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Mumbai: The Maharashtra Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, on Tuesday approved the much-debated 802-km six-lane Shaktipeeth Expressway connecting 18 pilgrimage sites, including three and a half Shaktipeeths, two Jyotirlingas and Pandharpur, Ambajogai in the state. The project cost is estimated at Rs 86,300 crore and will pass through 12 districts. The state-run Maharashtra…
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval (File photo) NEW DELHI: National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on Tuesday called for “shunning double standards in the fight against terrorism“ at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) held in China.Doval urged the SCO to hold the perpetrators, organisers, financiers, and sponsors of cross-border terrorism accountable, in a call widely…
A Senate proposal to sell millions of acres of public land to help pay for President Donald Trump’s massive package of tax cuts and spending has been blocked by the Senate’s rule keeper. The parliamentarian ruled the proposal — which would have raised billions through the sale of as much as 3 million acres of…
Investors seem to be humming the chorus of Bob Marley’s “Three Little Birds” lately. Don’t worry about a thing ‘Cause every little thing gonna be all right. Wall Street has shrugged off concerns about tariffs and trade, interest rates remaining higher than many consumers (and President Donald Trump) would like, the prospect for slowing earnings…
I am an Indian citizen living in Dubai and own an immovable property in the US. Since the property is in the US, I want to set up a US trust for the benefit of my two sons. One son holds a green card and stays in the US, the other is an Indian resident….
The Income Tax (I-T) department has already extended the due date to file income tax return for FY 2024-25 from July 31, 2025, to September 15, 2025. And thanks to the extension given on May 27, there will obviously be no interest or penalty payable for filing income tax return after July 31. Under 234A,…
From the Sensex constituents, Adani Ports, Tata Steel, Kotak Mahindra Bank, UltraTech Cement, Bajaj Finserv and Titan were among the biggest gainers. File | Photo Credit: PTI Equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty on Tuesday (June 24, 2025) gave up most of their sharp intra-day gains due to the emergence of profit-taking as investors turned cautious amid…
FILE PHOTO: A roadside currency exchange vendor counts notes in New Delhi, India, February 10, 2025. REUTERS/Priyanshu Singh/File Photo | Photo Credit: Reuters The rupee recovered from record low level and closed with a steep gain of 75 paise at 86.03 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar as global crude oil prices went down following hopes…
NEW DELHI: Stopping an aircraft with worn out tyres from taking off and allowing it to do so only after changing the same to finding the centre line of a major airport’s runway faded. Ineffective repairs carried out on aircraft leading to recurrence of snags and vehicles on tarmac without speed governors. The DGCA’s ongoing…
New Delhi: Samsung has officially confirmed that its next Galaxy Unpacked event will happen on Wednesday, July 9, 2025. The big launch will take place in Brooklyn, New York, and people in India can watch it live at 7:30 PM IST on Samsung’s YouTube channel or their website. At this event, Samsung is expected to…
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee alleged on Tuesday that Bengali migrant workers speaking their native language outside the state were being “labelled as Bangladeshis and sent to Bangladesh”.Accusing the BJP of “playing politics over language”, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief said many such cases come…
LONDON (Reuters) -The Bank for International Settlements issued its starkest warning yet on the risks posed by stablecoins and urged countries to move rapidly towards the tokenisation of their currencies. The BIS, often dubbed the central bankers’ central bank, outlined its concerns, including stablecoins’ potential to undermine monetary sovereignty, transparency issues and the risk of…
Union Labour and Employment Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, on Tuesday, 24 June 2025, said that the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has raised the auto claim settlement limit of provident funds (PF) for faster fund access, reported the news agency PTI. According to the agency report, the EPFO raised the limit of the auto claim settlement…
Ever since RBI cut benchmark repo rate early this year, banks have followed suit and slashed interest rates on lending as well as fixed deposit rates. RBI cut the repo rate by 25 basis points in February followed by another 25 basis points cut in April and a jumbo cut of 50 bps in June….
NEW DELHI: Air India said on Tuesday that airlines would “progressively resume flights” to West Asia as airspace gradually reopens in parts of the conflict-hit region.The airlines, however, said that most operations to and from the Middle East will resume from June 25. “Flights to and from Europe, previously cancelled, are also being progressively reinstated…
A ceasefire declared by US President Donald Trump between Israel and Iran is being put to the test in its early hours, after a missile fired into Israel prompted accusations of a breach. Shortly after Trump declared an end to the 12-day war, Israel said it had detected a missile launch from Iran. Defense Minister…
