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RBI keeps powder dry for future cuts, show minutes

Mumbai, Oct. 16 -- India's monetary policy committee unanimously voted to keep interest rates unchanged earlier this month to keep the powder dry and leave room for future cuts depending on the situat... Read More


India's exports cross $400 billion in H1 FY26 despite headwinds

NEW DELHI, Oct. 16 -- Notwithstanding headwinds, India's overall exports surpassed $400 billion in first half of 2025-26, posting 4.45% annualised increase registering positive growth on both goods an... Read More


Ahmedabad set to host 2030 CWG

Mumbai, Oct. 16 -- Ahmedabad will likely host the Commonwealth Games (CWG) in 2030, as the competition's executive board on Wednesday recommended the Gujarat city for the centenary edition of the even... Read More


Late IPS officer Kumar's wife, three others booked

Rohtak, Oct. 16 -- A day after assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Sandeep Lathar was found dead with a gunshot wound along with a purported suicide note accusing late inspector general Y Puran Kumar of cor... Read More


Officer cremated after autopsy, wife expresses faith in probe

Chandigarh, Oct. 16 -- More than a week after he allegedly shot himself dead, the cremation of Haryana IPS officer Y Puran Kumar took place here on Wednesday following his autopsy at the PGIMER with h... Read More


financial aid to non-pensioner ex-servicemen doubled

NEW DELHI, Oct. 16 -- Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday approved the doubling of financial assistance provided to non-pensioner ex-servicemen and their families, with the welfare measure to ... Read More


Can death row convicts choose execution method:SC asks centre

New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Union government to consider whether a condemned prisoner could be given the option of choosing between hanging and lethal injection, obs... Read More


3 members of arms smuggling gang held with 10 pistols

AMRITSAR, Oct. 16 -- The Amritsar Commissionerate Police has busted a cross-border organised arms and narcotics smuggling module with links to Pakistan with the arrest of its three operatives and reco... Read More


CM invites bizmen to invest in Punjab

Chandigarh, Oct. 16 -- Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann met top industrialists in Bengaluru on Wednesday, pitching Punjab as a leading global investment destination and inviting them to participate in the upco... Read More


HC stays razing of houses in Patiala 'sans notice under NDPS Act'

Chandigarh, Oct. 16 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has stayed a demolition drive targeting houses and shops in Patiala that was allegedly carried out without prior notice under the Narcotic Drug... Read More