INDORE: A week after Madhya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav announced 2 lakh compensation for the families of those who died in Indore’s Bhagirathpura area following a diarrhoea outbreak due to contaminated drinking water, the state govt gave away cheques on Tuesday to 18 families.Indore collector Shivam Verma, however, told TOI that while only six…
MUMBAI: RBI has issued draft rules to tighten dividend payouts by banks by linking distributions to capital adequacy, asset and profit quality, setting a uniform prudential framework effective from FY27. In the previous financial year, banks paid over Rs 75,000 crore dividend after booking record profits.Under RBI’s draft rules, dividend payments by banks will be…
Sanjay Manjrekar, Virat Kohli Former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar’s reaction to Virat Kohli’s Test retirement has brought back memories of a comment he made more than a decade ago, when Kohli’s place in the Indian Test side was under question during the 2011–12 tour of Australia.In Januray 2012, after India’s heavy loss in the second…
RSSB announces detailed 2026 examination schedule for agriculture supervisor, laboratory assistant and forest guard posts The Rajasthan Staff Selection Board, Jaipur, has released the proposed examination schedule for several direct recruitment examinations to be conducted during the 2026 cycle, covering agriculture supervisor, laboratory assistant and forest guard posts.The schedule follows an earlier examination calendar notification…
NEW DELHI/ LUCKNOW: About 2.9 crore voters, making up 18.7% of UP’s 15.4 crore-strong electorate at the launch of the state’s SIR exercise on Nov 4 last year, have been struck off the draft rolls published on Tuesday.These voters have time till February 6 to file claims and objections to get their names restored in…
NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who is due to present a record ninth consecutive budget, is working with a team of officials which is a mix of experience and fresh faces.It is likely that for the first time in recent years, she will not have a finance secretary, a first among equals, leaving it…
Mustafizur Rahman (Photo by Kerry Marshall/Getty Images) Former Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful has said that Mustafizur Rahman remains unaffected by the circumstances surrounding his release from Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League. The Bangladesh pacer was let go by KKR following a directive from the Board of Control for Cricket in India, issued…
Bihar Board Class 10 admit card 2026: The Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB), Patna, has released the Class 10 (Matric) admit card 2026 today, January 6, 2026. School authorities can download the hall tickets from the board’s official examination website at exam.biharboardonline.org.It is important for students to note that admit cards cannot be downloaded individually….
AKOLA: Maharashtra state Congress vice-president Hidayat Patel was stabbed in Akot taluka, in Akola, moments after he stepped out of Markaz Masjid in Mohala village after offering namaz on Tuesday. Police arrested the assailant later in the day.Police said the attacker had stabbed Patel multiple times in the neck and abdomen with a sharp weapon…
BENGALURU: Indian IT firms are expected to deliver a moderate performance in a seasonally weak Dec quarter, weighed down by furloughs (lesser number of working days in Dec). Demand remained subdued, with only limited recovery in discretionary spending, and growth was largely driven by clients’ cost-optimisation priorities. Brokerages estimate that enterprise technology spending is likely…
