The Union Budget 2026, presented on Sunday, brought focus on where India’s real estate growth is headed, with data suggesting a gradual shift beyond the country’s biggest metropolitan markets. While Mumbai and Delhi continue to make headlines for Rs 100-crore-plus home sales, industry data shows that the best returns on property investment, on average, are…
The rupee’s slide to a historic low of 92 against the US dollar on January 23 is beginning to pinch wallets, making everything from crude oil, electronics to overseas education and foreign travel more expensive, while offering some relief to exporters.The local currency slid to an all-time low of 92 per dollar during the day…
For years, the H-1B visa symbolised possibility. Skilled professionals applied with hope. Employers registered their names and waited. A computer-generated lottery often decides life-altering outcomes. Talent and experience mattered, but chance mattered more.That foundation is now being dismantled. The United States is redesigning the H-1B programme to reflect a different priority. Wages will matter more…
Arundhati Roy (File photos) NEW DELHI: Author Arundhati Roy has announced that she will not attend the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), where a film she wrote nearly four decades ago is scheduled to be screened in the festival’s Classics section. Roy’s screenplay In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones, written 38 years ago, was…
PM Shahbaz Sharif announces cash reward for U19 Asia Cup winners Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif announced a big cash reward for the country’s Under-19 cricket team after their Asia Cup win on Sunday. On Monday, he hosted a special reception for the players and officials in Islamabad. During the event, he announced a cash…
The High Court for the State of Telangana has opened the online registration process for the Telangana District Court Recruitment 2026, starting from January 24, 2026, onwards. It is one of the major recruitment drives to be conducted by the commission to fill 859 vacancies for different ministerial and subordinate posts in district courts across…
D Gukesh’s viral celebration (Screengrab) NEW DELHI: World champion D Gukesh is known for his calm expression and ice-cold composure at the chessboard. That is exactly why his emotional celebration after defeating Javokhir Sindarov at the Grand Chess Tour Super Rapid and Blitz 2026 tournament in Poland instantly grabbed attention across the chess world on…
Lucknow Super Giants’ Prince Yadav (AP Photo) NEW CHANDIGARH: It was not long ago that Prince Yadav would get a frequent thrashing from his father for loitering around in the neighbourhood playing tennis-ball cricket. Till the age of 17, Prince played every tennis-ball cricket match in Dariyapur Khurd, a village beyond Virender Sehwag’s birthplace, Najafgarh,…
MP Police Constable PET 2026 admit card released The Madhya Pradesh Employees Selection Board has released the MP Police Constable PET Admit Card 2026. Candidates who qualified in the written examination can now download their hall tickets from the official website, esb.mp.gov.in. The Physical Efficiency Test (PET) will be conducted from February 23 to March…
New Delhi: The ministry of power on Wednesday released the draft National Electricity Policy (NEP) 2026, proposing automatic annual tariff revisions linked to a suitable index if state regulators fail to issue tariff orders, exemption of cross-subsidies for the manufacturing sector and railways, renewable energy capacity addition through market-based mechanisms and captive power plants, and…
