Chennai: Indian Overseas Bank’s annual net profit crossed Rs 5,000 crore for the first time, with the public sector lender reporting FY26 profit at Rs 5,209 crore, up 56% from Rs 3,335 crore in FY25, driven by higher income and lower provisions and tax expenses.The bank’s operating profit also crossed Rs 10,000 crore for the…
Lucknow: Minister for vocational education, skill development and entrepreneurship, Kapil Dev Agarwal, on Wednesday directed officials to ensure that all training programmes are conducted in a time-bound manner and aligned with the specific needs of industry.Chairing a review meeting, Agarwal said skill development should not be limited to the issuance of certificates and focus on…
The investigation stems from an Enforcement Case Information Report Mumbai: A special court granted permission to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to record statements of 19 accused currently lodged in various jails across India to facilitate a deeper probe into a money laundering case linked to a terror conspiracy previously investigated by the National Investigation Agency….
Pune: A 27-year-old software engineer jumped to death from the third floor of a residential building in the Manikbaug area on Thursday afternoon.The brother of the deceased stated in his complaint with the Sinhagad Road police that she ended her life because her husband and her mother-in-law harassed her. The same day, the police registered…
Lucknow: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday distributed approval letters, cheques, toolkits and house keys to selected beneficiaries of various public welfare schemes in Maharajganj district.Yogi also performed the annaprashan ceremony for some children and presented them gifts. He also visited an exhibition at the event venue.Under the ODOP scheme of the industries department, the…
An artist’s impression of the upcoming International Cricket Stadium at Anekal in Bengaluru by the Karnatka Housing Board. This will be the second largest cricket ground after Gujarat with a seating capacity of 80,000 spectators. Bengaluru: Amid growing concerns over crowd management and infrastructure constraints at the city’s iconic M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru is set…
UP industrial development minister Nand Gopal Gupta Nandi Lucknow: UP industrial development minister Nand Gopal Gupta Nandi on Thursday directed officials to accelerate infrastructure and connectivity projects in the Yamuna expressway region, saying the upcoming Noida international airport would transform the entire belt into a major cargo and industrial hub.Reviewing projects of the Yamuna expressway…
Palanpur: Three women were killed and three others, including a car driver, were critically injured in a head-on collision between a rickshaw and a car near Hathrol village on the Himmatnagar–Gambhoi–Ranasan state highway on Tuesday.According to police, the accident occurred when the rickshaw allegedly made a sudden and reckless turn, colliding head-on with an oncoming…
New Delhi: St Stephen’s College has absorbed its outgoing principal, John Varghese — at the centre of an ongoing legal battle with its affiliating institution, Delhi University, over his second-term extension — as a professor in its English department.Varghese has been directly appointed as professor without facing any selection committee and despite there being no…
Surat: With the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) elections recorded a significant rise in voter turnout, even as the number of voters declined sharply due to deletions in the list.The provisional turnout stood at 59.32%, nearly 12% higher than the 47.14% recorded in the 2021 elections. However, the…
