Mumbai: The Reserve Bank Wednesday expectedly kept interest rates unchanged amid hopes of a global recovery on the back of the ceasefire in the six-week-long US/Israel-Iran conflict. The policy decision comes as a month and a-half-long West Asia conflict has disrupted energy supplies, shot up...
Washington: US President Donald Trump in a social media post declared the ceasefire agreement a "big day for World Peace" and that the US "will be helping with the traffic buildup in the Strait of Hormuz." "There will be lots of positive action!" Trump predicted...
Mumbai: Stock market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty surged in early trade on Wednesday following a sharp rally in global peers and a significant drop in crude oil prices after the US and Iran announced a two-week ceasefire. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 2,775.73 points...
New Delhi: Global crude oil prices Wednesday plunged sharply up to 20 per cent, after US President Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran that includes a pledge to restore navigation through the Strait of Hormuz -- the narrow waterway at the heart of...
New Delhi: As many as 43 delegates from 23 countries, including representatives from five foreign missions here, will be visiting Assam, Kerala and Puducherry to witness the assembly elections up close. The delegates are part of the International Election Visitors' Programme-2026, the Election Commission said...
Washington: Iran has until 8 p.m. Eastern Time (5.30 am IST Wednesday) to “make a deal” with the United States, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday, underscoring a hard deadline set by President Donald Trump amid escalating tensions. “The Iranian regime has until...
Istanbul: Three assailants opened fire at police outside a building housing the Israeli Consulate in Istanbul Tuesday, sparking a gunfight that left one attacker dead, Turkish officials said. The two other assailants were captured with injuries. Two police officers sustained slight injuries in the clash,...
New Delhi: Exit polls can neither be held nor disseminated from 7 am of April 9 till 6.30 pm of April 29 for the five assembly elections taking place this month, the Election Commission has said. It has also cautioned that conducting or broadcasting exit...
New Delhi: Cash payments at toll plazas will be discontinued for travellers on national highways from April 10, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has said. In a gazette notification, the ministry has said that in cases where a vehicle enters a fee plaza...
New Delhi: Assam Police Tuesday said that they could not find Congress leader Pawan Khera at his Delhi residence and his whereabouts are unknown, while the authorities are working to "trace him out". Assam Police arrived at Khera's residence in Delhi earlier in the day...
By Dilip Cherian At what point does a staffing shortage become a governance failure? Madhya Pradesh may have already crossed...
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The world is forced to pass through harrowing moments by the rantings of US President Donald Trump. In his latest,...
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It is disgraceful and a pity that US President Donald Trump has resorted to using expletives directed at Iran that...
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The ongoing conflict between Iran and the US-Israel combine is beginning to tell a story far removed from the early...
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