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The political ascetic who set the stage for a cricketing prince

India, Oct. 3 -- Last month saw the 154th birth anniversary of Ranjitsinhji, the first Indianto play Test cricket for England.Later this month, the 92nd edition of the tournament named after him - the... Read More


More teeth for the aviation regulator

India, Oct. 3 -- A committee has recommended turning the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) into a statutory Civil Aviation Authority of India, with its own law, its own money and control ov... Read More


Unwise to ignore what Xi's US visit pageantry masked

India, Oct. 3 -- The prevailing view about Chinese President Xi Jinping's State visit to the US late last month is that it was high on pageantry and low on substance. This misses the broader point: Mo... Read More


Delhi's new master plan can soothe parking pains

India, Oct. 3 -- As part of its measures to combat winter pollution in the national capital, the Delhi government announced a doubling of parking charges from November 1, 2026 to February 28, 2027, to... Read More


Brokerages weigh new fees, mandates as UPI MDR nears

Mumbai, Oct. 3 -- Stock brokerages are considering new charges, including mandate-based payments, new transaction fees and fewer free offerings, to cushion the impact of a merchant discount rate (MDR)... Read More


7 killed, 19 injured as truck hits van carrying Durga idol in Maha

Nagpur, Oct. 3 -- A total of seven people were killed and 19 injured after a speeding truck rammed into a pickup van carrying a Durga idol near Dhamangaon on the Samruddhi Mahamarg in Maharashtra's Am... Read More


Woman stripped, assaulted in Guwahati club after brawl

GUWAHATI, Oct. 3 -- A woman was allegedly stripped and assaulted in a Guwahati night club in the early hours of Friday following a brawl, police said. According to police, the incident allegedly took ... Read More


doc found dead in hotel; search on for boyfriend

Hyderabad, Oct. 3 -- A 27-year-old doctor was found dead in a service apartment in Hyderabad's Hafeezpet on Friday afternoon, three days after she checked in with her boyfriend, police said. Police sa... Read More


Congress appoints Aradhana Misra as UP unit president

Lucknow, Oct. 3 -- The Congress on Friday has appointed three-time Rampur Khas MLA Aradhana Misra 'Mona' as the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) president, replacing Ajay Rai, in a major organi... Read More


Mathura temple trust to test purity of metal donations

AGRA, Oct. 3 -- The Shri Krishna Janmasthan Seva Sansthan in Mathura plans to install a state-of-the-art computerised machine to test the purity of metal donations at the temple as part of measures to... Read More