NEW DELHI: A new road, Bharat Path, will be constructed in Ayodhya to enhance connectivity between key sites in the Ram Janmabhoomi related to Lord Ram’s younger brother, Bharat.Constructed at the cost of Rs 900 crores, the 20-kilometer-long road will connect Bharat Kund and Ranopali, covering a significant stretch of the Prayagraj Highway, informed Ayodhya’s…
NEW DELHI: Bank branches in metropolitan areas have seen their share in overall credit decline to 58.7 per cent as of March 2025, down from 63.5 per cent five years ago, according to the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) latest report.The central bank attributed this shift to faster credit growth in non-metro regions. “With higher…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday praised the valour of women personnel in the Border Security Force (BSF), particularly during Operation Sindoor, calling them the “brave daughters” of India and lauding their frontline role in the country’s largest counter-terrorism operation.Speaking at the Lokmata Devi Ahilyabai Mahila Sashaktikaran Mahasammelan in Bhopal, the Prime Minister…
The Bombay High Court declared Hemang Shah’s arrest by the Economic Offences Wing illegal due to the failure to produce him before a magistrate within 24 hours. MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court vacation bench on Friday declared the arrest of Anchor Group director Hemang Shah, 50, by Mumbai Police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) as illegal,…
US President Donald Trump has put forward the possibility of resuming large-scale trade with Russia once the war in Ukraine ends, but experts say major obstacles stand in the way of such a move anytime soon.“Russia wants to do large-scale TRADE with the United States when this catastrophic bloodbath is over, and I agree,” Trump…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) launched a fresh political offensive against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday, after former external affairs minister and senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid backed the BJP-led government’s handling of Jammu & Kashmir and Pakistan, including the abrogation of Article 370 and India’s military response under Operation Sindoor.Reacting to…
New Delhi: Banks across India will stay open on Saturday, May 31, as it is the fifth Saturday of the month.According to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) guidelines, banks are closed on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month, in addition to all Sundays. However, on the first, third, and fifth Saturdays, banks…
Mumbai: Instead of relocating slums from Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) forest land, Mumbai suburban MLAs want the land to be declared as non-forest.On Friday, BJP MLC and group leader in the state legislative council, Pravin Darekar, moved a resolution that residents of Ketkipada in Dahisar and all other surrounding areas right up to Dindoshi…
NEW DELHI: EaseMyTrip reported strong growth in the fourth quarter of FY25, with Gross Booking Revenue at Rs 2,192.7 crore and operational revenue at Rs 139.5 crore, according to its financial report.For the full year ending March 31, 2025, EaseMyTrip achieved a total Gross Booking Revenue of Rs 8,691.6 crore, whilst operational revenue reached Rs…
NEW DELHI: In a span of just a month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has twice taken top central government bureaucrats and state chief secretaries by surprise by flagging public grievances that had reached him directly.On April 30, secretaries and chief secretaries attending a meeting under Pragati — the performance audit PM holds periodically — were…
