmir valley for three days intensified Monday, with J&K police carrying out 50 coordinated searches across several districts and arresting more than 60 people while seeking cancellation of bail granted in multiple UAPA cases for allegedly violating court-imposed conditions.In Baramulla, police searched 16 properties allegedly tied to Kashmiris currently residing in PoK and detained 10 people under preventive provisions for allegedly aiding u ...Read More >
Mumbai: In a swift response to the deadly blast near Delhi's Red Fort Metro station, Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis put the entire state on high alert after meeting senior police officials and reviewing the security situation on Monday evening.As per state home department sources, all agencies have been directed to remain alert and security has been beefed up at vital installations in Mumbai and other locations across the state, including the RSS headquarters in Nagpur."All the uni ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Ahmed Mohiyuddin Saiyed, the Rajendranagar-based doctor who was arrested by Gujarat's Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), was running a shawarma business to make a living, according to investigators.Saiyed, who was part of a three-member gang arrested on charges of conspiring to carry out subversive activities, went to Gujarat after informing his family that he was travelling there for work.Investigators said Saiyed was radicalised on social media, and was also actively posting subversive lit ...Read More >
Chennai: Syrma SGS is set to acquire a majority stake in defence and maritime electronics company Elcome Integrated Systems for Rs 235 crore. The acquisition will be through a mix of primary capital infusion and secondary share purchase. The remaining 40% stake will be acquired in multiple tranches over the next three years, linked to performance and earn-out milestones. Elcome operates in navigation, communication, surveillance, and platform automation systems for the Indian defence and maritim ...Read More >
Ranchi: The police, along with other agencies, seized cash and valuables worth Rs 3.45 crore from the Jharkhand's borders with Bihar during the ongoing assembly election in the neighbouring state. IG Michael Raj said freebies worth Rs 1.56 crore, narcotics valued at Rs 1.44 crore, cash amounting to Rs 22 lakh and liquor valued at Rs 21 lakh have been seized till Sunday.He said, "Jharkhand police have set up check posts in 10 districts along the eight districts of Bihar to prevent illegal movemen ...Read More >
JAMMU: A 55-year-old man was found completely engulfed in flames on the outskirts of Jammu. Police along with residents doused the flames and rushed him to the govt medical college for treatment.Residents spotted Puran Chand, of RS Pura, burning near Ring Road in Kotli Mian Fateh under Miran Sahib police station. Police have registered a case and are probing the circumstances that led to the incident, officials said. A forensic team also visited the location to collect evidence."Authorities have ...Read More >
Silchar: In a joint anti-narcotics operation, police and the Assam Rifles on Monday seized 20,000 Yaba tablets, valued at around Rs 6 crore, and arrested a man from Silchar's Changkuri Bypass area.Acting on a tip-off, a team from Silchar Sadar Police Station and the 38 Battalion of Assam Rifles, Srikona, intercepted the suspect in the afternoon and recovered the contraband from his possession. The accused has been identified as Rahul Amin (33), a resident of Panchayat Road in Silchar.The search, ...Read More >
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