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Gen Seth takes charge as chief of army staff

NEW DELHI, July 1 -- General Dhiraj Seth on Tuesday took charge as India's 31st Chief of the Army Staff, succeeding General Upendra Dwivedi, who retired after more than four decades of distinguished m... Read More


Top court denies suspension of Pocso sentence, bail to Asaram

New Delhi, July 1 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to consider suspending the sentence of self-styled godman Asaram or releasing him on bail at this stage while agreeing to examine his challen... Read More


MSC to buy 49% in Adani Vizhinjam port for $1.4 billion

Ahmedabad, July 1 -- Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ) on Tuesday said Terminal Investment Limited (TiL), the container terminal arm of Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) Group, will... Read More


Fiscal deficit at 9.6% of FY27 target in May

new delhi, July 1 -- India's fiscal deficit reached 9.6% of the full-year target at the end of May. The fiscal deficit, reflecting the gap between expenditure and revenue financed by borrowing, had to... Read More


Oyo to raise Rs.6,650 crore, IPO filing notes key risks

mumbai/new delhi, July 1 -- Hospitality firm Oravel Stays Ltd, parent of Indian travel platform Oyo, plans to raise Rs.6,650 crore in an initial public offering, three-fourths of which will go to repa... Read More


Hry IAS officer among 3 held in Rs.504cr fraud

Panchkula/Chandigarh, July 1 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested senior IAS officer Pardeep Kumar and two former bank officials in connection with the alleged embezzlement of Rs.... Read More


4-yr-old falls into borewell, rescue op on

Karnal, July 1 -- A four-year-old boy, Nirvair Singh, fell into a 220-ft-deep open borewell in Dhaneora village in Ambala on Tuesday morning, triggering a large multi-agency rescue operation. The inci... Read More


Uncertainty over Doha talks clouds U.S.-Iran interim deal

Doha/Tel Aviv, July 1 -- Doha/Tel AvivTop US envoys who have arrived in Doha will not hold a high-level meeting with Iran, a Qatari official said on Tuesday, casting doubt on the progress of efforts t... Read More


avG Sikh poorer than a non-Sikh in Punjab: DATA

New Delhi, July 1 -- Punjab faces low income and precarity like other states, but also stagnant income and precarity against a history of prosperity rooted in Punjab's farming. An HT analysis of histo... Read More


ram temple funds case

Varanasi/Ayodhya, July 1 -- Six of the eight men arrested in connection with irregularities in the Ram Temple donation collections were on the payroll of a Varanasi-based security agency that provided... Read More