India’s organised sector witnessed its strongest monthly expansion to date in May, with Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) reporting net payroll additions of over 20 lakh, the highest since formal tracking began in April 2018, provisional data from labour ministry showed on Monday. The surge spans gender, sectors and regions, underscoring steady formalisation of the…
Authorities in California and the FBI are investigating eight Indian-origin suspects arrested in San Joaquin County for allegedly kidnapping and torturing a man as part of an international extortion scheme. The gang, led by Pavittar Singh, wanted in India for multiple murders, targeted Indian-Americans. JALANDHAR: Investigating the eight Indian-origin suspects arrested in San Joaquin County,…
Aamir Khan has made a solid return to the big screen after a three-year break with his latest film ‘Sitaare Zameen Par’. Directed by RS Prasanna, the sports dramedy has done fairly well in its first week. According to early estimates by Sacnilk, the film has now crossed the Rs 80 crore mark in India.Sitaare…
The latest SBI Research report indicates that swift rate cut transmission results in immediate downward pressure on deposit rates. (AI image) Sub-7 day fixed deposits soon? The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has requested feedback from banks regarding the possibility of offering term deposits with durations shorter than seven days. Banks are required to provide…
NEW DELHI: Monsoon covered the entire country on Sunday, nine days before the normal date, advancing into the remaining parts of Delhi-NCR, Rajasthan, west UP and Haryana, IMD said.This is only the fourth time in the past 25 years that monsoon covered NCR and remaining parts of northwest India the same day. The last time…
NEW DELHI/SILCHAR: IndiGo on Saturday barred from all its flights a passenger who had assaulted a co-passenger on a Mumbai-Kolkata flight. The 39-year-old man from Cachar, who was initially believed missing after being slapped on board the IndiGo flight on Friday, is now believed to be travelling back home to Cachar by train, officials said.“Following…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate a new residential complex in August on Baba Kharak Singh Marg, featuring 184 large and spacious flats for Members of Parliament, partially addressing the requirement for accommodation in Lutyens’ Delhi, according to a TOI report by Dipak Dash. Over the past few years, the government has constructed supplementary housing…
NEW DELHI: Eight long years — or 3,011 days to be exact — that’s how long Karun Nair waited to walk out in an India Test jersey again. But the fairy tale comeback didn’t unfold the way he had imagined. On his much-anticipated return to Test cricket, Karun lasted just four balls, dismissed for a…
Federal judge blocks Trump administration from continuing to detain Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that Mahmoud Khalil, a legal US resident and former graduate student at Columbia University, must be released from immigration detention. Khalil was detained in March following his participation in campus pro-Palestinian demonstrations against Israel’s military action…
NEW DELHI: After activating the process to wrest the Chief Justice of India’s official residence from overstaying ex-CJI D Y Chandrachud, Supreme Court Tuesday said no one can occupy official residence indefinitely and dismissed a former Bihar MLA’s plea against Rs 21 lakh penal rent for staying in an upscale bungalow for two years after…
