NEW DELHI: Residents of Ladakh will now have “Ladakh” instead of “Jammu & Kashmir” in their Aadhaar cards, in what has been described as a “significant move” to uphold their regional identity. Despite the formation of Ladakh as a Union territory in 2019, after the region was carved out of Jammu and Kashmir, which was…
Donald Trump and Abbas Araghchi As negotiations between the United States and Iran move closer to a possible agreement, Iranian officials have outlined a set of conditions that they say must be met before any final deal can take effect. While Washington has focused on Iran’s nuclear programme, Tehran has pushed for measures addressing sanctions,…
Ravi Shastri and Hardik Pandya (BCCI/IPL Photo) NEW DELHI: Kolkata Knight Riders captain Ajinkya Rahane won the toss and opted to bowl first against Mumbai Indians in their crucial IPL 2026 clash at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Wednesday.KKR went unchanged from their previous game, while Mumbai received a major boost with skipper Hardik Pandya…
KALYANI/KOLKATA: Six Trinamool Congress MLAs and four-time MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar attended Tuesday an administrative meeting of Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari in an apparent act of defiance as the party’s post-poll haemorrhage showed no signs of stopping. The development coincided with TMC Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy striking a discordant note on the May…
LUCK BY CHANCE: The buffalo will be now ‘cared for’ at the national zoo in Dhaka, after a last-minute intervention by the Bangladesh govt, reportedly following a ‘request’ from the US embassy DHAKA: “Donald Trump” has been spared – the Eid sacrificial buffalo named after the US president – once destined for slaughter on Thursday…
MUMBAI: Even as gold loans grew 50.4% in FY26 to emerge as the primary driver of retail credit, the home loan portfolio expanded only 9.4%, with growth largely led by higher ticket sizes, while credit card outstandings remained the slowest segment with flat year-on-year growth. According to a latest report by CRIF India, the March…
Apple has reached a preliminary agreement with Intel to manufacture some chips for its devices—a deal that would end years of estrangement between the two companies and mark one of the more consequential shifts in the semiconductor industry in recent memory, the Wall Street Journal reported.The two companies have been in intensive talks for over…
KANPUR: Celebration turned to agitation on Monday when a groom in Banda, incensed by a power cut hours before his wedding, marched his baraat to the district magistrate’s office. Raising slogans, he demanded his electricity bill be waived, declaring, “This will be my wedding gift.”The incident took place in the Mataundh police station area, where…
US President Donald Trump said that Washington agreed to a ceasefire with Iran as a “favour” to Pakistan.Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One while returning from China, Trump said the US had accepted the truce at Pakistan’s request and had no plans, for now, to resume bombing Iran.“We did the ceasefire as a request…
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday justified Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 5 nation tour amid “save fuel” appeal from the PM and criticsm from the opposition parties.“In the current global circumstances, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a very important foreign visit to safeguard the interests of every Indian with great wisdom and foresight,”…