After repeatedly soaring beyond the $100 per barrel mark amid the Middle East conflict, oil prices have finally begun to cool down, inching near the $75 level seen before the conflict. This week, for the first time crude since early March, crude prices have tumbled below $80 as hopes surrounding a potential US-Iran agreement lifted…
B B NayakNavi Mumbai: The Supreme Court stated in an order given on Wednesday that the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) is the competent authority to collect property tax in the Thane Trans Creek-MIDC area, known as the Thane-Belapur industrial corridor.The verdict, which came in a case filed by the Small Scale Entrepreneurs Association (SSEA),…
Bengaluru: A security scare unfolded on the outskirts of the city Sunday morning, hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi travelled along Kanakapura Road to visit the Art of Living Foundation campus.Two gelatin sticks were found near Kuppareddy Kere, close to Thathaguni Estate on the route used by the PM’s convoy, prompting an immediate response from…
Pune: Farmers may soon be able to book fertilisers through their mobile phones, as the Union ministry of agriculture and farmers’ welfare has developed a new app aimed at making fertiliser distribution more transparent and reducing black marketing.The mobile app — Fertilisers Sale Application System — is currently being tested in Maharashtra, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh,…
Chandigarh: A day after the ‘Maha Hartal’ by Punjab govt employees prompted the personnel department to seek details of staff on “unauthorised absence”, departments have started submitting their responses, with some clarifying that employees who did not attend work had formally availed leave.The department of employment generation and skill development, for instance, informed the personnel…
Aamir Khan is set to marry his longtime girlfriend Gauri Spratt on July 5 in what will be his third marriage. Gauri, a fashion professional and mother of a six-year-old son, has been associated with Aamir Khan Films. The two reconnected after knowing each other for 25 years. Aamir Khan‘s upcoming third marriage is no…
Former US president Barack Obama on Sunday denounced the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, stressing that violence has no place in a democratic society and praising the response of security personnel.In a post on X, Obama said, “Although we don’t yet have the details about the motives behind last night’s shooting at…
New Delhi: When the Art of Living Foundation hosted its Unsung Everyday Heroes Awards at Chinmaya Mission in the capital, the evening blended celebration with reflection, marking 45 years of service by the organisation and the 70th birthday of its founder, Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. At its heart was a simple idea: those quietly…
When South Korea was plunged into one of the worst financial crises in its modern history, the government turned to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for what was then the largest bailout package ever approved. Yet one of the country’s most remarkable responses did not come from financial markets or political leaders; it came from…
Hyderabad: In a bid to complete long-pending irrigation projects in drought-prone Mahabubnagar district, irrigation and civil supplies minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Saturday said the Congress govt is ready to release “whatever funds are required” to fast-track pending works, clear land acquisition hurdles and complete the Palamuru-Rangareddy lift irrigation (LI) project, Nettempadu, Koilsagar and…
