NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved two major highway infrastructure projects worth a combined Rs 14,114.81 crore, including a Rs 6,969.67 crore tunnel project in Delhi aimed at easing congestion and a Rs 7,145.14 crore greenfield highway corridor in Uttar Pradesh.Announcing the decisions, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the Cabinet Committee on Economic…
Five women daycare staff at an IT company campus in Bengaluru face an FIR for allegedly abusing toddlers BENGALURU: Shocking videos allegedly showing toddlers being physically abused at a daycare centre inside an IT company Capegemini’s HAL campus in Bengaluru have led to the registration of an FIR against five women caregivers, with police launching…
Shreyas Iyer and Gautam Gambhir (X-BCCI) India captain Shreyas Iyer has insisted he is ready to embrace the challenges of leading the national T20I side, saying he always believed the opportunity would come after consistent performances for both his IPL franchise and the country. Iyer, who was appointed India’s new T20I captain in place of…
Abhishek Sharma‘s year-long reign as the world’s No. 1 T20I batter has ended after India teammate Ishan Kishan moved ahead by a slender margin of seven rating points in the latest ICC Men’s T20I batting rankings.The 27-year-old’s rise is the result of his consistent form, especially during this year’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. With…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi of India (Getty Images) Ravichandran Ashwin has once again defended his views on Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s role in the Indian squad, insisting there is nothing wrong with the teenage batter spending time on the bench and contributing to the team by carrying drinks during matches. The former India off-spinner had earlier backed the team…
Agnikul, ICEYE join hands to build, launch SAR satellites from India(PTI image) BENGALURU: Private launch vehicle company Agnikul Cosmos has signed an MoU with Finnish space technology firm ICEYE to explore building, launching and operating Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Earth observation systems from India.The partnership aims to combine ICEYE’s expertise in manufacturing SAR satellites with…
Netherlands’ Justin Kluivert (7) reacts after a missed penalty. (AP Photo) Football can be cruel, and for the Kluivert family, it delivered an extraordinary case of history repeating itself. Nearly 26 years after Patrick Kluivert’s heartbreaking penalty miss ended the Netherlands’ European Championship dream, his son Justin Kluivert endured an almost identical fate as the…
It is clear that Russia continues to be India’s single most important crude supplier and remains at the core of the country’s import strategy. (AI image) The US-Iran war has pushed India’s crude oil imports from Russia to an all-time high – beyond levels seen when Russian crude was available at big discounts in the…
Kerala Cricket Association revokes Sreesanth’s ban. (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: Former India fast bowler S Sreesanth has received a major boost after the Kerala Cricket Association (KCA) revoked the three-year ban imposed on him, clearing the way for his continued involvement in the Kerala Cricket League (KCL).The decision was taken at the KCA’s Special General…
The latest collections were higher than the Rs 1,71,105 crore recorded in June 2025 India’s gross Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections rose 13.9 per cent year-on-year to Rs 1,94,812 crore in June 2026, driven largely by a sharp increase in tax revenues from imports, according to provisional data released by the finance ministry on…
