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₹2.5K maintenance paltry for middle-class woman: Allahabad HC

COURT DIRECTED THAT THE HUSBAND SHOULD PAY INTERIM MAINTENANCE OF ₹10,000 PER MONTH, STARTING DECEMBER 2024

COOPERATION SOUGHT FOR CLEANLINESS IN KASHI

VARANASI: Do not heap garbage or litter tourist spots, including ghats.

Money isn't the reason I play chess, but means a lot: Gukesh

SINGAPORE: The \"multi-millionaire\" tag does \"mean a lot\" to new world champion D Gukesh, but he doesn't play the game for material gains but for that unbridled joy, which he has been able to retain since the time a chessboard used to be the \"coolest toy\" for him.

NZ power to huge lead in third Test as England crumble

England's hopes of a series clean sweep all but evaporated on Sunday as they capitulated on day two of the third Test to trail New Zealand by 340 runs.

Head and Smith put Australia in control of third Test against India

Twin century-makers Travis Head and Steve Smith put on a magnificent fourth-wicket partnership as Australia reached a commanding 405-7 at stumps on day two of the third Test against India on Sunday.

Iniesta bids farewell to glittering career

Retiring Spanish football legend Andres Iniesta bid farewell to his playing career Sunday in an exhibition match between Barcelona and Real Madrid greats in Tokyo and will now look to go into coaching.

Keeper struck by object, teams finish tie without attacks

Bochum's goalkeeper was struck on the head by an object apparently thrown from the stands at Union Berlin and both Bundesliga teams left the field.

Error-prone Real Madrid held 3-3 by Rayo Vallecano in La Liga

Rayo Vallecano prevented Real Madrid from taking provisional control of La Liga by holding the European champions to a pulsating 3-3 draw on Saturday.

Airlines do not have influence on prices they pay

GENEVA: Airlines are price takers as they do not have an influence on the prices they pay, Iata chief economist Marie Owens Thomsen has said and highlighted that carriers' need to diversify their revenues is complicated by slim profit margins as well as weak balance sheets.

Nations other than India gain more from US-China trade war: GTRI

NEW DELHI: Mexico, Canada, and the 10-nation Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN benefited more from the US-China trade war than India, economic think tank GTRI said in a report.

Refining margins of state-run oil firms drop

NEW DELHI: Gross refining margins (GRM) of public sector oil marketing companies (OMCs) have fallen by up to 80% in the first half of this financial year, showed data from the Petroleum Planning & Analysis Cell (PPAC), amid shrinking discounts of Russian oil and declining prices in global markets, experts said.

GNG ELECTRONICS FILES IPO DRAFT PAPERS WITH SEBI

NEW DELHI: GNG Electronics Ltd has filed preliminary papers with capital markets regulator Sebi to raise funds through an initial public offering (IPO).

COAL IMPORTS RISE 4% IN APR-OCT PERIOD

NEW DELHI: The country's coal import rose by 4.2% to 162.45 million tonnes (mt) in the April-October period of the current fiscal year compared to 155.87 mt in the year-ago period.

Hinduja Group to close RCap deal by Jan-end

Hinduja plans to keep RCap's management intact while it adds new board members

FPIs return to Indian equities, infuse ₹22,766 cr this month

NEW DELHI: Foreign investors have made a strong comeback to Indian equities with a net investment of ₹22,766 crore in the first two weeks of December driven by expectations of rate cut by the US Federal Reserve.

Golani not interested in new conflicts despite Israeli attacks on Syria

Syria's de facto leader, Ahmad al-Sharaa said on Saturday Israel is using false pretexts to justify its attacks on Syria, but that he is not interested in engaging in new conflicts as the country focuses on rebuilding following the end of Bashar al-Assad's reign.

14 DIE AS CYCLONE CHIDO DEVASTATES FRENCH TERRITORY IN INDIAN OCEAN

PARIS: At least 14 people were killed in Mayotte when a fierce cyclone battered the French Indian Ocean territory, authorities said on Sunday, with officials warning it will take days to know the full toll.

Zelensky says Russia using N Korean troops in bid to reclaim Kursk

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that Russia had begun deploying North Korean soldiers to storm Ukrainian positions in the Kursk region.

S Korea's acting president moves to reassure allies, calm markets

Lawmakers voted on Saturday to impeach Yoon Suk-yeol over his brief declaration of martial law, which plunged the country into some of its worst turmoil in decades

20 Palestinians dead in Israeli strikes on Gaza

Israeli troops killed at least 20 Palestinians, most of them in the northern Gaza Strip, on Sunday airstrikes and other attacks on targets that included a school sheltering displaced Gazans, medics and residents said.

Uttarakhand: GANESH launched for Ayurveda promotion

A Global Ayurvedic Network for Excellence and Science Harmonisation (GANESH) was launched to promote Ayurveda and integrate traditional medicines with modern sciences in coordination with medical institutions, practitioners and researchers on the concluding day of the four-day World Ayurveda Congress in Dehradun on Sunday.

Key Libya oil refinery halts operations after armed groups clash

A key oil refinery in western Libya suspended operations after armed clashes erupted early on Sunday, causing fires in several storage units, the state petrol company said.

276 EDUCATION VOLUNTEERS APPOINTED IN SCHOOLS FACING TEACHERS' SHORTAGE

RUDRAPUR: The district administration of Almora has appointed 276 education volunteers to teach in schools facing a shortage of teachers.

RAW MATERIAL SUPPLIER FOR DRUGS ARRESTED

Dehradun police arrested a 42-year-old man for his alleged involvement in the manufacturing of illegal drugs under the guise of an herbal factory, a police official said.

UAE-India: More than just bilateral relations

The two countries are not just building economic synergies but also fostering a shared future of innovation, sustainability, and global leadership

Immunity provision for public servants not to shield the corrupt, says top court

THE RULING WAS DELIVERED IN A CASE INVOLVING COPS ACCUSED OF REGISTERING A FALSE FIR TO FABRICATE AN ALIBI FOR A MURDER ACCUSED

State overreach writ large in actor's arrest

Actor Allu Arjun's arrest and detention overnight by the Telangana police despite a high court bail order is an egregious instance of State overreach.

Winter, Budget reins on rate cut

Inflation tethered to food prices; rate action will rest on winter-crop yield, fiscal stance in Budget

Remembering Sam: Great Soldier as a family man

It is Vijay Divas again, 53 years after India won the war that created Bangladesh. So, you will forgive me for reminiscing a little about my father: Sam Manekshaw, not 'the Great Soldier' but the family man.

Dhaka must remember the lessons of history

Today is the 53rd anniversary of the liberation and creation of Bangladesh. Memories of that historic day are still vivid in my mind.