NEW YORK: The students at Columbia University who inspired pro-Palestinian demonstrations across the country dug in at their encampment for the 10th day Friday as administrators and police at campuses from California to Massachusetts wrestled with how to address protests that have seen scuffles with police and hundreds of arrests. Officials at Columbia and some…
NEW DELHI: Maruti Suzuki on Friday reported its highest quarterly net profit as growing share of SUVs fueled its sales while ease in commodity prices helped margins.Consolidated net profit in Jan-March (Q4 of FY24) soared 48% to Rs 3,878 crore when compared with Rs 2,624 crore in the same period a year ago, the company…
NEW DELHI: India has stressed the need to adopt “a zero-tolerance approach towards terrorism in all its forms” for prosperity and development of member states of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), which also includes Pakistan.Defence secretary Giridhar Aramane, who led the Indian delegation at SCO defence ministers‘ meeting at Astana in Kazakhastan, underlined India’s steadfast commitment…
NEW DELHI: India is headed to bag investments for the country’s first display fab semiconductor unit – used for making televisions and other digital screens – with Japanese Sharp approaching the Central govt for setting up a 1,000-acres facility that will be used to cater not just to the domestic demand but also exports.Top officials…
NEW DELHI: Congress on Friday said PM Modi and BJP chief JP Nadda were resorting to polarisation as they were fearful of losing Lok Sabha elections. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said Nadda presented former PM Manmohan Singh’s comments in a wrong context.“Nadda’s allegations are based on lies. It seems that he is following PM…
KOLKATA/MALDA/PATNA: PM Narendra Modi blamed Trinamool Congress on Friday for leaving nearly 26,000 families in Bengal without a livelihood by orchestrating an alleged hiring scam that forced Calcutta HC to scrap appointments made by the School Service Commission in 2016 and order some recruits to return their salaries with interest.“Trinamool has played with the future…
NEW DELHI: Armed with a video of his predecessor Manmohan Singh standing by his remark that “minorities, particularly Muslims”, should have first claim on the nation’s resources, PM Modi on Friday claimed vindication and sharpened his “appeasement” charge against Congress and its allies.In the 2009 video, Singh, possibly in response to a question at a…
NEW DELHI: A turnout of 64.7% was recorded in 88 Lok Sabha constituencies across 12 states and the Union territory of J&K in the second phase of elections on Friday which was largely peaceful even as several states saw punishing heat conditions with temperature crossing 40 degrees Celsius at many places.The turnout was lower than…
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NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday dismissed doubts about hacking and manipulation of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), termed pleas for return to the paper ballot system as “foible and unsound” and rejected the prayer for giving voters physical access to VVPAT slips, and for 100% counting of paper slips.The court was unequivocal in attesting to…
