NEW DELHI: In a bid to ensure airfares don’t get completely out of reach for the common citizen and airlines don’t collapse, govt on Wednesday decided to set aside Rs 10,000 crore to cap aviation turbine fuel (ATF) or jet fuel prices and prevent them from sharp surges. This one-time budgetary support will be given…
Pune: A software engineer (43) from Navti Peth lost Rs 14 lakh to cybercrooks, who posed as Mumbai police and threatened her that they have registered a case against her after some criminals have had misused her Aadhaar details.The woman had filed an online complaint following the fraud that happened in June last year. After…
Increasing financial literacy and awareness of property rights in state Bengaluru: Female ownership of houses and land in Karnataka has nearly doubled in five years, signalling changing attitudes towards wealth, security, and decision-making within families. This comes on the back of a growing number of women in the state investing in homes and land, either…
KOLKATA: Former Tarakeswar municipality chairman and senior Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sapan Samanta was allegedly humiliated by local residents in West Bengal’s Hooghly district over allegations of corruption.According to news agency ANI, an angry group of locals garlanded Samanta with shoes and forced him to perform sit-ups while holding his ears.The locals also pelted him…
Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Saturday said there is no shortage of energy in the country, asserting that supplies of crude oil, LPG and natural gas remain comfortable despite concerns arising from the Iran conflict.Speaking to reporters in Ludhiana, Puri said India has sufficient reserves to meet energy requirements and…
Hyderabad: Telangana high court has ruled that the burden of proving a will’s authenticity lies squarely on its propounder (executor who presents a will to a court), who must dispel all legitimate doubts to satisfy the court’s conscience.A division bench of Justice K Lakshman and Justice BR Madhusudhan Rao dismissed an appeal over a disputed…
Silchar: A man in his 60s was allegedly kidnapped, assaulted and shot dead by a group of armed youths near the Assam–Manipur border in Assam’s Cachar district, triggering panic in the area, police said on Monday.The victim, Luku Mia Laskar of Atghar village under Jirighat police station, was targeted in the morning when he stepped…
HYDERABAD: With the NEET Super Speciality (NEET-SS) 2025 counselling process remaining stalled for nearly three months, hundreds of aspirants from Telangana say the prolonged delay is disrupting their careers, finances, and specialist training.Of the 7,579 super-speciality seats available across the country, Telangana accounts for 523 seats. Nearly 700 aspirants from the state are awaiting counselling….
During a hearing on social media criticism of the judiciary, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said that some unemployed youngsters who “don’t get any employment or have any place in the profession” become activists, social media users or members of the media and “start attacking everyone”. He went on to describe such people as…
Navi Mumbai: The multi-agency search operation in the sea for Pune man Pratik Raskar (28), who jumped from Atal Setu on Sunday at 1.29 am, was discontinued after 42 hours, police said. The operation involved the Ulwe Police, maritime security forces, and specialised coastal police rescue teams.A police officer said CCTV camera surveillance showed Raskar…
