Oil shrugged off Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel, with gains held in check by speculation that the conflict would remain contained as leading powers including the US urged restraint.Global crude benchmark Brent crude initially rose just 0.7% to $91.05 a barrel in early trade, before trading flat. More than 300 missiles and drones were fired…
The Mumbai crime branch has successfully apprehended the two accused involved in the recent firing incident at Salman Khan‘s residence in Galaxy Apartments. A senior police official confirmed the arrests, stating that both accused individuals were apprehended in Bhuj, Gujarat, and are scheduled to be presented in a Mumbai court on Tuesday morning.The incident, which…
NEW DELHI: The opposition is likely to issue a joint document as its common manifesto for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, as it plans to further send out a message of unity and resolve to defeat the governing BJP in the coming contest.Sources said the opposition parties belonging to the INDIA bloc have completed consultations…
GUWAHATI: Late Ron Bahadur Thapa‘s family in Assam has 350 members, nearly three times the state’s 126-seat assembly. They are now prepping for national duty – the Lok Sabha ballot on April 19.The family from Phulaguri Nepali Paam in the Sonitpur LS constituency is, perhaps, one of the largest to exercise their franchise in the…
NAGPUR: Forest department captured and replaced the collar of tigress NT-3 on Monday morning. The collar had dropped and NT-3 was untraceable for three days after its translocation to Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary on April 11. Foresters had shifted the 18-month-old sub-adult female, born to Tadoba National Park‘s dominating tigress Roma (T-114), from Katezari to Navegaon-Nagzira…
NEW DELHI: Mainstreaming the 46 lakh dropouts/missing children in secondary and senior secondary level is top priority of Centre in the first 100-days of the next govt as well as of the five-year agenda for school education. One of the plans is to enable students who don’t qualify for classes XI and upwards to allow…
NEW DELHI: Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande is on a four-day visit to Uzbekistan to bolster defence ties as well as explore new avenues for military collaboration, even as an Army-IAF contingent is also in the Central Asian country for a joint combat exercise.General Pande will hold talks with Uzbekistan defence minister Lt-Gen Bakhodir Kurbanov…
NEW DELHI: Centre Monday told Supreme Court that NGO ‘Environics Trust‘, which received 90% of its funds from foreign sources, has utilised the resources to finance agitations and protests against coal, steel, and thermal power projects to stall the pace of development in India.Opposing NGO’s appeal against a Delhi HC order rejecting its challenge to…
NEW DELHI: Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) set a new record in the Indian Premier League (IPL) by amassing a formidable total of 287-3 against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), the highest-ever in the tournament’s history.Travis Head‘s explosive century, scored off just 41 balls, and Heinrich Klaasen‘s aggressive 67 contributed significantly to SRH’s imposing total. This milestone surpassed…
NEW DELHI: Four retired judges of Supreme Court and 17 ex-high court judges have written a joint letter to the Chief Justice of India bringing to his notice alleged “escalating attempts by certain factions to undermine the judiciary through calculated pressure, misinformation, and public disparagement” and sought his intervention to safeguard the judiciary.The retired judges…
