US President Trump reaffirmed his commitment to brokering peace between Russia and Ukraine in a CBS News interview on Wednesday, even as concerns grow over the prospect of direct talks between Presidents Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy.“I’ve been watching it, I’ve been seeing it, and I’ve been talking about it with President Putin and President…
GST Council’s rate cut decisions will act as the immediate market driver. (AI image) Stock market today: Nifty50 and BSE Sensex, the Indian equity benchmark indices, opened in green on Thursday, rallying strongly on the back of sweeping GST rate cuts announced by FM Nirmala Sitharaman. While Nifty50 was above 24,850, BSE Sensex rallied over…
NEW DELHI: As heavy discharge from Hathnikund barrage continued to push water levels up, Yamuna crossed the 207-metre mark in Delhi at 1pm Wednesday. By 10pm, it had swelled to 207.43m – the third highest level reached since systematic record-keeping began in 1963 – inundating numerous villages and areas such as Ring Road, parts of…
Lalit Modi (C), owner of Rajasthan Royals team Shilpa Shetty (L) and Owner of Kings XI Punjab Preity Zinta attend the press conference during the Indian Premier League Auction 2010 (Photo by Ritam Banerjee/Getty Images) Former IPL chairman Lalit Modi has disclosed that he deliberately breached broadcasting rules during the inaugural IPL match in 2008…
Sidharth Malhotra and Janhvi Kapoor’s romantic comedy ‘Param Sundari’ continues to hold its ground at the box office, crossing the coveted Rs 50 crore mark in global collections within its first six days. Day 6 box office collection According to early estimates from sacnilk.com, the film earned approximately Rs 2.85 crore nett on Wednesday, Day…
NEW DELHI: The govt expects businesses to pass on the benefit of lower goods and services tax (GST) to consumers and the states and the Central Board of Indirect Taxes (CBIC) and Customs will engage with industry on the issue. “…last time, industry had passed on the benefits of rate cuts and you would have…
US President Donald Trump (AP) Harvard University scored a major legal victory on Wednesday after a federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s cuts to more than $2.6 billion in federal research grants. US district judge Allison Burroughs ruled that the administration’s actions amounted to illegal retaliation against the Ivy League school for rejecting White House…
Harmeet Singh Pathan Majra (File Photo) PATIALA: Punjab Police’s Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) is leading the search for AAP MLA Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra, who released a video from an undisclosed location on Wednesday, denying any attack on the police team that had gone to arrest him at a relative’s home in Haryana’s Karnal district on…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hailed the next-generation GST reforms, which he said would improve the lives of citizens and ensure ease of doing business for all, especially small traders and businesses.“During my Independence Day Speech, I had spoken about our intention to bring the Next-Generation reforms in GST. The Union Government…
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued an ultimatum to Hamas demanding immediate release of all 20 hostages and “not 2 or 5 or 7”.“Tell Hamas to IMMEDIATELY give back all 20 Hostages (Not 2 or 5 or 7!), and things will change rapidly. IT WILL END!” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.Last…