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Mumbai: India’s stock exchanges will hold a regular live trading session on the Union Budget 2026-27 on February 1, despite it being Sunday. Historically, Budget presentations were done on February 1, while markets have opened for trading even when the date fell on a weekend....

Kolkata: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has taken over the probe into the violence in Murshidabad district's Beldanga area two days earlier this month over the death of a migrant worker from West Bengal in neighbouring Jharkhand. Sources said Saturday that the development coincided with...

Jammu: An encounter re-started Saturday between the joint forces and the hiding terrorists in Dolgam village of Kishtwar district after the joint forces managed to trace the militants after January 18. In Jammu, Nagrota-based Army’s White Knight Corps said on its official X handle Saturday,...

New Delhi: BJP National President Nitin Nabin will undertake organisational reviews and outreach programmes in Goa Saturday as part of his two-day visit to the coastal state. The visit is aimed at strengthening the party’s grassroots structure and energising its cadre ahead of upcoming political...

New Delhi: India will host the 2nd India-Arab Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (IAFMM) Saturday, in New Delhi, marking a significant step in strengthening ties between India and the Arab world. The high-level meeting will be co-chaired by India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and will...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez Friday and the two leaders agreed to take the bilateral relations to new heights in the years ahead. The phone call between Rodriguez and Modi was the first since the capture of...

Pune: Sunetra Pawar, Rajya Sabha MP and the wife of deceased deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, is likely to be sworn in as Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Saturday, NCP sources said. "Tomorrow, a Parliamentary board meeting of the Nationalist Congress Party will take place, where...

Mumbai: Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal Friday said the legislature party meeting of the NCP will be held January 31, where late Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's wife Sunetra will be named as its leader. Talking to reporters at the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) office in...

Bengaluru: Confident Group Founder and Chairman C.J. Roy allegedly shot himself dead at his office in Bengaluru Friday. The cause behind the suicide is yet to be ascertained. Preliminary investigations have revealed that Roy shot himself during an IT raid on his office. However, the...

New Delhi: World Bank Group and India Friday announced a new Country Partnership Framework (CPF), envisaging USD 8-10 billion in annual financing over the next five years to help accelerate India's next phase of growth and support its vision of becoming a developed economy. The...