India’s industrial production growth decelerated to 2.7% in April 2025, down from 5.2% recorded in the same month a year ago, as the mining, manufacturing, and power sectors showed weaker performance, official data revealed today. The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) for April 2025 showed a notable slowdown after the 5.2% growth in April 2024.According…
JABALPUR: A 32-year-old man fatally stabbed a 30-year-old married woman half a dozen times in front of her three-year-old daughter in Jabalpur on Monday evening for rejecting his marriage proposal. She succumbed to the wounds at Jabalpur medical college late on Tuesday.The victim, Kavita Gupta, lived in Baldeobag where the accused Naman Patel moved around…
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Wednesday raised the MSP for paddy by 3% (Rs 69) to Rs 2,369 per quintal, even as it placed special focus on pulses, oilseeds and coarse grains (nutri-cereals), hiking their MSP by 6%, 9% and nearly 14%, respectively, for the 2025-26 kharif marketing season.The move is in sync with government’s…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Wednesday took full control of the SIT probe against MP minister Vijay Shah’s ‘crass comments’ aimed at Col Sofiya Qureshi, who briefed media on first two days of ‘Operation Sindoor’, and asked Jabalpur HC to close its suo motu proceedings resulting in lodging of FIR against him.On appeal against HC’s…
Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan NEW DELHI: India’s foodgrain production is estimated to have increased 6.6%, the fastest pace of expansion in the last eight years, to reach a new high of 354 million tonne (MT) in 2024-25. All major crops, including paddy, wheat, maize, groundnuts and soybean, reported record output during the crop…
Harvard revokes tenure for ethics scholar Francesca Gino in unprecedented US academic case. (Getty Images) Harvard University has taken the extraordinary step of revoking tenure from Francesca Gino, a world-renowned ethics scholar, following an internal investigation that found evidence of data manipulation. This rare decision marks one of the most significant disciplinary actions in US…
RAIPUR: Once synonymous with the rise of Maoist insurgency, Bastar, along with Kondagaon, have been removed from the list of Left Wing Extremism (LWE)-affected districts by Union home ministry, marking a turning point in Chhattisgarh’s mission against Naxalism.This comes a week after Maoist general secretary Basavaraju was gunned down, along with 27 other Maoists, in…
NEW DELHI: India’s data centre (DC) sector attracted investments totalling approximately $15 billion since 2020 and is expected to witness an additional $20–25 billion in funding over the next six years, according to a report by real estate consultancy Colliers. Driven by a surge in cloud computing, artificial intelligence adoption, and digital transformation, India’s data…
Naveen Kumar (right), Representative image (left) LUCKNOW: A key sharpshooter and active member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, Naveen Kumar (37), was killed in a late night encounter with a joint team of UP STF and Delhi Police’s Special Cell on Wednesday night.The operation was launched based on intelligence inputs about the presence of wanted…
SRINAGAR: CM Omar Abdullah renewed Wednesday demand for restoring statehood to J&K, saying political discourse around reversing Union territory status remains active and ongoing.“Conversation around statehood hasn’t died down,” Omar said after chairing a meeting of administrative secretaries in Gulmarg. “A recent Niti Aayog document, also shared with the PM and members of Aayog, categorically…
