NEW DELHI: In the aftermath of the harrowing attack on Moscow’s Crocus City Hall, which left at least 140 people dead, the Russian Foreign Ministry is casting doubt on the involvement of Islamic State, despite its claim of responsibility. Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova expressed skepticism on Wednesday, saying it was “extremely hard to believe” that Islamic…
Jennifer Mistry is set to visit the Powai police station to push for the conversion of the FIR she lodged against Asit Kumar Modi in a sexual harassment case approximately a year ago.Expressing her determination, Jennifer stated, “The criminal case I initiated at Powai police station has seen no progress whatsoever. Tomorrow, I will be…
PN Gadgil Jewellers, the second-largest organised jewellery player in Maharashtra has filed its draft red herring prospectus with markets regulator Sebi to raise funds through an IPO. The company’s IPO comprises a fresh equity issue of Rs 850 crore and an offer for sale of Rs 250 crore. Under the OFS, promoter SVG Business Trust…
H&M, the world’s second-largest listed fashion retailer, beat first-quarter operating profit expectations on Wednesday helped by a smaller-than-expected fall in sales. The Swedish group posted an operating profit of 2.08 billion crowns ($196 million), up from 725 million and well above the 1.43 billion expected by analysts in an LSEG poll. Sales fell by 2%,…
The debate around change in Mumbai Indians‘ (MI) captaincy for IPL 2024 refuses to die, and on Tuesday it was the turn of former India opener Navjot Singh Sidhu to share his two cents on the issue.After trading-in Hardik Pandya from Gujarat Titans ahead of the ongonig season, the MI management decided to hand over…
Good news for IT sector job seekers! Technology talent demand surged to a new high in February, sparking hopes of recovery in the IT services job market. In February, hiring mandates for IT professionals reached 124,000, a significant 50% increase from January and 33% higher than December, according to data from Xpheno, a staffing firm.However,…
MUMBAI: There are now more billionaires in Mumbai’s 603 sq km than there are in Beijing’s over 16,000 sq km. By overtaking the Chinese megalopolis, Mumbai has become Asia’s billionaire capital for the first time.While China has 814 billionaires compared to India’s 271, Mumbai hosts 92 billionaires against 91 in Beijing, Hurun Research‘s 2024 Global…
BENGALURU: The lure of online cricket betting took a tragic turn for a Karnataka family, with the husband running up debts in crores to fund his get-rich-quick endeavour, and the wife, driven to despair by the constant harassment and threats from creditors, ending her life, leaving behind a two-year-old son, reported.Darshan Balu, an assistant engineer…
NEW DELHI: In a faceoff on micro-blogging platform X, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Congress MP Jairam Ramesh traded charges over the Atal Pension Yojana, with govt dismissing charges of coercion and enrollment of beneficiaries without their consent.It all began on Tuesday morning with Ramesh citing a study by the Indian Council of Social Science…
NEW DELHI: India’s former left spinner Murali Kartik, who is currently commentating in IPL 2024, embroiled himself in a controversy for his remarks on Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) pacer Yash Dayal.The left-arm pacer Dayal grabbed headlines for all the wrong reasons last year during his time with the Gujarat Titans. He was smacked for five…
