MUMBAI: Reliance Industries, India's largest company in terms of market value, reported a 76% increase in quarterly profit to Rs 30,681 crore on Friday, led by gains from the sale of some of its listed investments and strong growth across its key businesses. Other income surged 280% to Rs 15,119 crore due to profit (Rs 8,924 crore) on sale of its stake in Asian Paints. Excluding the Rs 8,924 crore gain, profit was higher by 25%. Earnings was also driven by a rebound in its oil-to-chemicals (O2C)...Read More
New Delhi- Ahead of Parliament's Monsoon Session slated to commence from July 21, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired a high level meet here on Friday. The meeting held at Rajnath Singh's Delhi residence was attended by National Security Advisor (NSA), Ajit Doval, Chief of Defence Staff, Tri-Services Chiefs and other top officers. The top officers, according to the sources, briefed the ministers about the success of "Operation Sindoor" and other proactive s...Read More
SRINAGAR, July 18: National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah today welcomed the Congress party's move to demand restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir. Click here to watch video Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a function here, Abdullah called it a rightful cause and backing the leadership of Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi for raising the issue. The NC Chief was reacting to a letter sent by Congress president Kharge and MP Rahul Gandhi to Prime Minister Narendra Mo...Read More
SRINAGAR, July 18: Sher e Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Soura today issued the summer vacation roster for faculty members, instructing the Heads of Departments to ensure patient care and academic activities continue uninterrupted during the period. It has also been stated that those who proceed on vacation can be called back if required in case of any eventuality, directing them to intimate their immediate contact details. In this regard, the Director, SKIMS Soura, has sanctio...Read More
Kolkata: The Kolkata Traffic Police is facing a new challenge in managing vehicle parking for the upcoming Shahid Diwas rally on Monday, as persistent rainfall threatens to render designated parking fields unusable. The fresh spell of rain on Friday, with more occasional rain predicted even on Saturday, has left cops worried as they believe the Maidan area can be filled with slush.The traffic department, which initially planned to utilise various fields across the city for parking buses and cars...Read More
JAMMU, July 18: Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra resumed today, a day after it was suspended due to heavy rains across Kashmir, Over 16,800 pilgrims performed darshan at holy cave by this evening. Follow the Daily Excelsior channel on WhatsApp Officials said that 16,858 pilgrims drawn from across the country paid obeisance at 3880 metre Himalayan cave in South Kashmir's Anantnag district from twin tracks of Baltal and Nunwan Pahalgam today. With this a total number of 2,73,091 pilgrims performed darsha...Read More
Kolkata: Bandhan Bank's net profit in the first quarter of FY 2026 recorded a 65% slump at Rs 372 crore compared with Rs 1,063 crore posted in the year-ago period. Partha Pratim Sengupta, MD and CEO of the bank, attributed the decline to stress in microfinance asset.Even though the bank's total business grew by 11% to Rs 2.8 lakh crore last year, a 119% rise in provisions due to write-offs and high slippages in the microfinance book brought its Q1 net profit down, Sengupta said. "The loan book c...Read More
Srinagar- The Meteorological Department has predicted a spell of unsettled weather across Jammu and Kashmir over the coming days, with intermittent rain and thundershowers expected until July 26. A weather advisory has been issued for July 21-23, cautioning about gusty winds and brief intense showers in some areas. According to MeT officials, the region will experience scattered to fairly widespread light to moderate rainfall till July 20. "From July 21 to 23, J&K is expected to witness general...Read More
Leh, July 18: Veteran BJP leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Kavinder Gupta, was sworn as the 3rd Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh.Dressed in traditional Ladakhi attire, Gupta took the oath of office in a solemn ceremony held in Leh, administered by Justice N. Kotiswar Singh, Chief Justice of the High Court of J&K and Ladakh.Welcoming this new chapter in Ladakh's journey, Gupta emphasized service over power, declaring Ladakh deserves dignity, development, and a voice. "I'm...Read More
JAMMU: The Amarnath Yatra resumed Friday, a day after the annual pilgrimage was suspended due to heavy rain and landslides in Kashmir that had resulted in the death of a woman pilgrim and injuries to four others. A 52-year-old woman pilgrim from Rajasthan succumbed to injuries from a shooting stone and four were injured in landslides along the Baltal route in Ganderbal district Wednesday.Officials said the 16th batch of 7,908 pilgrims left from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu for the twin ...Read More
