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Finance Minister Swarnim Wagle heads to New Delhi

Kathmandu, Sept. 17 -- Finance Minister Swarnim Wagle left for New Delhi on Thursday for a three-day visit at the invitation of the Indian government, with post-disaster reconstruction and closer Nepa... Read More


Supreme Court rules judges liable to pay income tax

Srilanka, Sept. 17 -- The Supreme Court has decided that the Inland Revenue Department's decision to impose an Advance Personal Income Tax (APIT) on judges, under the Inland Revenue (Amendment) Act, i... Read More


US midterms 2026: Why Republicans are defending more red states as Democrats expand their fight

India, Sept. 17 -- Republicans are now defending Senate and House seats in states that were once considered safely Republican. Less than seven weeks before the 2026 midterm elections, the political ba... Read More


People in Punjab want Bhagwant Mann govt back, seeking change in Goa, Gujarat: Manish Sisodia

New Delhi, Sept. 17 -- AAP leader Manish Sisodia on Thursday said people in Punjab were happy with the work done by the Bhagwant Mann government and wanted to bring it back to power, while people in G... Read More


Applied Materials' $5 billion India plan to build chip R&D lab, supply chain

NEW DELHI, Sept. 17 -- US semiconductor equipment maker Applied Materials Inc. plans $5 billion investment in India to build a semiconductor research and development laboratory and develop a local sup... Read More


JK Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha marks PM Modi's 76th birthday with children

Srinagar, Sept. 17 -- Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha marked Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 76th birthday on Thursday, announcing a month long series of celebratory programmes planne... Read More


Who is Alexandre Arnault, the LVMH top executive appointed to Nike's Board of Directors?

New Delhi, Sept. 17 -- NIKE, Inc. on Wednesday announced that Alexandre Arnault has been appointed to the Company's Board of Directors. Arnault is Deputy CEO of Moet Hennessy, LVMH's wines and spirits... Read More


UPI MDR row: Congress MPs say panel 'never discussed' specific fee proposal

New Delhi, Sept. 17 -- Congress MPs on the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance have rejected claims that they backed the government's decision to introduce a Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on ce... Read More


SC awards rRs.r12 lakh to Haryana woman denied Indian Oil Corporation job in 1988

New Delhi, Sept. 17 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday directed Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) to pay Rs.12 lakh in compensation to a Haryana woman who was denied a helper's job at an LPG bottling plant i... Read More


Navodaya schools case: SC asks TN to drop anti-Hindi 'mindset', State says language is a fundamental right

New Delhi, Sept. 17 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday said Tamil Nadu has to change the "mindset" that Hindi cannot be taught in the soil of the State, cautioning that "individual States cannot act lik... Read More