MUMBAI: HDFC Bank has reported a record addition of Rs 1.66 lakh crore in deposits for the quarter ended March 2024, in an attempt to bridge the gap between its loan book and deposits following the merger of HDFC with itself. A significant 77% of the incremental deposits (Rs 1.28 lakh crore) came from retail…
NEW DELHI: Telecom regulator Trai on Thursday sought stakeholders’ views on auction of three new spectrum bands in higher frequency range that will make available around 4,000 megahertz radiowaves for mobile services.The regulator has sought views on pricing, allocation norms, and payment terms, among others, for spectrum in frequency bands of 37–37.5 GHz, 37.5–40 GHz…
NEW DELHI: Riding a wave of strong demand, India’s services sector gathered strength in March, with sales and business activity at their strongest in 14 years, a survey showed on Thursday. Rising from 60.6 in February to 61.2 in March, the HSBC India services business activity index pointed to one of the strongest growth rates…
NEW DELHI: Gaurav Vallabh, for long the face of Congress‘s aggression on prime time television, joined BJP on Thursday in protest against the opposition party’s attacks on wealth creators and boycott of the consecration ceremony of Ram Mandir as well as attacks by INDIA bloc parties on Sanatan Dharma.“I am not able to feel comfortable…
NEW DELHI: The BJP on Thursday reacted scathingly over Congress leaders‘ remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Lok Sabha MP Hema Malini, saying they have lost their “mental balance” and the people of the country will give their party a befitting reply in the ongoing general elections.Senior Congress leader Charan Das Mahant, while addressing…
BENGALURU: Devices from a famous Taiwanese brand that can turn regular TVs into smart ones, sleek wrist watches, digital wall clocks and, sliding right down the consumer product ladder, grocery hampers, chewing tobacco and scented gutka – meet the newest freebies election candidates in Karnataka are, illegally, offering voters.Police seizures, which began as the model…
BENGALURU: Devices from a famous Taiwanese brand that can turn regular TVs into smart ones, sleek wrist watches, digital wall clocks and, sliding right down the consumer product ladder, grocery hampers, chewing tobacco and scented gutka – meet the newest freebies election candidates in Karnataka are, illegally, offering voters.Police seizures, which began as the model…
NEW DELHI: Two senior treasury department officials, who are in India to discuss what is Phase 2 of the Russian oil price cap, said Thursday the US and others imposing the cap, are seeking to minimise Kremlin’s profits and stifle its Ukraine aggression, but without destabilising the global energy market or forcing India to slash…
HYDERABAD: A strong believer in Vaastu, former Telangana CM and BRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao has decided to set his own house, party headquarters Telangana Bhavan, in order after last year’s assembly election rout and a series of recent defections.Work has started to shift the main entrance of the 60-room building in Hyderabad’s upscale Banjara…
HYDERABAD: A strong believer in Vaastu, former Telangana CM and BRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao has decided to set his own house, party headquarters Telangana Bhavan, in order after last year’s assembly election rout and a series of recent defections.Work has started to shift the main entrance of the 60-room building in Hyderabad’s upscale Banjara…
