Former finance secretary Rajiv Kumar took charge as the 25th chief election commissioner (CEC) on Sunday and the first major task before him will be to hold the President and the Vice President elections, which are due shortly.
India's Ajeetesh Sandhu played a second straight 69 to get to a 2-under 208 for a tied-11th place at the Asia Pacific Open Golf Championship Diamond Cup.
The Karnal police claimed to have busted a gang of fraudsters who were allegedly involved in duping people on the pretext of providing them ‘work from home’ jobs and arrested two persons.
Delhi Congress leaders and workers staged a protest near the BJP headquarters on the DDU Marg here on Sunday against "demolition" drives conducted by the saffron party-ruled municipal corporations in the city.
Delhi saw the mercury rise to 46.9 degrees Celsius at Sports Complex, 46.4 degrees Celsius at Pitampura, 45.8 degrees Celsius at Jafarpur and 45.4 degrees Celsius at Ridge and Ayanagar on Saturday.
India on Sunday said it would keep a window open to export wheat to food-deficit countries at the government level despite restrictions announced two days earlier.
Hours after imposing a ban on wheat exports, top officials said the decision had been taken to stop “unregulated trade and hoarding” to curb inflation and ensure supplies to poor and vulnerable nations.
Despite the fact that the borrowings by the Centre and states will become more expensive, the stage has been set for an interest rate hike by the RBI next month as three crucial indicators have remained stubborn to change.
Eight of the 10 most valued companies suffered a combined erosion of Rs 2,48,372.97 crore in their market valuation last week in line with a weak broader market trend, with Reliance Industries taking the biggest hit.