2 min readBengaluruUpdated: Mar 24, 2026 10:51 PM IST A consortium led by the Aditya Birla Group (ABG) emerged as the lead bidder to acquire the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) for a whopping USD 1.78 billion (approximately Rs 16,706 crore). Other parties involved in the group are Blackstone, an equity...

The crisis around the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders is now having a direct impact on the 150-year-old Dabbawala system—an institution synonymous with Mumbai, the country’s financial capital. In the early morning hours—spanning the stretch from Churchgate to Dadar and Bandra—where Dabbawalas clad in their signature white ‘Gandhi caps’ were once a common sight, delivering...

NEW DELHI: The United States sees India as central to maintaining a favourable balance of power in the Indo-Pacific, a senior Trump administration official said on Tuesday, outlining a roadmap for deeper defence and strategic ties amid shifting global dynamics.Addressing an event at the Ananta Centre, US Under Secretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby...

Director General of All India Radio Rajeev Kumar Jain at a training programme for part-time correspondents, casual news editors and news readers, organised by the AIR Hyderabad. M.S. Mahesh, head of the Regional News Unit, and K. Sreenivas Reddy, chairman of Telangana Media Academy, were also present. | Photo Credit: By arrangement All India Radio...

Amid the raging Iran war, Israel and the US bombed Iran’s Natanz nuclear installation used for the enrichment of uranium. Iran retaliated by attacking towns near Israel’s nuclear facility. Such developments have ignited concerns about the potential risks for accidents or radiological releases. Iran’s nuclear programme, particularly its right to enrich uranium, lies at the...

Harish Rana, the first person in India to be granted passive euthanasia by a court, died at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi on Tuesday, bringing an end to a case that marked a significant moment in the country’s legal and medical history. The 31-year-old had been in a vegetative state since 2013...

Gold prices extended losses for the fifth consecutive session on Tuesday, even as retail rates in major cities moved higher. Gold contracts for April delivery on the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) fell by Rs 2,260, or 1.62 per cent, to Rs 1,37,000 per 10 grams, amid continued uncertainty over geopolitical developments in the Middle East.Analysts...

Representational image only. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday (March 24, 2026) declared that systemic and long-held presumption that women officers had no substantive or long-term career in the Armed Forces led to an uneven playing field, crippling their chances for permanent commission. A three-judge Bench headed by Chief...

2 min readMar 24, 2026 02:39 PM IST In one of the first major technical snags on Mumbai Metro Line 3 (Aarey–Cuffe Parade), services were disrupted for around 30 minutes during Monday morning peak hours, marking the first such incident in five months since the full underground corridor became operational. Passengers reported that trains began...

The government plans on extending the ongoing Budget Session of Parliament to introduce bills to amend the Women’s Reservation Act and fast-track the legislation, sources said. The Women’s Reservation Act, passed in 2023, provides for 33 per cent reservation for women in both the Lok Sabha and state assemblies, but it has yet to be...