Stating that there is a thin line between investing money in productive assets and giving freebies, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said many states are “in difficulty” as such giveaways are piling up. Posing questions about states’ finances, she asked if there is no way to rationalise committed expenditure of states, especially if they...

A 30-year-old man in West Bengal’s Howrah district allegedly died by suicide on Tuesday, reportedly after being distressed over errors in his identity document during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, police said. The deceased, identified as Jahir Mal, a resident of Khalisani in Uluberia, was found hanging at his home in...

A traveler walks through the skyway leading to terminal 3 at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, Monday, November 3, 2025. (AP) US transport secretary Sean Duffy on Tuesday warned that if the government shutdown continues for another week, it will disrupt air travel by worsening staff shortages, causing long queues at airports and forcing the...

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Chief minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar and others releasing the Skill Development Policy 2025–32 in Bengaluru on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: ALLEN EGENUSE J. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday unveiled Karnataka’s new Skill Development Policy 2025–32, here. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the Bengaluru Skill Summit, the Chief Minister said the policy came with...

The International Cricket Council on Tuesday found some players from both India and Pakistan in breach of its Code of Conduct in the Asia Cup 2025. India skipper Suryakumar Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah and Pakistan’s Haris Rauf and Sahibzada Farhan were found to be guilty of offences in the three India vs Pakistan encounters in...

The focus is on the indefinite closure of the Rameshwar Jute Mill in Samastipur, Bihar, which has left around 2,000 workers unemployed just days before elections. A local expressed the grim reality by stating, ‘They will starve.’ The shutdown occurred after the management and the workers’ union failed to agree on implementing new wage guidelines...

Smog blankets the Yamuna in Delhi (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: Delhi was ranked the sixth most polluted city in India in October, trailing behind Ghaziabad and Noida, according to a new report by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA).The study, based on continuous air quality monitoring data, found a sharp...

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File photo of Chairman of the Hinduja Group Gopichand P Hinduja. | Photo Credit: PTI Gopichand P Hinduja, chairman of globe-spanning Hinduja Group, died in London at the age of 85, sources close to his family said. Fondly known as ‘GP’ in business circles, Gopichand P. Hinduja was unwell for past few weeks and died...