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Foreign tourist arrivals show minimal growth amid crores spent on promos

'Taxi mafia', high costs and infrastructure blamed for decline

Online escort services booming in rural Goa

POLICE CLAIM CRACKDOWN, BUT NETWORK THRIVES ACROSS STATE

CBSE crackdown on 'dummy' schools

21 lose affiliation, 6 downgraded

'Provocative' remark: FIR against Mithun

An FIR has been registered against three-time national award winner and Dadasaheb Phalke award recipient and BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty on Wednesday for making \"provocative comments\" during home minister Amit Shah's meeting in Kolkata on October 27 to boost the party's membership drive.

Lawyer's mental well-being: SC no to plea

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a plea over the mental well-being of advocates and allowed the petitioner to approach the Bar Council of India (BCI) with a representation.

HC: Ensure safety during festivities

Following the petition of the leader of the opposition in the assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, over ruckus during Kali puja immersion, the Calcutta high court on Wednesday instructed the West Bengal government to ensure the safety of people during the festive season.

Delhi air quality remains 'very poor'

New Delhi: Despite recording a marginal improvement, the air quality in Delhi continued to remain in the \"very poor\" category on Wednesday.

Kejriwal's dinner video draws scorn

MUFFLER TO MAHAL | AAP neta wasn't taking a house, he's built himself a sheesh mahal: BJP

India slams Pakistan for 'peddling lies' on Kashmir

Slamming Pakistan for \"peddling lies and falsehood\" and using the UN forum for its \"divisive, political agenda\" after it raised the Kashmir issue at the UN, India has said that no amount of disinformation and misinformation will change facts on the ground.

2 Bangladeshis detained for illegally entering India

In a significant development, two Bangladeshi citizens have been detained by the security personnel for illegally entering India, said police officials.

Telangana govt's caste survey begins

POLL PROMISE | CM Reddy describes survey as a 'yajna' to achieve social justice for oppressed classes and equality of opportunities

CBI seizes cash, jewellery from ex-mining officer of Jharkhand's Sahibganj

The CBI has seized cash amounting to more than Rs 13 lakh and jewellery worth about Rs 52 lakh from former district mining officer, Sahibganj, Bibhuti Kumar during searches in poll-bound Jharkhand in connection with an illegal stone-mining case, officials said on Wednesday.

Police seek govt nod to move SC to cancel actor Darshan bail

Bengaluru Police have sought approval from the State government to move the Supreme Court to cancel the bail of murder accused actor Darshan.

'Cong govt hasn't procured cow dung from farmers'

Former Chief Minister and Leader of the Opposition in Himachal Pradesh Assembly Jai Ram Thakur said on Wednesday that the ruling Congress has not fulfilled the promise of buying cow dung from the farmers even after two years of forming the government.

CM Sidda appears before Lokayukta, BJP calls it a farce

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah deposed before Lokayukta police in Mysuru in connection with the Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) land scam where his wife BM Parvathi is a beneficiary.

CM HEMANT SOREN HAS A LOT AT STAKE IN RANCHI

JHARKHAND POLL JMM faces massive challenge as arch-rival BJP has not lost a single election from Ranchi ever since the state was created in 2000

5 students detained for ragging

At least five students of a state-run engineering college here were detained by the police on Wednesday on the charge of assaulting a junior student during ragging, police said.

Death toll in truck-auto collision in UP's Hardoi mounts to eleven

Eleven people, including six women and three children, were killed while four others were injured on Wednesday after a truck hit an auto-rickshaw in the Bilgram area here, police said.

Rare vet, monkey bond: High Court permits a ‘zoo story’

Remember Arif, the farmer from Amethi in Uttar Pradesh? The one who had saved and nursed an injured Sarus crane, and built a bond with it and his mental suffering when the bird was taken away from him?

Markets to benefit from Wall St rally

After a strong rebound on Tuesday, the market continued its upward momentum on Wednesday, rising by over 1%. This rally was fueled by positive global trends and key updates from the US elections.

SILVER SOARS: WHY PRICES HAVE HIT NEW HIGHS

Recently, silver prices have shown a substantial increase, both domestically and globally.

Airtel's Nxtra to invest ₹5,000 cr to double capacity in next 3 yrs

Bharti Airtel's data centre company Nxtra plans to invest Rs 5,000 crore to double its capacity to around 400 megawatt over the next three years, the firm said on Wednesday.

Trai's satcom paper seems to have sidestepped level playing field: former SC Judge to Jio

Telecom regulator Trai's consultation paper on spectrum allocation for satellite communications seems to have completely sidestepped the issue of level playing field with ground-based telecom networks, a former Supreme Court Judge said in response to a legal opinion sought by Reliance Jio.

Home-cooked meals become dearer in October on costlier vegetables

Both vegetarian and non-vegetarian home-cooked meals became costlier in October due to a pick up in vegetable prices, a report said on Wednesday.

India's retail vehicle sales jump 32% in Oct: FADA

The total vehicle retail sales in India witnessed a 32 percent on-year rise in October to 28,32,944 units with all segments including two-wheelers and passenger vehicles registering strong growth, Federation of Automobile Dealers' Association (FADA) said on Wednesday.

Tata Steel reports ₹759 cr PAT in Q2

It had posted a net loss of ₹6,511.16 cr in the July-Sep period of the preceding 2023-24 fiscal

IFC commits $400 mn to Bajaj Fin to help boost climate finance, empower women

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has committed USD 400 million (about Rs 3,300 crore) to help expand access to finance for customers opting to buy EVs and energy efficient consumer goods as well as support women-owned microenterprises.

Oil India posts ₹4,085.46 cr net profit in H1 FY25

Oil India Limited (OIL), a Maharatna CPSE and leading energy company in India has demonstrated continued momentum in crude oil and natural gas production by recording a 4.79% rise in crude oil output for Q2 FY25, achieving 0.875 MMT.

Maruti Suzuki looks to enhance exports with upcoming new Dzire sedan

Maruti Suzuki India is targeting markets like UAE, Saudi Arabia, Chile, Mexico and other Latin American countries with its upcoming new version of compact sedan Dzire to accelerate exports as it eyes over 3 lakh units of overseas shipments this fiscal, a senior company official said on Wednesday.

Deutsche Bk pumps ₹5,113 cr capital into India operations

German lender Deutsche Bank on Wednesday announced that it has infused an additional capital of Rs 5,113 crore into its India operations.