New Delhi: The combined market valuation of seven of the top 10 valued firms eroded by Rs 1.54 lakh crore last week, with Reliance Industries taking the biggest hit. In a holiday-shortened last week, the BSE benchmark Sensex dropped 639.61 points, or 0.84 per cent, and the NSE Nifty declined 171.55 points, or 0.72 per cent. From...

New Delhi: Government has halved windfall gains tax on export of petrol to Rs 1.5 litre, while reducing the levy on diesel to Rs 13.5/litre and aviation turbine fuel to Rs 9.5/litre effective June 1. The finance ministry in a notification said road and infrastructure cess will be nil on export of petrol and diesel. Also, there...

New Delhi: Admiral Krishna Swaminathan Sunday assumed charge as India's new chief of the Naval Staff amid a fast evolving regional maritime security scenario. He succeeds Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi, who retired from service. Admiral Swaminathan was serving as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Western Naval Command before taking charge of the top post. The new...

Guwahati/Puri: Another accused in the alleged financial irregularities in Assam Fisheries Development Corporation Ltd has been apprehended in Odisha’s Puri, marking the ninth arrest in the case, officials said Sunday. They said Padma Kanta Hazarika was apprehended in Puri Saturday and will be brought to Guwahati on a transit remand. "Ref. ACB PS Case No. 30/2023 registered...

Puri: A man wanted in multiple cases of highway robbery was arrested after being injured in an exchange of fire with police in Puri, officials said Sunday. The incident happened Saturday night, and the accused, Bishnu Jena, was injured in the leg. Police said that upon receiving information that some persons gathered near the Shree Setu Road...

Bhubaneswar: Baranga police station IIC Niranjan Behera was transferred to the Cuttack DCP office following allegations that a youth was subjected to "torture" in custody, sources said Sunday. The move comes amid mounting scrutiny over the alleged incident, which has triggered an official inquiry. Allegations surfaced that the youth was "subjected to third-degree treatment" at the police...

New Delhi: Congress Sunday flagged that the answer sheets of two million CBSE Class-XII students have been shown to be available in the public domain and said it is a "data breach of monumental proportions" which compromises the privacy of the students. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said the incompetence and callousness of COEMPT is once again exposed....

Shimla: The principal Opposition BJP in Himachal Pradesh Sunday won three out of four Municipal Corporations, Mandi, Dharamsala and Solan, while the ruling Congress managed to win Palampur alone. The polling for the four corporations was held May 17 on party symbols with a straight contest between the BJP and Congress. Besides the Municipal Corporations, counting of...

Ahmedabad: Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) captain Rajat Patidar is keeping emotions and expectations in check ahead of the IPL 2026 final against the Gujarat Titans, insisting that Sunday’s title clash at the Narendra Modi Stadium is 'a normal game' for him despite the stakes involved. RCB enter the final as defending champions after another dominant campaign in...

Kolkata: Six people have been arrested in connection with the attack and harassment of Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee in Sonarpur in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, the police said on Sunday. Banerjee was heckled and attacked when he went to the family of a deceased Trinamool worker in Sonarpur Saturday. He faced public outrage on...