Equities advanced on Monday, led by heavyweight HDFC Bank on a strong quarterly business update, while lower crude oil prices also aided sentiment.The Nifty rose 0.7% to 24,430, while sensex too climbed 0.7% to 78,285. They rose 2.4% each in four sessions, closing at a 10-week high.A narrowing rainfall deficit, drop in oil prices amid…
Gujarat Titans’ Kagiso Rabada and teammates (ANI Photo) With 14 games remaining in the league stage, LSG and MI are already out of contention for the playoffs and DC is barely hanging in there. GT has almost qualified while RCB and SRH would have to do really badly from here on not to make the…
Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) honoured women achievers from Jammu and Kashmir and Gujarat for the first time at its 55th annual general meeting, while also reporting a profit of Rs 4,585 crore and announcing incentives for employees.The IFFCO Sahakarita Ratna Award for 2024-25, carrying an honorarium of Rs 11 lakh, was conferred on…
The fire broke out at a 20th-floor flat in Ajnara Gen-X on Tuesday Ghaziabad: The fire department has marked 42 buildings, including residences, hospitals and hotels, ‘unsafe’ after they were found not complying with fire safety norms.In verification drives from 2017 to 2026, the department had found around 51 buildings were flouting safety norms. It…
Lucknow: Sarojini Nagar MLA Rajeshwar Singh on Thursday said a series of infrastructure projects worth several thousand crore rupees are transforming the constituency into a major connectivity and development hub under the leadership of chief minister Yogi Adityanath.Singh said the Rs 5,000-crore, 50-km Link Expressway will connect the Agra and Purvanchal expressways, boosting industrial growth…
Despite SC order, many schools skip gratuity for teachersBengaluru: Gratuity for teachers has become a sore point between management and teachers in many schools. While the Supreme Court ordered schools to give gratuity, teachers allege that many schools in Bengaluru are skipping the mandate, citing lack of funds.Recently, teachers of a private school on Bannerghatta…
Chennai: A Chennai-based journalist has moved the Madras high court seeking a CBI probe against BJP and its former national president J P Nadda for their involvement in the ‘micro-donation online scandal’ through the NaMo App. He wanted the court to direct them to produce the entire account of funds collected so far through the…
Chennai: All five Congress MLAs, who met Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi on Thursday, are seeking ministerial positions as the party prepares to share power in Tamil Nadu after six decades, sources told TOI.“The party has sought two cabinet berths from the TVK leadership. Now every MLA is trying to secure the backing of the…
Rebecca SamervelMumbai: In a trial that took 15 years, a magistrate’s court this week acquitted a Bhiwandi doctor accused of fabricating a breast cancer diagnosis using a fake Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH) letterhead for a woman who sought treatment following a tumour removal.Devaki Pujari and treating doctors believed the woman suffered from a severe malignancy…
Kolkata: The EC ‘erred’ in issuing a blanket direction by treating citizens as ‘troublemakers,’ Calcutta High Court on Wednesday observed while granting interim stay on the order naming 800 people as ‘troublemakers’ till June 30, 2026. “The general power of superintendence and control of EC under Article 324 is subject to other law,” the Calcutta…
