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New Delhi: Bank customers, pension subscribers, train passengers, and postal service users will all be impacted by several regulatory, banking, and service-related changes that take effect October 1. RBI Cheque Clearing: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will transition from batch clearing to a continuous...

Karur (Tamil Nadu): Actor-politician Vijay, heading the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, remained inside his campaign vehicle at Velusamypuram, the venue, for an extended period, leading to overcrowding and restlessness among the crowd that had gathered to attend his rally September 27, according to an FIR into...

New Delhi: India is in discussions with the US, the EU, New Zealand, Oman, Peru and Chile for free trade agreements (FTAs), while Qatar and Bahrain have also expressed interest, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said  Monday. The FTA with the EFTA countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway,...

Leh: The Leh Apex Body Monday announced that it will stay away from talks with the High Powered Committee of the Home Ministry till normalcy is restored in Ladakh. We have unanimously agreed that the situation prevailing in Ladakh, keeping that in view, as long...

New Delhi: India Monday announced its joint plan with Bhutan to implement two cross-border rail links with the Bhutanese cities of Samtse and Gelephu at a cost of more than Rs 4,000 crore. The details of the initiative were made public by Railway Minister Ashwini...

Karur: Fresh tensions have erupted in Karur following the deadly stampede at Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) leader and actor-turned-politician Vijay’s election rally in Velusamypuram, with posters demanding his arrest surfacing across the town Monday. The posters, credited to the Tamil Nadu Students' Union, were put...

New Delhi: The Congress Monday said it was outrageous that ex-serviceman Tsewang Tharchin, a Kargil War veteran, was among those killed in firing by the security forces in Ladakh. In a post on X, Congress general secretary, in charge, communications, Jairam Ramesh said Tharchin served...

Karur: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Monday visited Karur, Tamil Nadu, to console families of the victims and survivors of the devastating stampede that killed 41 people and left 67 injured during actor-politician Vijay’s TVK rally September 27. Arriving in Karur along with Union Ministers...

Chennai:  The BJP's Tamil Nadu unit Monday intensified its attack on the DMK government over the Karur rally tragedy that claimed 41 lives, with party spokesperson A.N.S. Prasad demanding a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe, and also alleging that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was...

New Delhi: Three members of a family were killed when their motorcycle was hit by an unidentified vehicle near Mukundpur flyover on the Outer Ring Road in northwest Delhi's Jahangirpuri area, police said Monday. A PCR call regarding the accident was received at the Jahangirpuri...