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah emphasized his government's commitment to empowering Jammu and Kashmir by leveraging collaborations with IIT Jammu. At a valedictory function, Abdullah highlighted initiatives aimed at tourism recovery, innovation, and skill development. The Summer School 2025 program marked a significant step in fostering technical skills among young participants from across the nation. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah announced his government's dedication to delivering a more empowere...Read More
Srinagar, Jul 18: In a latest development, the Ministry of Education (MoE) Government of India is mulling to introduce Sanskrit as a mandatory subject in schools across Kashmir from class 6th to 10th. Also, MoE is mulling to introduce Sanskrit as an optional subject for students from class 3rd primary to 5th. In this regard, the J&K School Education Department (SED) has started an exhaustive exercise to seek details of Sanskrit teachers, existing vacancy of Sanskrit teachers in the schools. Th...Read More
Hyderabad, July 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Friday urged his Andhra Pradesh counterpart, N. Chandrababu Naidu, not to obstruct Telangana's irrigation projects He appealed to the neighbouring state not to obstruct Telangana's crucial irrigation initiatives, including the Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme, as well as the Dindi, Kalwakurthy, Bheema, Nettempadu, and Koilsagar projects. "We demand Andhra Pradesh not to block our projects. We seek cooper...Read More
Qazigund, Jul 18: A 25-year-old man set to be married next month was fatally stabbed during an attempted burglary late Thursday night after the attacker allegedly staged a fake security operation in south Kashmir's Anantnag district. The victim, Zahid Ahmad Banday, a shopkeeper from Sangran village in Qazigund, was killed after confronting a man posing as a security force official who had entered his home under the pretence of conducting a Cordon-and-Search Operation (CASO), Police said. The s...Read More
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Hurriyat Conference chairman, claimed house detention for the second Friday. Barricades cause community inconvenience. Asserted unerasable memories of 1931 martyrs, critical of narrative manipulation. Honor for July 13 martyrs persists despite administrative changes in Jammu and Kashmir, maintaining solidarity against historical oppression. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, the Hurriyat Conference chairman, reported being placed under house detention for the second consecutive Friday. H...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 18 (PTI) The Supreme Court has said money cannot be recovered by filing an FIR and seeking help of police as it quashed a cheating case against the producer of Bollywood movie "Tanu Weds Manu". A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan expressed displeasure over the approach of the Allahabad High Court in dealing with the petition of producer Shailesh R Singh for quashing of the FIR against him by complainant Kunal Jain. "Money cannot be recovered, more particularly, in ...Read More
New Delhi: As an alternative to the regular admission route through the Common University Entrance Test (CUET), students applying to Delhi University (DU) for the 2025-26 academic session can also explore another option: undergraduate seats available under 10 supernumerary quota categories.These provisions allow candidates from diverse and often under-represented backgrounds to access higher education. The categories include nominees from Sikkim, orphans, children of armed forces personnel, sing...Read More
Srinagar, July 18: Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Friday said to have trapped and arrested Junior official of Jammu Development Authority (JDA) for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 10,000. In a statement issued to the news agency -- Kashmir News Observer (KNO), ACB received a complaint alleging therein that public servant namely Kewal Krishan, Junior official of Jammu Development Authority (JDA) demanded illegal gratification from the complainant for allowing further const...Read More
Mohali (Punjab) [India], July 18 (ANI): Lieutenant General KJS Dhillon (Retd) on Friday welcomed the decision of the United States to designate Resistance Front (TRF)-an offshoot of Pakistan based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) that initially claimed responsibility for the April 22 terror attack that killed 26 people as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT). Dhillon, who was the Corps commander in Kashmir from 2019 to 2020, noted that the Re...Read More
New Delhi, July 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) The All India Football Federation have congratulated Inter Kashi on being adjudged the I-League Champions following the decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). CAS has partially upheld an appeal by Inter Kashi Football Club (Inter Kashi FC) against Churchill Brothers FC Goa, Namdhari FC, Real Kashmir FC, and AIFF. CAS has ruled that the AIFF shall declare Inter Kashi FC as winners of the I-League 2024-25. After an unsuccessful first procedure i...Read More
