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[ad_1] DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand HC has put the upcoming panchayat polls on hold, pointing out that the gazette notification on reservation rules had not been issued by govt. A division bench of Chief Justice G Narendar and Justice Alok Mahra sought a detailed explanation from the authorities in this regard.The court pointed out that the state…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The two Kashmiris arrested by National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday not only harboured the three Pahalgam attackers for two days in their ‘dhok’ (hut) in Hill Area, located around 2 km from Baisaran, before the latter headed out to massacre 26 civilians but also tipped them off on the deployment of…
[ad_1] (The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a market analyst for Reuters.) NAPERVILLE, Illinois, June 23 (Reuters) – Like a broken record, speculators continued selling Chicago corn last week. Their bearish corn stance is now almost identical to their year-ago one, which preceded the all-time net short set in early July. There…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: To ensure that road crash victims get medical assistance in the quickest possible time, the next-generation ambulances will have equipment such as glassbreak or window punch tool, rescue axe, bolt cutter, heavy-duty hydraulic jack and basic vehicle tool set to extricate persons trapped inside vehicles, as happens often after accidents.The Centre is…
[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari issued a blunt warning on Monday to India over its unilateral suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), saying Pakistan would not hesitate to respond if its water rights were violated.Speaking during the budget session of the National Assembly, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman said,…
[ad_1] CHICAGO, – Chicago soybean futures eased on Monday as favorable U.S. crop weather took the focus away from U.S. strikes on Iran conducted over the weekend. November soybeans were down 13-3/4 cents by 11:40 CST at $10.47 per bushel. Chicago corn also fell on weather pressure, and wheat ticked down with an accelerating harvest….
[ad_1] Image used for representational purpose only. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday (May 20, 2025) held discussions with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick in Washington to expedite negotiations on the first phase of the proposed bilateral trade agreement between the two countries. Mr. Goyal is in Washington…
[ad_1] JAMMU: A local court in Jammu on Monday granted the National Investigation Agency (NIA) a five-day remand of two men arrested for harbouring the Pakistani terrorists behind the Pahalgam massacre on April 22.NIA had arrested the duo — Parvaiz Ahmad Jothar from Batkote, Pahalgam, and Bashir Ahmad Jothar from Hill Park, Pahalgam — on…
[ad_1] JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir Police Monday attached the property of a terror-accused in Udhampur district. The accused, Mohd Shafiq, is currently in judicial custody in a case registered under several sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, at Basantgarh PS last year.The attachment of the land owned by Shafiq took place under Section…
[ad_1] US shale oil producers are unlikely to heed President Donald Trump’s latest call to “Drill, Baby, Drill” as they prioritize hedging over ramping up production in response to US military strikes on Iran. Wary of being caught by yet another false start in global crude markets, US oil companies are likely to use hedging…
[ad_1] At less than 3%, the inflation figure for May is well within the target set by the government of India. This has led to a celebration in the media of the Reserve Bank of India’s prowess in macroeconomic management, of which inflation control is an important part. What has received next to no acknowledgement,…
[ad_1] SRINAGAR: The Union government’s approval on Monday of 19 major road and tunnel projects worth Rs 10,637 crore, including a key tunnel on the historical Mughal Road linking Shopian, in the Kashmir Valley, with Poonch in Jammu, has caused widespread excitement across Kashmir.The proposed Peer Ki Gali tunnel, which will turn the 84-km Mughal…
[ad_1] SRINAGAR: J&K National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah announced on Monday the formation of a new human rights body, calling it a temporary alternative to the defunct State Human Rights Commission (SHRC).“Until statehood is restored and a formal SHRC is reestablished, this body will operate in its place,” Dr Abdullah told TOI.The newly formed…
[ad_1] Mumbai: A quality that Reserve Bank of India governor Sanjay Malhotra says has helped him support innovation and invite new ideas and diverse perspectives is challenging the status quo. “I learnt to question the status quo. I learnt that there is always scope for improvement. This helped me improve efficiency in various organisations and…
[ad_1] Foreign institutional investors offloaded equities worth ₹525.95 crore on May 19, 2025, according to exchange data. File | Photo Credit: PTI Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty tumbled 1% on Tuesday (May 20, 2025), dragged down by losses from blue-chip companies HDFC Bank, Reliance Industries and ICICI Bank. Retreating from early highs, the 30-share BSE…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The closure of UAE and Qatar airspace late Monday night as missiles were fired from Iran towards US bases in Qatar and Iraq threw commercial air traffic completely out of gear. Hundreds of lights to and from the region — that houses mega hubs like Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi along with…
