NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday asked the Telangana govt whether it wanted to keep former state Special Intelligence Bureau (SIB) chief T Prabhakar Rao in jail till he broke down. The SC was hearing an anticipatory bail application filed by Rao, who is an accused in a phone-tapping case.As the hearing commenced, a bench…
Piyush Goyal (File photo) Piyush Goyal (File photo) Piyush Goyal (File photo) NEW DELHI: Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said the free trade agreement between India and EU, where negotiations are in the final phase, will be the “mother of all deals” signed by the country so far.“I have done seven deals…
KL Rahul at Mahakaleshwar Temple (Screengrab) NEW DELHI: Indian wicketkeeper-batter KL Rahul visited the Mahakaleshwar Temple in Ujjain ahead of the third and final ODI against New Zealand. He went there to seek the blessings of Lord Shiva before the series decider at the Holkar Stadium in Indore on Sunday.During his visit, Rahul offered prayers…
The legal dispute regarding Sunjay Kapur’s Rs 30,000 crore estate has now taken a new turn as his widowed wife Priya Sachdev has moved to Supreme Court. She has filed a plea asking for Sunjay and Karisma’s divorce documents. For those not in the know, Karisma was married to Sunjay in 2003 and their divorce…
Omar Abdullah (File photo) SRINAGAR: Facing a sharp decline in tourism after the Pahalgam terror attack, J&K CM Omar Abdullah Friday asked the travel and trade stakeholders of Maharashtra and Gujarat to partner with his govt in promoting the union territory as a safe, vibrant, year-round tourism destination.Omar was addressing travel agents, tour operators, and…
The government is likely to peg the fiscal deficit at 4.3 per cent of GDP in the next financial year beginning April 2026, while continuing with double-digit growth in capital expenditure, rating agency ICRA said in its pre-Budget expectations on Friday.ICRA said it expects a shortfall of about Rs 1.3 lakh crore in net tax…
Bengaluru celebration after winning IPL (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) have proposed a major crowd management initiative at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium to ensure the venue continues to host IPL matches. In an official communication to the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) on Friday, the franchise suggested installing 300–350 AI-enabled cameras and…
Filmmaker-producer Karan Johar has bought a premium residential apartment in Mumbai’s Khar West for Rs 8.05 crore, signalling continued confidence in the city’s high-end real estate market.According to property registration documents accessed by Square Yards from the Maharashtra Inspector General of Registration (IGR) website, the transaction was officially registered in November 2025. The apartment is…
Praveen Vashista (left) after taking charge as vigilance commissioner NEW DELHI: Praveen Vashista, a 1991 batch IPS officer from Bihar cadre, on Friday joined the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) as vigilance commissioner , restoring the body to its full, three-member strength.The appointment of Vashista was cleared at the meeting of the Prime Minister-led selection committee…
India’s market regulator Sebi has approved a major change in how closing stock prices are discovered, moving away from the existing volume-weighted average price method to an auction-based system aimed at improving transparency, fairness and execution quality at the market close.The new framework, called the Closing Auction Session (CAS), will be rolled out in phases…
