New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class X and XII results are likely to be announced after May 20, officials said Friday. The clarification came amid speculation about announcement of the exam results. "CBSE Class X and XII results are likely to be announced after May 20," the board said in a note on...

New Delhi: Apple CEO Tim Cook Friday said the company grew strong double-digit in India, clinching a new March quarter revenue record amid an "incredibly exciting market". Describing India market as a "major focus", Cook said Apple is working on the entire ecosystem from developer to the market to operations, and that he is "very pleased" with...

Brussels: Germany's top diplomat on Friday said Russia will face consequences after accusing its military intelligence service of masterminding an “absolutely intolerable” cyberattack, as NATO and European Union member countries said they will not let Russia's “malicious" behaviour in cyberspace go unanswered. Relations between Russia and Germany were already tense, with Germany providing military support to Ukraine...

New Delhi: At least six Adani group firms have received show cause notices from Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for alleged violation of related party transactions and non-compliance with listing regulations, the companies said in stock exchange filings. Group's flagship Adani Enterprises, Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone, Adani Power, Adani Energy Solutions, Adani Total...

New Delhi: The Central Water Commission has underscored a notable deficit in reservoir storage nationwide, which has dipped to 28 per cent from 35 per cent of the capacity during the corresponding period last year. The CWC, which monitors live water storage in 150 water reservoirs and releases a weekly status bulletin, found the southern region to...

Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday declared its last list of candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections in Odisha. The party had earlier announced the names of candidates for 146 out of 147 Assembly seats. BJP Friday declared its nominee for the Nilgiri Assembly seat. Former Biju Janata Dal leader Santosh Khatua has been named as...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday told the Enforcement Directorate that it would consider hearing arguments on the interim bail plea of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the excise policy-linked money laundering case on account of the Lok Sabha elections in Delhi. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta told Additional Solicitor General SV Raju,...

Bhubaneswar: The decades-long territorial dispute over Kotia villages, nestled in the picturesque hills of Eastern Ghats along the border of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh, has once again come to the fore during the ongoing general elections across the nation. With territorial rights being claimed by both the states, the matter is currently in the Supreme Court. People...

Sambalpur: Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal is facing public revolt for the first time and a caucus of "outsiders" in the chief minister's office wants to capture the state, BJP leader and Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has claimed. The Education Minister, who is contesting the Lok Sabha polls from Sambalpur, also dismissed the speculation that there were...

Mumbai: Equity benchmark Sensex plummeted over 700 points to sink below the 74,000 level and Nifty retreated from a record high Friday as investors pared exposure to telecom, capital goods and tech stocks. Heavy selling pressure in Reliance Industries, L&T and HDFC bank counters also pulled indices down, traders said. The 30-share BSE Sensex dropped 732.96 points...