Mohali (Punjab) [India], July 18 (ANI): Lieutenant General KJS Dhillon (Retd) on Friday welcomed the decision of the United States to designate Resistance Front (TRF)-an offshoot of Pakistan based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) that initially claimed responsibility for the April 22 terror attack that killed 26 people as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT). Dhillon, who was the Corps commander in Kashmir from 2019 to 2020, noted that the Re...Read More
Mohali (Punjab) [India], July 18 (ANI): Lieutenant General KJS Dhillon (Retd) on Friday welcomed the decision of the United States to designate Resistance Front (TRF)-an offshoot of Pakistan based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) that initially claimed responsibility for the April 22 terror attack that killed 26 people as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT). Dhillon, who was the Corps commander in Kashmir from 2019 to 2020, noted that the Re...Read More
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): The United States Department of State on Thursday designated The Resistance Front (TRF), a front group of Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the group behind the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, as a as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO) and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT). Founded in 2019, shortly after the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir (J-K), TRF is a part of broader Pakistan ISI-backed disinformation an...Read More
Srinagar, Jul 18 (PTI) The Resistance Front (TRF) emerged in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019 and is today amongst the deadliest terror groups in the region with former Pakistani Special Service Group (SSG) commandos in its ranks, intelligence sources said on Friday. TRF, a proxy of Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) which claimed responsibility for the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, was on Thursday added as a designated Foreign Terrorist Organisati...Read More
Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 18 (ANI): Five Amarnath yatra pilgrims were injured today morning after a truck hit their car near Battal Ballian in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district. Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) 137 Bn, Udhampur, Kartar Singh said that five people got injured out of the eight people in the car. These injured people have been transferred to a hospital and are now in a stable condition. Singh said, ' At 6:13 AM, a UP vehicle carrying Pahalgam yatris had ei...Read More
Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 18 (ANI): Five Amarnath yatra pilgrims were injured today morning after a truck hit their car near Battal Ballian in Jammu and Kashmir Udhampur district. Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) 137 Bn, Udhampur, Kartar Singh said that five people got injured out of the eight people in the car. These injured people have been transferred to a hospital and are now in a stable condition. Singh said, At 6:13 AM, a UP vehicle carrying Pahalgam yatris had eight ...Read More
New Delhi, July 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) The United States' recent decision to designate The Resistance Front (TRF), a Pakistan-backed proxy of Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT), as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO) and Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) has drawn sharp reactions from Indian Defence experts, who view the move as delayed and diplomatically motivated. Wing Commander Praful Bakshi (Retd.), speaking to IANS, expressed skepticism over the US' true stance on terrorism. "America is t...Read More
Jhargram, Jul 18 (PTI) Three elephants, including two calves, were run over by an express train near Banstala railway station in West Bengal's Paschim Midnapore district, police said on Friday. The incident, which took place on Thursday night, occurred when an elephant herd that probably came from Jharkhand's Dalma forest was traversing, they said. The three pachyderms were mowed on the tracks by a speeding Janshatabdi Express on the Kharagpur-Tatanagar section, a police officer said. It was ...Read More
Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 18 (ANI): The 16th batch of Amarnath Yatra pilgrims, consisting of 7908 pilgrims, departed from Jammu early in the morning today amid tight security. Due to heavy rainfall in the region, the yatra had been suspended temporarily on Thursday. But the pilgrimage was permitted to continue once the conditions improved. Pilgrims have been visiting the Shrine from all parts of the country and abroad since the beginning of the Yatra and have expressed great e...Read More
Bengaluru: After Delhi, nearly 40 schools in Bengaluru received bomb threats via e-mail on Friday morning, leading to panic among students, teachers and parents. Police teams have rushed to all locations and search operations are underway. Schools in R R Nagar and Kengeri were among those targeted, the police said. Cyber experts are making all efforts to trace the sender of the mail. Sources revealed that the sender could be suffering from mental health issues. In the mail, he has spoken about...Read More