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Kolkata, Dec 5 (PTI) The RBI's decision to cut repo rate by 25 basis points drew a positive response from market participants, with the move set to support growth, improve liquidity conditions and help ease pressure on yields. Announcing the fifth bi-monthly monetary policy for the current fiscal, RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra said the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has unanimously decided to cut the short-term lending rate or repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.25 per cent with a neutral stance. ...Read More >
Mumbai, Dec 5 (PTI) Home, auto and other loans are likely to cost less as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday cut key benchmark interest rate for the first time in six months and vowed to provide Rs 1 lakh crore liquidity boost to banking sector to support a "goldilocks" economy in the face of high US tariffs. The six-member monetary policy committee, led by RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra, voted unanimously to lower the repurchase or repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.25 per cent and retaine ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Dec 5 (Maxim News): The Bhavani Nagar Police on Friday arrested four men, including a receiver, in the Rs 40 lakh robbery case reported at Talabkatta on November 30. The police recovered cash of Rs 34.6 lakh along with mobile phones, two-wheelers and a knife used in the offence. Here To Join Us On WhatsApp Police said the key suspect, Mohd Zahid, a friend of the victim, Mohd Sultan had tipped off his associates after learning that the complainant had kept a large cash amount for a h ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 5 (PTI) Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday ruled out extending the deadline for registering Waqf properties on the UMEED portal but said a way would be found for those who attempted registration but could not complete and that they will be exempted from penalties for the next three months. He also said that 1.51 lakh properties had been registered by Friday morning. The minister stressed that those 'mutawallis (Waqf property caretakers) who have not registered on t ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday told the Parliament that in the last 10 years (2014-2015 to 2024-2025), Indian Railways recruited 5.08 lakh people, compared to 4.11 lakh in the earlier 2004-2005 to 2013-2014 period, which is an increase of 23.6 per cent. The recruitment of 1,20,579 vacancies has been taken up on Indian Railways as per the annual calendar 2024 and 2025. "Adequate and suitable manpower is provided to cater to the regular operations, ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 5 (UNI) India has emerged as a major global hub for electronics manufacturing, recording a sixfold jump in overall production and an eightfold rise in exports over the past eleven years, said Jitin Prasada, union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, in a response in the Rajya Sabha. Electronics production in India surged from Rs 1.9 lakh crore in 2014-15 to Rs 11.32 lakh crore in 2024-25. A significant contributor has been mobile phone manufacturing, whe ...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 >
Bijapur: The total number of Maoists killed in an encounter with security forces in the Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh now stands at 18, officials have confirmed. Searches are being carried out to locate more bodies, if any. Three District Reserve Guard personnel also laid down their lives in the operation that lasted nearly 24 hours between Wednesday and Thursday. While 12 bodies of the Naxalites were recovered on Wednesday, six were found a day later. According to the police, 16 of the sla ...Read More >
Lucknow, Dec 5 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday underscored the need to implement the "One District, One Cuisine" (ODOC) concept to give each district a unified identity through its distinctive culinary heritage. Adityanath, in a high-level meeting here, said, "The 'One District, One Product' (ODOP) initiative, now a defining feature of 'Brand Uttar Pradesh', is set to advance to its next phase, ODOP 2.0, which will further boost local industries, self-employment, an ...Read More >
Don't want to miss the best from Business Standard? In a relief to coworking space provider WeWork India, the Bombay High Court on Monday dismissed the petitions challenging the approval of its initial public offering (IPO) by markets regulator the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), reported Bar and Bench. A division bench of Justice RI Chagla and Justice Farhan A Dubash dismissed the petition filed by an investor, Vinay Bansal, that alleged the company's draft red herring prospect ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Dec 1 (PTI) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Monday felicitated and presented Rs 11 lakh each to four players from the state who were part of the Indian team that won the inaugural Women's T20 World Cup for the Blind. The players -- Phula Soren of Balasore, and Parvati Marndi, Yamuna Rani Tudu, and Basanti Hansda of Mayurbhanj -- were part of the team that defeated Nepal in the final held at Colombo in Sri Lanka on November 23. The team members were accorded a rousing w ...Read More >
