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RBI guv warns lenders against top-up loan push

WITH the lenders pushing top-up loans like never before, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has flagged this as a potential risk for the system and asked all lenders to review such practices and take remedial action.

LIC net up 9.6% as non-par business share more than doubles to 23.5%

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Council to decide GST rate on insurance: FM

FINANCE Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said the decision regarding the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on health and life insurance premiums rests solely with the GST Council.

First task is to restore law and order: Yunus

Sworn in as the chief advisor; leads 16-member council of advisers

Locals spend sleepless nights to guard against robbery, looting

SEVERAL residents across Bangladesh spent a sleepless night as they gathered in groups to guard the streets amid fears of robbery and looting by criminals in the violence-hit country, where an interim government headed by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus took oath.

Allies condemn Israel's jibe on starving Gazans

ISRAEL'S Western allies have condemned remarks by the country's far-right finance minister who suggested that the starvation of Gaza's population of more than 2 million Palestinians \"might be just and moral\" until hostages captured in Hamas' Oct 7 attack on southern Israel are returned home.

IS murder plan nixes Taylor Swift's concert

A 19-year-old Islamic State sympathiser planned a suicide attack at a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna designed to kill many people, the country's intelligence agency said on Thursday.

Maha poll yatra as parties draw up strategies

WITH Maharashtra assembly elections round the corner, all major political parties are hitting the road, by launching yatras for mass outreach.

EC team in J&K to firm up Assembly election roadmap

LEADERS of political parties, after meeting with the Election Commission (EC) in Srinagar, expressed hope for the conduct of Assembly polls in J&K.

Lalu meets Shahabuddin's wife, eyes Muslim votes ahead of Bihar elections

; RAMASHANKAR @ Patna RJD chief Lalu Prasad has embarked on consolidating Muslim votes ahead of Bihar assembly poll seemingly in fear of Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi's AIMIM and political strategist Prashant Kishor's proposed party cutting into the minority votes.

40% claims under Forest Rights Act rejected in Gujarat, says House data

MORE than 40 per cent of the land title claims by the tribals under the Forest Rights Act (FRA) have been rejected in Gujarat, according to data disclosed by the government in the Rajya Sabha.

2013 promise of doplar radar still a distant dream in flood-hit Kedarnath

THE rugged terrain of Kedarnath continues to pose a challenge for meteorologists, making accurate weather forecasting a daunting task.

Yarn exports to Bangla take a hit

YARN manufacturers and exporters in Punjab are keeping a close eye on the political situation unfolding in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh plane grounded in Raipur for 9 years

IT'S been over nine years for a Bangladesh-based United Airways plane that made an emergency landing at Raipur and the airport authorities apparently seems perplexed as they didn't receive any feedback to their series of high-priority communication sent to officials of the private carrier and the neighbouring country that now seems in turmoil.

Himanta says no illegal migration by minorities via Assam border

ASSAM Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said the state's border with Bangladesh is secure, and there have been no illegal border crossings by minorities facing attacks amid ongoing unrest.

'Act before it's too late': HC to govt on Bangladeshi influx

THE Jharkhand High Court, while hearing a PIL on Thursday seeking probe on Bangladeshi intrusion changing the demography of Santhal Pargana, reprimanded the Centre and asked it to act before it is too late.

Unrest in Bangla a concern: CDS

■ Gen Chauhan says regime change comes amid Pak proxy war in J&K, tension on LAC ■ PIL seeks probe into Bangla intrusion changing Santhal Pargana demography

Ruckus in RS as Kharge not allowed to speak on Phogat, Dhankhar leaves chair

AN uproar erupted in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday over the disqualification of wrestler Vinesh Phogat from the Olympics as Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar did not allow Opposition MPs to raise the issue.

One nation one poll implementation needs constitution amendment: Govt

THE implementation of ‘One nation, One election' would require amendments to the Constitution of India as per the recommendations of the Ram Nath Kovind committee, the Centre informed Rajya Sabha on Thursday.

STEER TELANGANA LOCAL SEAT QUOTA WITH CARE

THE question whether a student is to be considered a local or non-local for admission to educational institutions in particular for MBBS and BDS courses―is sensitive in almost every state; but it is felt more intensely in Telangana.

LEARNING THE RIGHT LESSONS FROM THE WAILS OF WAYANAD

Thirteen of Kerala's 14 districts are prone to landslides. But little was done after Puthumala was struck in 2019. We must use suitable technologies to guard against future tragedies

Kin say woman pregnant after gangrape; no case yet

EVEN four days after the Dindigul Government Hospital authorities intimated the local police station about a suspected gangrape leaving an intellectually disabled woman seven months pregnant, the police have not registered a complaint citing that the crime occurred in Salem district and not in their station limits.

K'taka denies charge of giving fire victim's remains in bag

AFTER reports of a man carrying the charred remains of his 18-year-old son, who died in the recent factory blaze in Belagavi, in a bag went viral, the district administration has come under fire from several quarters.

30 families evicted to restore lake have no place to call home

AROUND 30 families in Madhavaram, whose homes were demolished on July 24 as part of a 43-crore project to restore 400 acres of Madhavaram lake (retteri) as a drinking water source, have accused the Water Resources Department (WRD) of unfairly evicting them without giving alternative resettlement option.

PM to visit landslide-hit Wayanad on Saturday

Declare disaster as calamity of rare severity, Pinarayi urges centre

KL eyes TN partnership to woo investment

THE Kerala government has urged the Tamil Nadu government to partner with it to woo investments which could mutually benefit both the states.

42 days on, kin learn cops buried missing 41-yr-old

A 42-day search for a missing 41-year-old man from West Mambalam ended in shock for the kin after they learned he had died on the railway tracks and was buried by the Government Railway Police (GRP).

800 kg rotten meat seized from Shenoy Nagar shop

FOOD Safety Department officials seized a whopping 800 kg of decomposed meat from a beef shop in Shenoy Nagar on Thursday.

SSI shunted for asking disabled woman to remove callipers at temple

A day after a disabled woman said she was made to remove her callipers and asked to pay a bribe of 500 to use a wheelchair and enter the Madurai Meenakshi temple, the 48-year-old and other disabled persons were allowed into the temple on Thursday without having to remove their mobility aids restrictions.

Nagai fishers assaulted, robbed by 'SL assailants' near Kodiyakarai

A group of five fishermen from Vedaranyam came under attack, allegedly from Sri Lankan assailants, while fishing near Point Calimere on Wednesday evening.