Domestic equity markets ended the week under pressure on Friday as renewed military actions near the Strait of Hormuz weighed on investor sentiment, dragging both benchmark indices lower.The BSE Sensex settled at 77,328.19, down 516.33 points or 0.66 per cent, while the Nifty 50 closed at 24,176.15, falling 150.50 points or 0.62 per cent. Nifty50…
Bengaluru: Amid evolving energy demand patterns and policy support for electric mobility, oil marketing companies (OMCs) across Karnataka are accelerating their transition from conventional fuel retailing to building a robust electric vehicle (EV) charging network, particularly around Bengaluru. Even as uncertainties loom over the resumption of petroleum supplies in the backdrop of the ongoing West…
Jhunjhunu: The administration Tuesday carried out an anti-encroachment drive to widen the darshan exit route at Khatushyamji in the religious town of Sikar, citing inconvenience of devotees of Baba Shyam.With the help of three JCB machines, permanent encroachments were removed from Guwad Chowk to the Shyam temple exit route at Khatushyamji. The action aimed to…
Hyderabad: Amid rising summer temperatures, city’s reservoirs have seen a sharp drop, prompting the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) to gear up for emergency pumping.Particularly concerning is the situation in Singur, one of Hyderabad’s key water sources supplying large parts of the western corridor, where levels have dropped from 29 tmc (thousand…
AI-generated image used for representational purpose. LUCKNOW: A 23-year-old motorcycle rider was killed and a 10-year-old boy critically injured after a car allegedly driven by the wife of a police sub-inspector collided with a motorcycle on Dubagga road on Friday afternoon.According to eyewitness accounts, the impact was so severe that the motorcycle rider, identified as…
The victim reportedly clicked on an online advertisement promising high-paying roles in the Netherlands Pune: A 32-year-old software professional from Balewadi has lodged a police complaint after being defrauded of Rs42 lakh by online scammers promising a lucrative job in the Netherlands.The fraud occurred between April and June this year. Following a preliminary probe, the…
Gorakhpur: Prominent industrialist and businessman Om Prakash Jalan passed away on Wednesday morning while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Gurugram. He was 72 years old.He had been airlifted to Medanta Hospital on Tuesday following a prolonged illness.A pioneer of Gorakhpur’s steel industry, Om Prakash Jalan was the founder of Jalan Concast, widely regarded as…
Dibrugarh: Waris Punjab De chief and Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal Singh, currently lodged at the Dibrugarh Police Station under Punjab Police custody, underwent trial proceedings on Friday through video-conferencing in connection with the recovery of unauthorised electronic devices from the NSA cell of Dibrugarh Central Jail on Feb 17, 2024.The hearing was conducted before judicial…
In a crackdown on illegal wildlife trade, a joint operation conducted by the Society for Protecting Ophiofauna & Animal Rights (SPOAR) in collaboration with officials of the West Bengal forest dept led to the busting of an illegal turtle meat racket at Haldibari in Cooch Behar on Sunday.Acting on specific intelligence regarding the sale of…
New Delhi: Amid mounting complaints of technical glitches in the Class XII post-result process, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Sunday assured students that any excess fee deducted while applying for scanned copies of evaluated answer sheets would be refunded automatically.The board acknowledged in a circular that “certain technical issues led to incorrect fee…
