NEW DELHI: A Delhi Police head constable posted with the special cell allegedly opened fire with his service-issued Glock pistol after an argument in southwest Delhi’s Jafarpur Kalan area early Sunday, killing a 21-year-old food delivery worker and injuring his friend, aged 30. The victims, seated on a bike, were shot with a single bullet,…
Chennai: Summer vacations for Indians to exotic destinations have been disrupted as the West Asia conflict and a weakening rupee have pushed overseas tour package costs up by about 20%, offsetting the Centre’s cut in Tax Collected at Source (TCS) on such packages to 2% from 20% and 5%.The conflict has also led to a…
CORPORATE CHAMPIONS: (Left to right) Bharti Airtel MD and CEO Shashwat Sharma, JSW Group chairman & MD Sajjan Jindal, YouTube India country MD Gunjan Soni, HDFC Life MD & CEO Vibha Padalkar, Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, RateGain Travel Technologies founder & MD Bhanu Chopra, Serum Institute of India chairman & MD Cyrus…
Mumbai: Veteran banker Uday Kotak cautioned that India’s foreign exchange reserves remain strong but leave “very little room for complacency”, as large foreign capital flows expose the economy to risks from global volatility. At the ET Awards, Kotak said India has received around $1.5 trillion in foreign capital through FPI and FDI, which creates vulnerability…
Union minister Piyush Goyal Agra: The free trade agreement (FTA) with New Zealand, scheduled to be signed on Monday, will provide huge opportunities for domestic firms, including leather exporters from the city of the Taj Mahal, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said Sunday. Goyal is here with the visiting New Zealand’s trade and investment…
MUMBAI: A cup of ice cream or an artisanal chocolate bar, sweet treats this summer, will pinch your pockets because the West Asia war has thrown supply chains in disarray. For one, the US-Iran conflict is creating problems for companies. Prices of key ingredients, such as dry fruits and nuts, used to add flavour and…
NEW DELHI: Govt is considering relief measures for airlines on multiple fronts, with no end in sight to the US-Iran war and airlines complaining of higher operating costs, along with drop in traffic. This week it could clear the way for a Rs 5,000 crore emergency credit line guarantee scheme (ECLGS), that may provide some…
A gunman who attempted to attack the White House Correspondents’ Association event in Washington DC reportedly compiled a 1000-word manifesto in which he listed his intended targets, while singling out one Trump administration official he did not plan to harm: FBI director Kash Patel.The suspect was identified as 31-year-old Cole Thomas Allen who sent a…
NEW DELHI: The govt on Sunday ordered an NIA probe into the seizure of 79 crude bombs the previous day in Bhangar, a minority pocket and flashpoint near Kolkata where TMC is locked in a high-stakes duel with a smaller rival in the April 29 polls. The bomb haul needs to be probed for a…
Arvind Kejriwal (File photo) NEW DELHI: Getting to know that his party’s MPs in Rajya Sabha could break away to join BJP only towards the end, AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal made last-ditch efforts to salvage the situation by reaching out to most of them, but it proved a case of too little too late.That Sandeep…