- Business
India’s oil import shift signals structural energy security pivot: GlobalData
New Delhi: India’s recalibration of crude oil imports marks a structural shift from opportunistic discount buying to disciplined geopolitical risk management, according to analytics firm GlobalData. With oil accounting for roughly a…
- Kashmir
Include 50 per cent import duty on apples: Mehbooba Mufti to Modi
Srinagar: Emphasising that the interim Indo-US trade deal would take a toll on the nation’s farmers and fruit growers, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Friday, February 20, appealed to Prime Minister Narendra…
- Business
Govt announces seven measures to help boost exports
New Delhi: The government on Friday, February 20, announced seven measures, including credit assistance for e-commerce exporters and support for alternative trade instruments, with an aim to promote the country’s outbound shipments.…
- India
Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah mosque dispute: HC fixes Mar 12 for next hearing
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court on Friday fixed March 12 as the date of the next hearing on the amendment application moved by the Muslim side in the Krishna Janmabhoomi and Shahi…
- India
Raj Kundra appears before court in Bitcoin money laundering case; granted bail
Mumbai: A special court here on Friday granted bail to businessman Raj Kundra after he appeared before it in a money laundering case linked to an alleged Bitcoin scam. Special judge for…
- Business
India-US interim trade pact likely to be operationalised in April: Goyal
New Delhi: An interim trade agreement between India and the US is likely to be signed in March and operationalised in April, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday, February…
- Business
Tata Punch EV facelift launched: price range, specs and details
Mumbai: Tata Motors on Friday, February 20 launched the facelift version of the Punch EV and said it expects the latest offering to democratise the adoption of entry-level EVs, which account for…
- India
High-rise near INS Shikra: HC raps Navy over ‘lapse’, ‘intelligence failure’
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Friday pulled up the Navy for its “failure in intelligence” while questioning how a high-rise came up unnoticed in the vicinity of INS Shikra, the maritime…
- India
After Macron’s praise for UPI, Congress credits UPA; takes dig at PM Modi
New Delhi: A day after French President Emmanuel Macron lauded India’s UPI architecture, the Congress on Friday said its initial conception happened under the UPA government in 2012-2013 and likened Prime Minister…
- Bollywood
Furore over ‘The Kerala Story 2’: parties divided, producer says real life stories
Thiruvananthapuram: The yet to be released Hindi film “The Kerala Story 2: Goes Beyond” on religious conversion is at the centre of an escalating row, much like its 2023 predecessor, with Left…
- Top Stories
Shirtless Youth Congress workers protest at AI Summit, 10 detained
New Delhi: A group of Indian Youth Congress (IYC) workers on Friday, February 20, staged a brief protest, where they removed their shirts at an exhibition hall of the AI Impact Summit…
- Andhra Pradesh
SC raps AP police, sets deadline in murder case against YSRCP MLC
New Delhi: Observing that the Andhra Pradesh Police is in “complete collusion” with those in power, the Supreme Court on Friday ordered that the trial against YSRCP MLC Anantha Satya Udaya Bhaskara…
- Top Stories
Communal violence erupts in MP town, police fire teargas shells
Jabalpur: Tension gripped Sihora town in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur district as members of two communities clashed, indulged in stone-pelting and damaged shops and vehicles in the area, forcing the police to fire…
- India
SC refuses plea against mosques named after Babur
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea seeking a direction to restrain the construction, establishment or naming of any mosque or religious structure in the name of…
- India
Kerala: Life imprisonment for five in Mankada mob lynching case
Malappuram: A court here on Friday sentenced five men to life imprisonment for beating to death a 42-year-old man in 2016 in a suspected moral policing incident at Mankada here. Additional District…
