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New Delhi: The Centre has revived the strategic sale of its stake in IDBI Bank, along with LIC’s stake a month after the two bids were rejected as they were way below the reserve price.Persons familiar with the discussions said a fresh valuation exercise is being undertaken, given that the bank has a small free...

NEW DELHI: Two cousins, aged 20 and 14, returning home on a bike from Monday night’s IPL match, became the city’s latest hit-and-run victims after being crushed to death by a truck in central Delhi’s Ashoka Road.The victims were identified as BSc student Yagya Bhatia and Abhav, residents of Ashok Nagar in west Delhi. Police...

Virat Kohli and Babar Azam (Image: Screengrab/X) Virat Kohli recently became the first player to complete 9,000 runs in the IPL, achieving the milestone during a match against Delhi Capitals. This feat not only makes him the highest run-scorer in the league but also places him at the top among players with the most runs...

New Delhi: India was fifth biggest military spender globally in 2025 and the country increased its military spending by 8.9% to $92.1 billion, according to a report released by arms watchdog group Sipri on Monday.The India-Pakistan conflict in May 2025 – which involved use of combat aircraft, drones and missiles – pushed up India’s military...

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh advocates for peace at SCO meeting Addressing the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) defence ministers’ meeting in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek on Tuesday, defence minister Rajnath Singh said “Operation Sindoor had demonstrated India’s firm resolve that terror epicentres will be meted out justifiable punishment”. His warning to Pakistan came before its defence minister...

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Pic credit: IPL) NEW DELHI: It was yet another record-breaking night for teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, who continues to redefine T20 batting at just 15. The Rajasthan Royals prodigy became the fastest player in history to reach 400 runs in a single Indian Premier League season, achieving the milestone in just 167 balls...

Education minister Dharmendra Pradhan New Delhi: Education ministry ordered corrective measures to improve campus governance and student well-being at NIT Kurukshetra following a high-level review Tuesday, even as senior professor Brahmjit Singh was appointed officiating director as director B V Ramana Reddy’s resignation was accepted.The developments come against the backdrop of four student suicides reported...

New Delhi: The digital frontier has long been a battlefield for intelligence agencies, but a recent surge in “lone wolves” has left them alarmed. From Zaib Zuber Ansari in Mumbai to Rizwan in Delhi and Tushar Chauhan alias Hizbullah Khan in Uttar Pradesh – the shift from organised cell-based plots seems to have created a...

Keonjhar: A tribal man carried the skeletal remains of his sister to a bank in Odisha to prove that she was dead in order to claim Rs 19,402 she had left behind. He received the amount Tuesday after authorities issued a death certificate and a legal heir certificate to enable the transaction.Moved by a heart-rending...

2-Year-Long Hunt Spanned Several Countries, Involved Int’l Agencies New Delhi: Central agencies and NCB secured the return of international drug trafficker and D Company henchman Mohammed Salim Dola Tuesday morning, ending a two-year-long manhunt that spanned several countries. In an operation monitored by the home ministry, he was flown from Istanbul on a special aircraft...