NEW DELHI: Three more exit polls released on Thursday have all given BJP a decisive victory in the Delhi assembly polls with the lowest estimate by any of them for the saffron party being 45 seats in the 70-member House.Axis My India gave BJP 45 to 55 seats with AAP trailing well behind at 15…
Finance secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey said the 2025-26 Budget has tried to push growth in a non-inflationary manner and has kept the promise of fiscal consolidation. In an interview to TOI,Pandey, who is also in charge of the revenue department, said the Budget has enabled all levers of growth to accelerate. Excepts:Do you think the…
NEW DELHI: Bharti Airtel on Thursday reported over five-fold jump in consolidated net profit to Rs 16,135 crore, boosted by consolidation of the Indus Tower business and benefits of tariff hikes. The company had posted a consolidated profit of Rs 2,876 crore in the year-ago period.The country’s second-largest telecom company posted quarterly revenue from operations…
MUMBAI: The fast-moving consumer goods industry recorded a 10.6% growth in sales value in Oct-Dec 2024, the highest in four quarters helped largely by price hikes and a festive quarter which fuelled spending on staples, snacks and other packaged goods, data released by market research firm NielsenIQ on Thursday showed. Consumers, however, moved to smaller…
MUMBAI: Smartphone makers are joining the 10-minute delivery rush. Brands like Vivo, Samsung, Motorola and Lenovo are testing the potential of quick commerce that has found favour with consumers especially in the metros where they are turning to platforms like Zepto, Blinkit and Swiggy Instamart. Online channels account for around 40% of smartphone sales in…
NEW DELHI: Automobile retail sales rose 7% year-on-year in Jan to 22.9 lakh units, driven by robust demand across segments, dealer body Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA) said.“Our observations indicate that each vehicle category – 2-wheeler, 3-wheeler, passenger vehicles, tractor and commercial vehicles – witnessed positive momentum, pointing towards sustained consumer confidence and steady…
ISLAMABAD: At least three cops were killed and six injured Thursday after nearly a dozen militants stormed a police check post at Karak district in Pakistan’s restive northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, officials said.Although no group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack, suspicion is likely to fall on Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which has frequently…
TimesofIndia.com in Centurion: There is something about Sunrisers Eastern Cape and the SA20 playoffs. In 2023, they won the semi-final and the final. In 2024, they won Qualifier 1 and the final. Now, this year, they won the Eliminator, the Qualifier 2 and have booked a spot in the final. That is an unbelievable 6-0…
Dennis Schroder, a man who’s been traded more times than any of the Kardashians has been married, has a unique perspective on the NBA trade deadline. He’s seen it all the whispers, the anxious waits, and the gut-wrenching phone calls. So, when the bombshell dropped and the Dallas Mavericks shipped Luka Doncic to the Los…
NEW DELHI: After the United States deported 104 illegal Indian immigrants, information surfaced on online space from the stories of how exactly the agents threw them onto US soil without any chance to go back to camping in a Panama jungle. A video surfaced online reportedly showing Indians including women and children camping in a…
