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New Delhi: Centre's fiscal deficit stood at 36.5 per cent of the full-year target at the end of first half of FY26, according to data released by the Controller General of Accounts (CGA) Friday. The fiscal deficit was 29 per cent of the Budget Estimates...

Mumbai: Benchmark Sensex declined by nearly 466 points Friday in its second straight day of losses following selling in private banks and a weak trend in global markets. The 30-share BSE Sensex tanked 465.75 points or 0.55 per cent to settle at 83,938.71. During the...

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New Delhi: India Thursday said its crude oil purchases are based on securing energy security from diverse sources at affordable prices, and it is studying the implications of the latest US sanctions on Russian oil companies Lukoil and Rosneft. The remarks by External Affairs Ministry...

Washington: China has agreed to purchase 25 million metric tons of US soybeans annually as part of an agreement reached by its leaders, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Thursday. Bessent said China will start by purchasing 12 million metric tons of soybeans from the US...

New Delhi: Indian authorities have sought fresh details from the US based on the interrogation of 2611 Mumbai terror accused Tahawwur Rana, officials said Thursday. On a request from the National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is probing the 2008 terror attack case, India has invoked...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday said that it will hear November 4 a batch of transferred petitions challenging an online gaming law which prohibits "online money games" and bars banking services and advertising related to them. A bench comprising justices J B Pardiwala and...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has said that insurance companies cannot deny compensation to accident victims merely because there was a deviation in the route of the vehicle involved, and that it was in violation of the permit. A bench comprising Justices Sanjay Karol and...

New Delhi: Investigative portal Cobrapost Thursday alleged Anil Ambani's Reliance Group had committed a massive financial fraud exceeding Rs 41,921 crore through diversion of funds from group companies since 2006 - a charge the group denied as a malicious campaign aimed at crashing stock prices....

Mumbai: Equity markets fell sharply Thursday, with the Sensex tumbling 592.67 points and the Nifty declining to 25,877.85 level, as fresh foreign fund outflows and no clarity on the future course of rate action by the US Federal Reserve dampened investors' sentiment. The 30-share BSE...