In a 1st in India, Karnataka links liquor tax to alcohol content | India News

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah presents the budget in Bengaluru on Friday BENGALURU: Beer and wine could get cheaper as Karnataka rolls out a new alcohol-in-beverage (AIB)-based excise duty system from April,…

NH users who fail to pay toll to get 3 days to make payment | India News

NEW DELHI: Highway users who fail to pay toll charges on NHs due to a faulty or blacklisted FASTag, insufficient balance or absence of a tag, will get three days…

Middle East tensions: 13 flights bring stranded flyers from Gulf to Mumbai | India News

MUMBAI: A total of 13 repatriation flights for Indian travellers stranded in the Gulf landed at Mumbai airport on Friday from Fujairah and Dubai. These included services operated by SpiceJet,…

PM Modi: Make our agriculture export-oriented | India News

NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Friday emphasised the necessity of making Indian ag-riculture export-oriented and asked farmers to leverage the country’s diverse climate to increase productivity and strengthen export…

Stranded Ships West Asia: Middle East tensions: Consider charges waiver for stranded ships, ports told | India News

NEW DELHI: With West Asia-bound cargo ships stranded in India due to conflict in the region, shipping ministry on Friday directed all 12 major ports to consider requests for reduction,…

‘Equal work, equal pay’ applies only within same institution: Madras high court | India News

CHENNAI: The principle of equal pay for equal work applies only when employees work in the same institution under identical service conditions, Madras high court has said.“There cannot be any…

Global conflicts show wars won’t be short, need to build resilient defence industrial capacities: Navy chief | India News

Navy chief Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi NEW DELHI: Stressing the need for stronger industrial preparedness for modern warfare, Navy chief Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi on Friday said recent global conflicts…

West Bengal: Didi begins sit-in, alleges EC ‘plot’ to delete voters’ names | India News

Mamata with nephew Abhishek at the protest site in Kolkata on Friday KOLKATA: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee began her sit-in Friday, alleging a “BJP-EC conspiracy to disenfranchise Bengali voters” through…

Strategic autonomy at risk: Congress on Russia oil waiver | India News

NEW DELHI: Citing the temporary “permission” given by the US to Indian refiners to buy oil from Russia, Congress on Friday alleged PM Modi was being “blackmailed” by America. The…

Civil Services Examination 2025: MBBS graduate tops civil services exam in which professionals dominate | India News

Topper Anuj Agnihotri cleared UPSC with medical science as optional subject NEW DELHI: AIIMS Jodhpur MBBS graduate Anuj Agnihotri has topped the Civil Services Examination 2025, the UPSC announced Friday,…