Palash Muchhal seen in public for the first time Music composer Palash Muchhal made his first public appearance at Mumbai airport on Monday following the unexpected postponement of his wedding to cricketer Smriti Mandhana.Muchhal was seen at the airport accompanied by his mother and family members. While maintaining a low profile, he did not avoid…
LUCKNOW: The Union Budget 2026-27 on Sunday drew mixed reactions from the top echelons of Uttar Pradesh politics, with chief minister Yogi Adityanath terming it a welfare-oriented blueprint for building a ‘Viksit Bharat’, and Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav rebuking it as an “invisible ledger” of the BJP’s corruption.In a post on X in Hindi,…
Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty closed nearly 1 per cent lower on Thursday as elevated crude oil prices, weak global cues and continued foreign fund outflows hurt investor sentiment.The 30-share BSE Sensex fell 582.86 points, or 0.75 per cent, to settle at 76,913.50. During the session, it plunged as much as 1,237.5 points, or…
Indian consumers are set to benefit from a significant easing in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) structure, as the government plans to reduce tax slabs and lower rates on several key items. The proposed overhaul will simplify the current four-tier structure into a two-tier system, aiming to make goods more affordable and boost consumption.The…
The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, issued a decision regarding the classification of bank accounts as fraud. The apex court ordered that banks are not obligated to grant customers a personal oral hearing before declaring their accounts as fraud. However, prior to labelling them, banks must provide customers with a forensic audit report.The ruling follows submissions…
NEW DELHI: Ahead of the Tamil Nadu assembly elections, actor Vijay Thalapathy has positioned himself as an alternative for the people in a state where politics, for a very long time, has revolved around the DMK and the AIADMK.With its ideological differences with the NDA and political tussle with the DMK, TVK has emerged as…
NEW DELHI: The military strikes on Saturday put the spotlight on the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global shipping route for India and other Asian countries, prompting officials here to activate contingency plans to safeguard energy supplies, reports Atul Mathur.While keeping a close watch on the unfolding situation, they also have an eye on crude…
Team India stars have arrived in Guwahati ahead of the 2nd Test against South Africa at Barsapara stadium. (Images via PTI, X/@assamcric) India captain Shubman Gill reached Guwahati with the rest of the squad on Wednesday, offering a small but encouraging sign of recovery as he stepped out without the neck brace he had been…
Mallikarjun Kharge (File photo) NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday defended the party’s high command amid the ongoing leadership issue in Karnataka, saying the “confusion” is at the local level.“The high command hasn’t created any confusion. The confusion exists at the local level. Is it right to put the blame on the high…
Actor R Madhavan has issued a warning to his followers about a fraudulent social media account impersonating him. The actor, best known for films like 3 Idiots, shared a post online informing fans that an individual has been using his name to contact people on social media.Madhavan clarified that the account has no association with…
