First part of Budget Session ends with heated debates

The deportation of Indians from the United States, deaths in the Maha Kumbh stampede and the joint Parliamentary committee report on the Waqf bill were among the issues that led to heated exchanges......

Hemant Soren distributes portfolios; keeps home, gives finance to Cong

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Friday distributed portfolios among the new ministers, keeping key departments such as home, personnel and several others to himself, according to a......

Karnataka seeing new kind of 'jihad' through waqf: Union minister

Union Minister Pralhad Joshi on Friday alleged that a new kind of jihad is taking place across Karnataka with the Waqf Board claiming ownership of lands belonging to farmers, temples and others.......

Maha portfolio allocation: Fadnavis gets Home, Ajit Finance, Shinde...

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday allocated portfolios to his council of ministers, retaining the crucial Home department with him. IMAGE: Maharashtra Chief Minister......

Rs 900 Crores Cyber Scams Prevented!

...benefiting 350,000 persons.Also, Trai detected and blocked seven million mobile phone connections involved in cyber fraud and suspicious activities. IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been posted......

Uday Kotak will be non-executive board member in Kotak Mahindra Bank

Ahead of the end of his term as the Kotak Mahindra Bank's chief executive and managing director, Uday Kotak has said he will be a "non-executive board governance member and a strategic shareholder"......

Why RBI Is Worried About The Rise In Personal Loans

In the June quarter of FY24, 51 per cent of consumers who took small-ticket personal loans already had more than four credit products at the time of accessing yet another new loan, compared with......

Parliament nod to remove potato, onion, pulses, oil from essentials list

Parliament on Tuesday passed a bill to remove cereals, pulses, oilseeds, edible oils, onion and potatoes from the list of essential commodities. The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, which......

'Covid bred contempt in people'

'Social media became a place to lash out in the pandemic.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Waluscha De Sousa/Instagram Just how negative can social media get? In the Web series Escaype Live, Waluscha......

'2022 will be blockbuster year for films'

'We will see footfall returning to pre-COVID levels by January.' Photograph: Kamal Singh/PTI Photo In the words of Joni Mitchell, you don't know what you've got till it's gone. Maybe a year......