As the Middle East conflict continues to boil and oil continues to soar, consumers are growing concerned about the cost of petrol and diesel. State-run oil marketing companies have raised prices of premium petrol variants by more than Rs 2 per litre, while keeping retail rates of regular petrol and diesel unchanged. The hike affects…
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor (File photo) NEW DELHI: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday strongly backed greater women’s representation in elections when asked about fellow colleague Shama Mohamed complaining about the low number of tickets allotted to women candidates for the Kerala Assembly polls.Acknowledging the dearth of women’s representation in proportion to the population, the…
Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Abhishek Sharma endured a difficult start to the ICC T20 World Cup 2026, registering three ducks in a row — a phase that left him in a poor state of mind. Looking back, he admitted that he reached out to his childhood friend Shubman Gill during…
MLSU admit card 2026: Mohanlal Sukhadia University has released the admit cards for the LLB first and second year programmes. The university has activated the download links on the official portal. It will allow candidates enrolled under the regular and ex-student categories to access their hall tickets. The hall ticket has been issued for the…
Russian President Vladimir Putin (AP photo) Russia on Saturday dismissed reports claiming Moscow had offered a quid pro quo to Washington to halt intelligence sharing with Iran amid the ongoing escalation involving the US and Israel, in exchange for easing pressure in Ukraine.The reports, which also said the United States rejected the proposal, were termed…
Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Virat Kohli (PTI Photo) IPL 2026 is set to begin on March 28, with defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru taking on Sunrisers Hyderabad at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.Ahead of the opener, Virat Kohli has already hit the training ground, with clips of his fluent strokeplay from practice sessions doing the rounds on…
Iran’s Hormuz chokehold has reshaped India’s oil purchase pattern, with a sharp drop in Gulf supplies this month pushing refiners towards Russia and smaller producers to keep supplies steady. So far in March, crude imports into the country are down 23% compared to February, according to shipping data and analyst estimates cited by ET. The…
MUMBAI: HDFC Bank has terminated three employees, including senior executives, after an internal probe into the alleged mis-selling of Credit Suisse AT-1 bonds to NRI clients at its UAE operations. The action follows regulatory scrutiny and investor complaints. Shares of the bank closed down 2.4%, continuing Thursday’s decline following the sudden resignation of the bank’s…
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday attacked BJP during an Eid-ul-Fitr event in Kolkata, saying she stood with all castes, communities, and creeds while accusing the Modi government of trying to snatch rights through SIR and impose President’s rule in the state.Speaking after Eid prayers at Red Road, Banerjee alleged that SIR was…
Representative Image AP/PTI(AP11_14_2025_000005B) Just days ago, Elon Musk’s Starlink rival Amazon Leo sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reject Spacex’s 1 million-satellite proposal for orbiting data centers. Amazon’s letter claimed that Starlink’s project would take “centuries” to deploy. The 17-page filing to FCC from Amazon asks for complete dismissal of the…