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…
Congress taunts Centre over Delhi Airport canopy collapse amid rain NEW DELHI: A video showing rainwater overflowing from a canopy at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport after a heavy downpour has sparked a political row, with the Congress taking a direct swipe at the BJP government over infrastructure quality. The incident occurred early Sunday…
PITHORAGARH: A day after a Public Works Department (PWD) officer in Lohaghat, Champawat district, was served a notice for “invoking a village ritual in an official order”, the department’s secretary has transferred him to the regional chief engineer’s office in Pauri “with immediate effect”, officials said on Sunday.Assistant engineer Jai Prakesh’s service book had gone…
NEW DELHI: With Israel launching an unprecedented attack on Iran, India was forced to do another delicate balancing act in its response to the dramatic escalation in West Asia as it underlined the importance of dialogue and diplomacy in resolving underlying issues & offered support for de-escalation efforts.PM Narendra Modi said in a post on…
AIIMS second round seat allotment result 2025: The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, has officially announced the second round of online institute allocation for Doctorate of Medicine (DM) and Master of Chirurgiae (M.Ch.) courses for the July 2025 academic session. This round pertains to admissions across AIIMS New Delhi and other…
NEW DELHI: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday presented his reasoning behind extending invitation for G7 summit to PM Narendra Modi. Highlighting India’s economic prowess, he said that it “made sense” to have the fifth largest economy at the table.“There are certain countries that should be at the table for those discussions and in…
NEW DELHI: As foreign minister S Jaishankar held a bilateral meeting with US defence secretary Pete Hegseth, the latter expressed hope that the US can complete several major pending defence sales to India and expand shared defence industrial cooperation. Noting mutual concern about the danger of aggression in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a US…
Punjab Kings’ bowler Arshdeep Singh (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Yashasvi Jaiswal tore into Arshdeep Singh to start Rajasthan Royals’ chase with a bang, smacking 22 runs off the first over — the most ever conceded by a Punjab Kings bowler in the first over of an IPL innings. The record-breaking over saw Arshdeep eclipse Glenn…
Boxing icon Mike Tyson has joined a powerhouse coalition of athletes and entertainers urging US President Donald Trump to deliver on marijuana reform, a pledge they say Joe Biden failed to keep.“There’s over 500,000 people that can’t get loans because they’re in the cannabis business alone and that’s just so ridiculous. It’s such a great…
INDORE: Congress workers on Saturday put up ‘missing’ posters of state minister Vijay Shah across the city, offering a reward of Rs 11,000 to anyone who finds the Harsud MLA who reportedly was ‘untraceable’ after making controversial remarks against Col Sofiya Qureshi.“We received information that he went underground, he is missing,” district Congress Sevadal acting…
