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Kia sees 20% sales growth vs industry's 5-10%

KOREAN carmaker Kia aims to achieve a 20% growth in sales volume in India next year, targeting sales of nearly 3 lakh passenger vehicles (PVs).

IT sector to drive 15% growth in hiring in 2025, followed by retail

WITH the expansion of Global Capability Centers (GCCs) and multi-cloud adoption, the IT sector will drive 15% growth in hiring in 2025, as per the latest data from jobs platform foundit.

US sanctions 4 Pakistan aerospace, defence firms

THE United States on Wednesday slapped sanctions on four Pakistani entities, including the state-owned flagship aerospace and defence agency - National Development Complex (NDC) - on charges of them contributing to Pakistan's ballistic missile programme.

Israel hits back after missile attack from Yemen

ISRAELI airstrikes shook Yemen's rebel-held capital and a port city early on Thursday and killed at least nine people, officials said, shortly after a Houthi missile targeted central Israel.

Trump brings budget chaos back with help from Musk

PRESIDENT-ELECT Donald Trump delivered a likely death blow to bipartisan congressional budget negotiations on Wednesday, rejecting the measure as full of giveaways to Democrats as billionaire ally Elon Musk whipped up outrage toward the bill and cheered on Republican lawmakers who announced their opposition.

US urges SC to dismiss 26/11 convict's petition against extradition to India

THE United States government urged the Supreme Court to dismiss a petition filed by Mumbai-attack convict Tahawwur Rana, a Canadian national of Pakistani origin, to avoid his extradition to India.

Ex-husband gets 20 years in jail for letting 50 rape his spouse

A court in France on Thursday sentenced the ex-husband of Gisèle Pelicot to a maximum 20 years of imprisonment for drugging and raping her and allowing other men to rape her while she was knocked out, in abuse that lasted a decade.

Putin says war boosted military, economy

Regrets not invading Ukraine earlier; denies ouster of Assad hurt his image; year-end conference lasts 4.5 hours

Mumbai ferry tragedy toll 14, search on for kid

THE body of a 43-year-old man, who was among the two missing passengers after a Navy craft rammed into their ferry off the Mumbai coast, was found on Thursday.

R-G Kar victim's parents in HC for fresh probe

THE parents of the R G Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder victim moved Calcutta High Court on Thursday seeking a fresh investigation into the horrific crime.

Assam STF nabs 8 Bangla terror outfit operatives

THE Special Task Force (STF) of Assam Police arrested eight operatives of terror outfit, Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), during simultaneous operations carried out in Kerala, West Bengal and Assam on the intervening night of December 17 and 18.

U'khand records tiger death decline, 8 this yr

UTTARAKHAND has witnessed a significant decrease in tiger mortality cases this year.

SP's Sambhal MP booked for power theft at residence

THE troubles for Samajwadi Party's Sambhal MP Zia-ur-Rehman Barq seem to be deepening as a fresh FIR in connection with power theft lodged against him on Thursday.

MP's Take Home Ration scheme: CAG flags ₹428 cr irregularities from '18-'21

IRREGULARITIES worth around ₹428 crore have been detected by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) in the Take Home Ration (THR) scheme in Madhya Pradesh between 2018-2021.

'Ideology remains same': Jogi's wife writes to Cong, proposes merger of party

THE regional outfit Janta Congress Chhattisgarh-J (JCC-J), floated by the first chief minister late Ajit Jogi in June 2016, owing to the declining political footprint across the state, has approached the Congress seeking a merger with the latter.

Grim reality belies development plank, Gujarat schools lack toilets

DESPITE Gujarat's government championing its development narrative, unsettling data presented in the Lok Sabha on Thursday revealed glaring shortcomings in the state's basic infrastructure.

Meanwhile, Cong slams BJP's 'distraction politics'

HOURS after the Parliament showdown, Congress on Thursday launched a blistering attack on the BJP, accusing it of diverting attention from Home Minister Amit Shah's \"insult\" to BR Ambedkar.

BJP tears into Rahul, says doesn't deserve to be LoP...

ACCUSING Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of pushing and shoving its MPs on the Parliament premises, the BJP on Thursday said he does not deserve to be the Leader of Opposition after such \"indecent and shameful\" conduct.

BJP MP writes to RS Chair, says LoP 'misbehaved' with her during House protest

BJP MP from Nagaland S Phangnon Konyak on Thursday alleged in the Rajya Sabha that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi came in her \"close proximity\" and shouted at her during a protest outside the Parliament's Makar Dwar which made her feel \"extremely uncomfortable\".

I was physically pushed by BJP MPs, lost my balance & forced to sit down: Kharge

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, saying that BJP MPs pushed him on Parliament premises, and he lost his balance.

Cross complaints: Case registered against Rahul for 'injuring' 2 BJP MPs

TENSIONS erupted on Thursday when members of the BJP and the Congress involved in a physical altercation, prompting both the parties to file cross-complaints at Parliament Street police station.

Yuge Yugeen Bharat Museum in North, South blocks to have over 25K artefacts

YUGE Yugeen Bharat Museum (YYBM) to be set up in North and South blocks will have about 25,000 artefacts—depicting the history of 5,000 years of India's civilization—on display in eight thematic galleries.

Shah vows dominance over J&K terrorism

UNION Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday chaired a high-level meeting to review the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir.

FOR GRACE IN LEGAL EVOLUTION

HE recent decision of a nine-judge bench of the Supreme Court, in Property Owners Association vs State of Maharashtra, which interprets Article 39(b) of the Constitution, represents a noteworthy development in the complex and often contentious history of property rights in India.

Tremors From The Long Night Of December 3

South Korea has clawed back most of the economic losses caused by the shocking declaration of martial law. Its next president is likely to be colder to the West, warmer to China

HC extends deadline for Lokayukta to submit report on MUDA scam

THE Karnataka High Court on Thursday extended the December 24 deadline to January 28, for submission of the investigation report by Lokayukta police into alleged irregularities in the allotment of 14 compensatory sites to BM Parvathy, wife of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, by Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA).

CLEAR MEDICAL WASTE IN TN WITHIN 3 DAYS, KERALA TOLD

THE southern bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday directed the Kerala Government and its pollution control board to remove biomedical waste and mixed solid waste illegally dumped at multiple points bordering Tirunelveli district within three days, and file a compliance report on December 23.

SIDDU TO OPEN 87TH SAHITYA SAMMELANA IN MANDYA TODAY

MANDYA city has been decked up for the three-day 87th Kannada Sahitya Sammelana to be held behind Sanjo Hospital on Bengaluru-Mysuru highway.

AHINDA communities up in arms, to protest against Shah, Centre

DALIT organisations are planning to stage protests against Union Home Minister Amit Shah over his remarks on Dr BR Ambedkar. A protest will be staged at Freedom Park in Bengaluru on December 23.

Illegal Bangla immigrants a menace, STF will track them

HOME Minister Dr G Parameshwara on Thursday said that illegal Bangladeshi immigrants are a menace, and a special task force has been created to identify and deport illegal Bangladeshis.