Kolkata: ITC Ltd has reported a 5% year-on-year rise in standalone net profit from continuing operations for the fourth quarter of the last fiscal, at Rs 5,113.3 crore. The growth came despite a higher GST rate and a steep increase in excise duties, while West Asia conflict weighed on profitability.The Kolkata-headquartered company had seen a…
Absconding husband Samarth Singh filed a bail application in the Jabalpur high court on Thursday. NEW DELHI: The family of Twisha Sharma raised questions on the accused husband Samarth Singh after he moved to Madhya Pradesh high court seeking anticipatory bail in the alleged dowry harassment and suicide case.Twisha Sharma, a 33-year-old former model-turned-actor from…
Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino may be gearing up for his next film with Brad Pitt with ‘The Adventures of Cliff Booth’, but according to the latest reports, tensions ran high on the sets of their previous film ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’.Veteran actor Bruce Dern raised eyebrows when he recalled an incident on the sets…
MUMBAI: Banks have made a host of suggestions on how govt could attract $30–$50bn foreign exchange, most of them involving the central bank subsidising the hedging cost of the foreign exchange.While the interest rate differential between India and the US is far less than the 4–5% in 2013, bankers say that the macroeconomic fundamentals are…
Red alert issued in 10 districts of UP LUCKNOW: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for 10 districts in Uttar Pradesh (UP) for Friday. The alert has been issued for the districts of Banda, Chitrakoot, Kaushambi, Prayagraj, Fatehpur, Pratapgarh, Mirzapur, Varanasi, Bhadohi, and Jaunpur. A warning of “severe” to “very severe”…
The Gauhati High Court is scheduled to hear the bail plea of Shyamkanu Mahanta on Friday in connection with the death case involving Assamese singer Zubeen Garg.Reports from IANS says that this will be the second hearing of Mahanta’s bail application before the bench headed by Justice Mitali Thakuria. The matter continues to remain one…
NEW DELHI: Jobs in the informal sector grew nearly 15% (yo-y), breaching the 15-crore mark for the first time in JanMarch 2026 from 13.1 crore in the same period last year, the latest quarterly data on the unincorporated sector enterprises released by NSO Thursday showed. The number of establishments in the sector grew nearly 17%…
NEW DELHI: “Cow slaughter will be done,” AJUP chief and West Bengal MLA Humayun Kabir said, triggering a fresh political controversy as he asserted that the Quran mandates qurbani and insisted that ritual sacrifice of animals would continue despite the state government’s recent restrictions on animal slaughter ahead of Eid.Stating that ritual sacrifice “will happen…
Sivakarthikeyan has expressed his anticipation for the Tamil dubbed release of ‘Athiradi’, the Malayalam action entertainer starring Basil Joseph and Tovino Thomas. Directed by Arun Anirudhan, the film hit Tamil theatres this today (May 22). Ahead of the release, Sivakarthikeyan took to social media and shared a warm message praising the film and Basil Joseph’s…
NEW DELHI: India’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki will raise prices across its vehicle line up by up to Rs 30,000 from next month, citing elevated inflationary pressures and a persistently adverse cost environment. Some of the other car makers indicated that they are also reviewing prices, while some have already raised it.In a regulatory filing…
