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ICICI Bank net profit rises 14.6%; slippages double

Healthy numbers driven by 7.3% higher net interest income and improved asset quality

Sebi bans Mallya from mkt for 3 years for rigging

MARKETS regulator Sebi has barred fugitive businessman and ex-liquor baron Vijay Mallya from the securities markets for three years and restrained him from associating with any listed firm for a similar period for routing funds using his overseas bank accounts with the Swiss bank UBS.

Jain Corp V-P buys Kamachi Industries

CHENNAI-based Kamachi Industries has been acquired by Jaicorp's vice chairman Virendra Jain, along with his son Ankit Jain,for 487 crore through a corporate insolvency resolution process.

Elect me, you won't have to vote again, Don tell supporters

DONALD Trump on Friday night told a crowd of supporters that they won't \"have to vote again\" if they return him to the presidency in November's election.

G20 to work closely to end tax-dodging by ultra-rich

G20 nations have agreed to work together to make the super-rich pay their taxes, but stopped short of a more substantial deal, according to a declaration adopted on Friday after a meeting of finance ministers in Rio de Janeiro.

Greece's Santorini island mulls restrictions to curb overtourism

ONE of the most enduring images of Greece's summer travel brand is the world-famous sunset on Santorini Island, framed by sea-blue church domes on a jagged cliff high above a volcanic caldera.

Day after sabotage, dozens of train services remain cancelled

TENS of thousands of rail passengers struggled through a second day of cancelled trains Saturday as investigators tracked saboteurs who paralysed the network just ahead of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony.

At least 30 killed in Israeli strike on girls' school in central Gaza: Hamas

Israel says militant group stored weapons and planned attacks from the building

Ajit Pawar says enough funds for Ladli Behna

MAHARASHTRA Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who also holds the finance portfolio, on Saturday dismissed media reports about the financial crunch shrouding the 'Ladli Behna' scheme in uncertainty, saying that there is no shortage of funds and the scheme will be implemented smoothly.

Nitish's son says he's not interested in joining politics

IT came from the horse's mouth when Nishant Kumar, the only son of Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, hinted that he had no plans to join active politics.

Checks on migrant workers hit Meghalaya hotel industry

Pressure groups worry about influx of illegal immigrants to the state

Believe it or not! MP sadhvi cleans out ₹90L from seer's account, case lodged

POLICE in Chhindwara district of Madhya Pradesh are on the lookout for a Sadhvi, who is accused of fraudulently withdrawing 90 lakh from the bank account of her guru who died in a road accident last year.

Woman, daughter buried alive in Tehri Garhwal

A series of landslides triggered by incessant heavy rains for three days in the hilly areas of Uttarakhand have brought death and destruction in interior villages.

A lot to watch in this cross-border love triangle!

IN another instance of a crossborder relationship, a 25-yearold Pakistani woman claims she has married a man from Rajasthan.

SC to hear plea on blood donation rules being 'biased' against LGBTQI

CAN an LGBTQI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex), person donate blood? The Supreme Court is likely to hear on Tuesday a PIL being recently filed by a Delhi-based gay man challenging the constitutional validity of blood donor rules, 2017.

Developed states can make Viksit Bharat: PM

Modi highlights three targets: Strive for ‘zero poverty', investor-friendly charter and set up a river grid

Modi reviews LS poll show in meeting with BJP CMS

IN a meeting with chief ministers and deputy CMs of the BJP-ruled states on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked them to reach out to people to explain the benefits of the union budget and central schemes, besides focusing on good governance, said party leaders aware of the developments at the meet.

₹5 cr earned from fines on spitting and littering at railway premises in 2 years

THE Indian Railways, in its gargantuan efforts to keep one of the largest railway networks in the world spic and span, has made a windfall from penalising the spitters and litter louts.

WHO alert on liver cancer deaths in SE Asia

LIVER cancer rates in the South-East Asia Region are set to double by 2050, leading to over 2,00,000 deaths annually, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said Friday.

3 Erode youth die in car-truck collision in Sathyamangalam

THREE youths from Erode died in a car-truck collision on Friday night on the Bannari-Sathyamangalam road in Erode district.

Anbumani urges DMK govt to hold caste census in TN

PMK leader Anbumani Ramadoss insisted that the Tamil Nadu government should conduct a caste-wise survey as there is a possibility that the overall reservation of 69% in the state will be cancelled at any time.

HC faults revenue officials in cemetary case, says souls of dead would've suffered

SLAMMING the revenue department for its 'complete failure' in resolving a dispute over a burial ground in a village in Krishnagiri district, the Madras High Court remarked that the departed souls would also have suffered due to the prolonged litigation.

No birth certs, Paliyar students barred from school

AS many as seven female students belonging to the Paliyar tribes were denied entry at government schools and government girls hostels in Dindigul on Saturday, as they had not produced birth certificates.

Son went missing after ACP wanted to buy home: Mom

MADURAI police filed a report in a sealed cover before the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court in a habeas corpus petition filed by the mother of a missing man who had a dispute with an ACP in Madurai.

DMK and Congress stage protest against Union Budget

THOUSANDS of members of the ruling DMK staged a demonstration in Chennai as part of the party's state-wide protest against the Union government, accusing it of betraying the state in the allocation of funds in the 2024-25 budget.

Man, kin held for printing fake currency for a year

THE district police arrested a 40-year-old man in Erode for printing fake currency after watching YouTube.

Ex-MP Master Mathan of BJP passes away

BJP leader and former Nilgiris MP Master Mathan (92) passed away late on Friday night due to age-related ailments.

CM holds review meet on 'Makkaludan Mudhalvar'

CHIEF Minister MK Stalin, on Saturday, held a review meeting of the 'Makkaludan Mudhalvar' scheme with collectors of Nagapattinam, Vellore, Tiruppur, Thoothukudi and Madurai along with beneficiaries through video conference.

Notice sent to maritime univ on plea to quash CET

THE Madras High Court has ordered notice to the Indian Maritime University to respond to a petition seeking orders to quash the common entrance test held for admission to three courses alleging that there are no proper guidelines governing the conduct of the test, evaluation and admission process.

TN forms 'One Health' panel to protect people, animals & environment

WITH the increasing extreme climate events and zoonotic spillover, the state has decided to take 'One Health' approach and constituted a 23-member committee that will help manage the health crisis.