Uttar Pradesh’s Economic Survey for 2025–26 revealed that the state’s economy has grown at a CAGR of 10.8 per cent, with its GSDP rising from Rs. 13.30 lakh crore (at current price) in FY 2016–17 to Rs. 30.25 lakh crore in FY 2024–25. The state’s own tax revenue, an indicator of an economy generating activity,…
Hyderabad: Family members of P Raj Kumar, a 35-year-old farmer who died by suicide after allegedly killing six people, including a POCSO case victim and his two minor sons, refused to collect his body after the post-mortem at Chevella Hospital on Monday night to perform his last rites.Raj Kumar’s body was found in an open…
Rupee extended its rally for the fourth consecutive session on Wednesday, gaining 5 paise to trade at 95.77 against the US dollar, supported by a softer dollar and lower crude oil prices.The currency also drew strength from improved sentiment in domestic equities, with foreign institutional investors turning buyers in Indian stocks, forex traders said.At the…
MK Stalin reacts to TN CM Vijay’s assembly speech NEW DELHI: Former Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin reacted to Vijay’s taunt directed at his son Udhayanidhi Stalin in the state assembly on Thursday. The Tamil Nadu CM had reportedly asked the leader of opposition “where is your father” as he mocked the DMK‘s loss…
Ludhiana: Two unidentified men fired at least seven gunshots at a house in Roomi village, Jagraon in the early hours of Tuesday. A woman who lives in the house noticed the bullet marks on the main gate in the morning and alerted the police.Complainant Paramjit Kaur’s husband has been living in Canada for the past…
For the third time in a row, Sairaj Nayse has qualified for the main draw in the national-level (Under-17 boys doubles) badminton tournament. After Jaipur early this year, upcoming Nagpur shuttler Sairaj also made it to the main draw last month in Hyderabad.Sairaj Nayse and his partner Satya Chauhan of Mumbai won four rounds to…
Chandigarh: The Punjab Police on Monday claimed to have arrested 50,930 individuals, including gangsters and criminals associated with them, after conducting 96,964 raids across the state in six months of the “Gangstran Te Vaar” campaign.Praveen Sinha, special DGP (law and order), said that police teams recovered 913 weapons, along with 2,475 live cartridges and 293…
A few weeks ago, Chennai played host to a quiet but strategically significant development amid the din of election rallies. Francois Provost, chief executive of the 58 billion euro French auto major Renault Group, spent nearly a week in India—much of it in Chennai—signalling the city’s growing importance in the global ambitions of Europe’s third-largest…
Bengaluru: The road to muzrai temples in Karnataka runs through Shakti scheme, one of the flagship guarantee schemes of Congress govt that allows women to travel on no-frills KSRTC buses free.What was initially launched as free bus travel has slowly taken shades of temple tourism, with women passengers particularly visiting temples of goddesses in large…
Ahmedabad: Boosted by unmatched support from the electorate in Gujarat, especially urban voters, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured nearly 60% of all the votes cast in polls for municipal corporations in the state. The saffron party stamped its dominance over the state’s urban landscape, pocketing 59.36% of the vote share.The Congress came in…
