A farmer’s plea for his daughter’s wedding funds turned desperate as crop auctions halted in Guna’s Nanakhedi mandi. GUNA: A farmer broke down inside the Nanakhedi Krishi Upaj Mandi in Madhya Pradesh’s Guna district on Tuesday after the auction of crops came to a halt following a dispute involving a market inspector.Standing beside sacks of…
The advance sales for ‘Dhurandhar: The Revenge’ are showing no signs of slowing down. The film, starring Ranveer Singh in the lead, is just a week away from its release, and it is already eyeing a USD 3 million debut at the North American box office. The sequel to the 2025 blockbuster hit ‘Dhurandhar’, is…
The war in Iran is now inflicting heavy economic damage across the wider Middle East, with the region’s tourism and travel industry losing an estimated $600 million a day as airspace closures and security fears disrupt international travel.According to estimates by the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) cited by the BBC, the losses are…
At least one person has died and two oil tankers caught fire in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Basra, Iraq on Wednesday, after explosions that officials suspect were caused by an attack.Reuters reported that explosive-laden Iranian boats may have struck the vessels, citing preliminary findings from an Iraqi-led investigation into the incident. The…
A 25-year-old MBA student died by suicide after jumping from the 13th floor of a Greater Noida West residential building (Representative image) NOIDA: A 25-year-old MBA student died allegedly by suicide after jumping from the 13th floor of a residential high-rise in Greater Noida West on Tuesday. The incident occurred at Gaur Saundaryam Society, located…
‘Oil Cos Have Ramped Up Output By 25%’ NEW DELHI: Govt on Wednesday said oil companies have ramped up LPG output by 25%, helping bridge a part of the deficit due to deficient imports, and advised against panic buying as cylinders were being delivered in two-and-a-half days. India imports around 60% of LPG. “Feedback suggests…
The United States is set to release 172 million barrels of oil from strategic reserve, the energy department said on Thursday. This came after US President Donald Trump said that he would tap into strategic reserves to reduce prices amid Iran war.“Right now we’ll reduce it a little bit and that brings the prices down,”…
Main course dishes at the lawyers’ canteen at Delhi high court were taken off the menu for a while on Wednesday; roti became the first casualty at Hyderabad hostels and PGs; and employees at Infosys campuses in Pune, Chennai and Bengaluru were notified that they may have to forgo dosa cravings, as the LPG scarcity…
NEW DELHI: Foreign minister S Jaishankar discussed the situation in the Strait of Hormuz with his Iranian counterpart Seyed Abbas Araghchi in a phone conversation on Tuesday evening. While Jaishankar stressed the need for safe merchant shipping, an Iranian readout said that they discussed the “consequences of the US and Israeli regime’s military aggression on…
NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday launched a fiery counterattack on the Opposition, targeting Rahul Gandhi, as he ascribed the move to remove Speaker Om Birla to the Leader of Opposition’s pique over frequent electoral losses and a bid to cast doubt on various institutions due to Congress’s turn to a “completely negative…
