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Al will process IPO papers: Sebi chief
Deploying technology tools will help market regulator issue approvals at a faster pace
Income tax return filings surge 7.5% to record 7.28 crore till July 31
THE Income-tax Department appreciates taxpayers and tax professionals for making compliances in time, leading to a surge in filing of Income-tax returns (ITRS), resulting in a new record of ITRs filed.
Sensex falls 1% on global cues, dull corp earnings, Middle-East tension
WEAK global cues, lacklustre Q1FY25 corporate earnings and rising tensions in West Asia weighed down heavily on stock markets worldwide, including India, as benchmark indices the BSE Sensex and the NSE Nifty50 plunged over 1% each on Friday.
Sebi performance validation agency to verify investor claims
AS part of Sebi's broader efforts to facilitate and streamline the registration and operational processes for intermediaries, the regulator will soon have a performance validation agency for investors to verify all claims of market outperformance.
Hezbollah moves its leaders out of Beirut amid tensions
We are highly prepared for any scenario, says Netanyahu as Israel braces for Iranian response to Haniyeh's killing
Harris has enough votes to win nomination: party
US Vice President Kamala Harris had secured enough votes from Democratic delegates to officially be the party's nominee for president, Democratic National Committee Chair Jamie Harrison said on Friday.
Russia confirms its spies were among prisoners freed by US in swap deal
NEW details emerged Friday on the largest prisoner swap since the Cold War, with the Kremlin acknowledging for the first time that some of the Russians held in the West were from its security services.
Terrorists ambush judges' convoy in Pak's restive province, 2 cops killed
TWO police personnel on security duty of judges were killed and two others injured on Friday when their convoy was ambushed by terrorists in the restive in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwest Pakistan, police said.
Two killed amid fresh protests in Bangladesh
NEW protests erupted in Bangladesh on Friday, leaving two people dead and more than 100 injured the latest in a wave of unrest that killed more than 200 people last month in violent demonstrations following weeks of rallies over controversial reforms in the job quota system.
18 MISSING AFTER KEDARNATH LANDSLIPS
IAF's Chinook and MI17 copters join rescue ops along pilgrimage route Villagers stay awake at hillocks fearing rain
8 dead, over 45 missing in Himachal cloudbursts
EVEN as rescuers raced against time to trace 45 people missing since late Wednesday's heavy rains in three districts of Himachal Pradesh, the death toll from flashfloods trigged by cloudbursts rose to eight with the recovery of three more bodies on Friday, sources said.
Parched Kashmir records 44% rain deficit in 2 months
JAMMU and Kashmir has recorded 44 per cent rainfall deficit from June 1 to July 31 with Valley accounting for 60.67% deficit and Jammu accounting for 34.83 per cent rain deficit.
Maha Yuti's Maha sweet deal: Offers 1.5K cr loans to sugar factory owners
AHEAD of Maharashtra assembly elections, the BJP-led Mahayuti government has approved 1590 crore loans for 11 co-operative sugar factories linked to the ruling alliance leaders.
Rift widens as Yogi govt, UP BJP chief agree to disagree on Nazul bill
THE political rumblings, which had apparently subsided in the UP BJP camp after New Delhi's intervention, apparently resurfaced when the ruling party dominated Legislative Council referred the Nazul Property (Management and Use for Public Purpose) Bill 2024, to a select committee.
Vertical split in SAD likely as Dhindsa slams Badal for 'unconstitutional' decisions
THE unsavoury developments in the 103-year-old Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), including expelled Akali stalwart Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa and rebel leader Gurpartap Singh Wadala tearing into party chief Sukhbir Singh Badal, are indicative of the party heading for a vertical split.
Chouhan ups ante on Cong 'anti-farmer DNA'
ALLEGING that being 'antifarmer' is in the DNA of the Congress, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday tore into the Opposition party for “misleading\" the farmers on various issues since long for electoral gains.
Cong moves motion as Rahul suspects ED raid
■ LoP says his 'chakravyuh' speech in Parliament against Budget has angered govt ■ Agri minister accuses grand old party of misleading farmers for political gains
Vaishnaw: Exp trains to have 4 general coaches
RAILWAY minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that at least four general unreserved coaches will be attached to mail and express trains to cater to passengers' rush for affordable travel round the year.
West Asia ceasefire prospects ended with Haniyeh's killing: Former envoy
IN a fast escalating Middle East crisis triggered by the ninemonth-long Israel-Gaza war, the assassination of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on Wednesday morning has further pushed the war-torn region into chaos.
Maldives softens anti-India stand after setback to tourism, economy
AFTER nearly nine months, the Maldivian government has flipped from its anti-India stand.
SC lists steps to make NEET foolproof
THE Supreme Court on Friday said it cannot order holding of NEET-UG afresh as no sufficient material is on record at present to indicate a systemic leak or malpractice compromising the integrity of the test.
Guvs are interfaces between Centre & states: PM
PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged governors to play the role of an effective bridge between the Centre and states and interact with people and social organisations in a manner that would co-opt the underprivileged.
MACHINE-MADE FAKE RESEARCH LEADING TO DIGITAL INBREEDING
RESEARCH recently published in Nature suggests that intelligent machines planning to replicate themselves for world domination are doomed to failure.
SULEKHA: A SWADESHI INK FLOWS AGAIN
It was one of the earliest fountain pen inks made in India. Bengal's labour militancy forced the company shut in 1991. There is a colourful revival on now
Tea leaves lose aroma, smell of death wafts through this Wayanad hamlet
A visit to the hamlet located on the backside of Harrisons Malayalam plantation on the way to Mundakkai from Chooralmala can freeze your brain.
Will face guy's actions legally: Siddu
'MUDA scam petitioner a blackmailer, Gehlot should have legally vetted before serving notice'
'Raise voice against officials' lapses, but do not cross Lakshman Rekha'
PASTING posters and distributing handbills have been recognised as modes of protest, observed the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court, while hearing a petition concerning the sanction of an education loan.
Off-budget borrowings: BRS accused of concealing details
THE Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has said that the previous BRS government concealed details of Off-Budget Borrowings (OBB).
₹12,700 cr Pondy budget focuses on infra, edu
CHIEF Minister N Rangasamy presented the annual budget for the fiscal year 2024-2025, allocating ₹12,700 crore for the union territory.
Sterlite: SC stays HC order for DVAC probe into officials' assets
THE Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Madras High Court's order directing Tamil Nadu Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) to launch a fresh investigation into the assets of police and revenue personnel accused in the 2018 Thoothukudi police firing at the anti-Sterlite protestors case.