New Delhi: With the goods and services tax (GST) rate cut in the next-gen tax reforms, the indirect tax collections impacted to some extent as the GST collection in November recorded meagre growth of 0.7 per cent to reach over Rs 1.7 lakh crore, marking the lowest monthly mop-up since February 2024. The GST collection is related to the goods consumed and services availed in October. The GST rate cut came into effect from September 22, the first day of Navratri. As per the finance ministry's dat ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 1 (PTI) With demand continuing to be strong post the festive season, leading automakers, Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra, saw robust growth in sales in November as compared to the same month last year. Maruti Suzuki India reported the best-ever total sales, including exports, last month at 2,29,021 units, a year-on-year growth of 26 per cent as compared to November last year. Total domestic passenger vehicle dispatches to dealers were at 1,70,971 units compare ...Read More >
New Delhi: India's waste processing facilities in municipality areas have been increased from 16 to 80.17 percent in over a decade by setting up services such as material recovery facilities (MRFs), transfer stations, composting plants, construction and demolition (C&D) waste plants and waste to energy plants including waste to electricity, bio-methanation plants and others, data available from the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) states. "As reported by States and UTs on Swachhatt ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Dec 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) A high-level delegation of the Punjab government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will travel to Japan and South Korea as partners of its global engagement ahead of the Sixth Progressive Punjab Investors' Summit scheduled from March 13-15 at the ISB campus in Mohali. The delegation, comprising Minister for Industries and Commerce Sanjeev Arora and officials and Invest Punjab team, will visit Tokyo on December 2-3, Osaka on December 4-5 December and Seoul on ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Dec 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Monday urged the Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited (HUDCO) to provide loans at lower interest rates for the key development projects launched by the state government. The request came as HUDCO Chairman Sanjay Kulshrestha met the Chief Minister here. According to the Chief Minister's Office (CMO), the Chief Minister appealed to the HUDCO Chairman to provide loans at low interest rates for the construc ...Read More >
Shimla/Dharamshala, Dec 1 (PTI) Issuing a strict warning to 'chitta' (adulterated heroin) mafia in Himachal Pradesh, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Monday said drug peddlers have no place in the 'Devbhoomi', announcing rewards for those who help in busting major networks. The chief minister led an Anti-chitta Awareness Walkathon from the Dari ground in Dharamshala to the Police Ground on Monday. Addressing the event, he said, "This fight is not just against traffickers, it is against ...Read More >
Mumbai, Dec 1 (PTI) Electric vehicle maker Omega Seiki Mobility (OSM) on Monday said it is aiming to deploy 1,500 units of both cargo and passenger variants of its autonomous electric three-wheeler Swayamgati in the next 24 months as it seeks to expand its leadership position in this nascent segment. The company also announced the commercial launch of the cargo version of the vehicle, priced at Rs 4.15 lakh and said that the bookings are open from Monday, while the deliveries will commence from ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Dec 1 (UNI) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Monday honoured four Odia players from the Indian Women's Blind Cricket Team, awarding each of them a cheque of Rs 11 lakh for their remarkable achievement. The Indian Women's Blind Cricket Team created history by defeating Nepal in a thrilling final at the first-ever Blind Women's T20 World Cup held in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The four Odia players who represented India in this historic tournament are, Phul Soren (Balasore),Parva ...Read More >
New Delhi, Nov 20 (PTI) Parents and friends of a Class 10 student who ended his life over alleged mental harassment by some teachers staged a protest outside the St Columba's school on Thursday, demanding strict action against the accused teachers and accountability from the private school. There was no immediate reaction from the school administration to the allegations. The victim student's aunt claimed the family had been unaware of the extent of his suffering. "He was depressed for so lon ...Read More >
