Senior BJP leaders of Kerala welcomes Union Home Minister Amit Shah as he addressed the newly elected BJP representatives of the Kerala local body during a party meeting in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday. | Photo Credit: NIRMAL HARINDRAN The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) kicked off its campaign in Kerala for the upcoming Assembly elections with Union
Mumbai: Makrand Narwekar, younger brother of Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar, is among the wealthiest candidates for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) election with declared assets of Rs 124.4 crore. Seeking a third term from ward no 226 on a BJP ticket, Makrand could be the wealthiest candidate in the BMC elections. Among other ‘high
Synopsis MHT CET 2026 registration is now open until February 12, 2026, for engineering, pharmacy, and other professional courses. Candidates can apply online at cetcell.mahacet.org, with fees set at ₹1,300 for general and ₹1,000 for reserved categories. Exams are scheduled in April and May 2026. Listen to this article in summarized format Agencies The Maharashtra
At major business gatherings, some leaders make headlines with speeches, while others quietly shape outcomes through steady work and long-term vision. J K Jajoo, founder and chairman of JK Jajoo Ventures, belongs firmly to the second category. At the TiE Global Summit held in Jaipur earlier this month, Jajoo held a focused one-to-one interaction with
Since September last year, over 22,500 Inner Line Permits (ILPs) have been issued from the Sairang railway station office of the Mizoram government. The Bairabi-Sairang new railway line was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 13 last year. An ILP is an official travel document issued to Indian citizens and non-indigenous persons for
Moody’s Ratings has affirmed the Ba1 long-term corporate family rating (CFR) of Shriram Finance Limited (SFL) and revised its outlook to positive from stable. The rating action follows SFL’s announcement of a planned strategic investment by MUFG Bank. According to Moody’s, the outlook revision reflects expectations that SFL’s business and financial profile will strengthen over
Protests sweeping across Iran neared the two-week mark Saturday, with the country’s government acknowledging the ongoing demonstrations despite an intensifying crackdown and as the Islamic Republic remains cut off from the rest of the world. President Donald Trump said Saturday that the United States is “ready to help” as protesters in Iran faced an intensifying
Newly appointed BNP chairman Tarique Rahman on Saturday said there is “no reason” for Bangladesh to return to the political conditions that existed before the toppling of Sheikh Hasina’s regime on August 5, 2024. Newly appointed Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairman Tarique Rahman on Saturday said there was “no reason” for the country to revert
NEW DELHI: In a significant escalation of govt’s anti-narcotic approach, home minister Amit Shah on Friday announced a three-year war on drugs – set to commence on March 31 this year. Chairing the Narco-Coordination Centre (NCORD) meeting at Vigyan Bhawan, Shah reframed the drug menace as a matter of “narco-terrorism” rather than a mere law-and-order
Bengaluru: Four Ayyappa devotees, including a 7-year-old girl, were killed and seven injured when the vehicle they were travelling in rammed a parked truck on Bengaluru-Pune national highway at Kora in Tumakuru district early Friday. The devotees, who belong to Kukkanur village in Koppal, north Karnataka, were returning home from Sabarimala when the accident occurred