Mumbai: Stock market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rallied in morning trade on Friday after the RBI cut interest rates by 25 basis points in a bid to further bolster economic growth. After volatility in early trade, the 30-share BSE Sensex later bounced back, advancing 318.71 points to 85,584.03. The 50-share NSE Nifty also climbed…
New Delhi: India’s largest airline, IndiGo’s operations crumbled as pilot-rostering issues continued to force large-scale flight cancellations — over 400 on Friday — and many passengers have been stranded for as long as three days at airports. Airports witnessed chaotic scenes as some IndiGo flights faced delays of more than 12 hours, many passengers staged…
Ahmedabad: The ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Gujarat has revealed that more than 17 lakh deceased voters were still included in the existing voter list across the state, a release by the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) has stated. According to the release issued on Thursday, the SIR…
New Delhi: Russia’s state-run nuclear corporation has said it has delivered the first consignment of nuclear fuel for initial loading of the third reactor at the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu. The delivery of the nuclear fuel coincided with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s arrival in New Delhi on a two-day visit. A cargo…
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Agarwal directed booth-level officers (BLOs) engaged in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls to re-check enumeration forms and ensure that names of all deceased, absent or duplicate voters are deleted before the first phase ends on December 11. The last date for the first phase of…
New Delhi: The Department of Telecommunications has proposed one-way spectrum sharing among telecom operators that will enable service providers to monetise and optimally deploy unused radio waves, according to a draft notification. Earlier, operators were allowed to use spectrum in the same frequency band on a shared basis after approval from the government. As per…
London: Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol huddled under an umbrella on a rainy Thursday in London to unveil their bronze likeness from an iconic ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’ scene. The sculpture of the duo joins Leicester Square’s ‘Scenes in the Square’ trail depicting memorable shots from some of the world’s most famous films,…
New Delhi/Mumbai: IndiGo on Thursday told aviation watchdog DGCA that operations are expected to be fully stabilised by February 10, 2026, and sought temporary relaxations in flight duty norms on a day when the country’s largest airline cancelled more than 550 flights, disrupting the travel plans of hundreds of passengers. Acknowledging that the flight disruptions…
Colombo: India has sent additional movable modular bridge systems to cyclone-hit Sri Lanka on Thursday as part of its ongoing humanitarian support to reconnect isolated communities and restore essential services in the island nation. Sri Lanka has been grappling with widespread flooding, landslides, and severe infrastructure collapse triggered by Cyclone Ditwah, leaving several districts isolated…
New Delhi: The India-Russia collaboration is not directed against any country and it is solely aimed at safeguarding the national interests of the two sides, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said against the backdrop of Washington’s aggressive approach towards New Delhi and Moscow. In the context of India’s energy ties with Russia, Putin said certain…
