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The recent GST rate cut is likely to make the upcoming festive season the ‘best-ever’ for the luxury carmaker, but there is a need to cap road taxes levied by states on car purchases for long-term growth of the industry, Mercedes-Benz India MD and CEO Santosh Iyer said. In an interaction with PTI here, Iyer

India take on Pakistan in the Asia Cup at the Dubai International Stadium in Dubai on Sunday. In the tournament’s rich history, the two countries have faced off 18 times, with India winning 10 matches, while Pakistan triumphing on six occasions and two matches ending in no result. Meanwhile, in the T20I format of the

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday laid the foundation stone for the Darrang Medical College and Hospital, the GNM School and the B.Sc. Nursing College in Assam’s Darrang district. He also laid the foundation for the Guwahati Ring Road Project, aimed at enhancing urban mobility, decongesting traffic, and improving connectivity in and around the capital

In a change of tactics, terror outfits in Jammu and Kashmir are now constructing elaborately-designed underground bunkers deep inside thick forests and elevated ridges instead of taking shelter in local houses, officials said on Sunday. This tactical shift, fuelled by eroding local support, presents a new challenge to the Army and other security forces. This

Israel and Pakistan clashed at the UN Security Council over the killing of Hamas leaders in Doha. Israeli envoy Danny Danon accused Islamabad of double standards, reminding the world that Osama bin Laden was sheltered and killed in Pakistan. Pakistan’s Asim Iftikhar hit back, calling Israel a “serial violator of international law.” The exchange came

The Karnataka government on Friday notified the Karnataka Platform-Based Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Act, 2025, introducing one of the country’s most comprehensive regulatory frameworks for the gig economy. The law mandates that aggregator platforms across sectors — from ride-hailing and food delivery to e-commerce, healthcare, and digital media — contribute a welfare fee

Home News According to officials, the accused officers had initially demanded ₹1 lakh, or 2% of the contract value, to provide site access for repair and maintenance work under a government tender The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested three Military Engineer Services (MES) officers posted in Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, for allegedly accepting a

When Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered this week’s attempted assassination of Hamas leaders in Qatar, he took a major gamble in his campaign to pound the group into submission. With signs growing that the mission failed, that gamble appears to have backfired. Netanyahu had hoped to kill Hamas’ senior exiled leaders to get closer

India, the reigning 20-overs world champions, are firm favourites to retain their Asia Cup title and are determined not to let geopolitics derail their campaign. | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI An India-Pakistan cricket match is always a blockbuster but emotions will run even higher in Sunday’s Asia Cup clash between the nuclear-armed neighbours, who engaged

A record downward revision to annual US job growth, paired with no surprises in the latest inflation data, sealed the deal for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates next week. While traders are betting the US central bank will embark on a series of reductions, they concluded that the European Central Bank is done