Pune: The Maharashtra State Election Commission (SEC) has published the ward-wise draft voters' list for the upcoming municipal elections, in accordance with the guidelines issued on 16th July 2025 and the order dated 13th November 2025. The draft list was released on Thursday. As per the provisional data, Pune city has a total of 35,51,469 registered voters across 41 wards, announced Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) officials. Citizens can submit objections and suggestions regarding the draft ...Read More >
New Delhi, Nov 20 (PTI) Trinamool Congress MP Saket Gokhale on Thursday questioned how the UIDAI shared a list of 'deactivated' Aadhaar numbers from West Bengal with the Election Commission of India, and said they had previously claimed that such lists are not maintained. In a post on X, Gokhale, a Rajya Sabha MP from Trinamool Congress, alleged that the ECI is "collaborating with Modi government's UIDAI for vote chori". "A few days ago, it was reported that UIDAI (which issues Aadhaar) has sh ...Read More >
New Delhi, November 20: As the investigation into the Delhi Red Fort blast deepens with several key points now coming into the public domain, several reports along with pictures and visuals are now emerging from several parts of the country where Kashmiris are facing continuous 'harassment' and 'strict profiling.' According to a new video coming from Himachal Pradesh, two Kashmiri shawl sellers are seen facing flak from a local who is using harsh language against the Kashmiri shawl sellers and i ...Read More >
New Delhi [India] November 20 (ANI): The domestic investors, particularly mutual funds, in India's equity markets expand their footprint while foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) continue a sharp retreat. As per the National Stock Exchange (NSE) Market Pulse of November 2025 report, the domestic mutual funds (DMFs) now command their highest-ever share in listed equities at 10.9 per cent, marking their ninth consecutive quarterly high. Meanwhile, FPI ownership however has dropped to 16.9 per cent ...Read More >
Guwahati: A major political storm has erupted in Assam after the Election Commission of India's (ECI) latest instructions on the Special Revision (SR) of the electoral roll. The controversy centres around an interpretation that even individuals arriving from other states just two days prior, if staying in Assam for work and intending to reside, could apply for voter registration using Form-8. Opposition parties have launched fierce criticism, alleging that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has announced that the state government will distribute one crore sarees to one crore women. The saree distribution will be launched on former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's birth anniversary on Wednesday. At a review meeting held with senior officials along with Minister Seethakka on Tuesday, the Chief Minister instructed the officials to distribute the sarees to every eligible woman in the state. The sarees are being made entirely by handloom workers ...Read More >
According to officials, as quoted by PTI, Bishnoi arrived in Delhi after being "removed" from the US, where he had been detained since November last year. He is expected to be produced before a special court in the capital shortly. Anmol Bishnoi has been on the radar of multiple investigative agencies for his alleged involvement in high-profile attacks, including the firing outside actor Salman Khan's Mumbai residence in April 2024 and the assassination of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala. Gangst ...Read More >
In a series of coordinated operations, the Anti-Narcotics Wing of the Central Crime Branch officials arrested 19 people, including 14 foreign nationals, and seized 4.904 kg of narcotic substances worth ₹7.7 crore in different raids across the city. A team of officials raided a location within Suddaguntepalya Police Station limits and arrested a Nigerian woman and recovered 760 gm of MDMA crystals worth ₹1.52 crore. The accused, according to the officials, did not have any valid travel docume ...Read More >
Jan Suraaj party chief Prashant Kishor with NDTV's Rahul Kanwal. Former election strategist Prashant Kishor has expressed regret for not contesting the recently-held Bihar assembly elections, in which his Jan Suraaj party failed to open an account during its debut. "In hindsight, it may have been a mistake for me not to contest," Kishor told NDTV's Rahul Kanwal. The election strategist-turned-politician had decided not to contest the crucial elections, in order to focus on strengthening his p ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram: Days after the suicide of a Booth Level Officer (BLO) in Kannur and the protests that followed, Kerala Chief Electoral Officer Rathan U Kelkar urged the public to cooperate with the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in the state. He noted that the SIR aims to ensure a "pure electoral roll," which requires the cooperation of all stakeholders, including citizens. Addressing the media here on Wednesday, he stated that BLOs would not be pressured but would ...Read More >
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