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Tamil Nadu ‘lottery king’ raided for tax evasion was labourer who built Rs 7,000-cr empire

Santiago Martin, known as 'Lottery King', was in the news this week as I-T officials raided 70 of his premises across India.

Flight operations resume in Kolkata and Bhubaneswar as Cyclone Fani clears

Cyclone Fani Friday forced Kolkata and Bhubaneswar airports to remain shut. Rescue operations are currently underway in Odisha, where the storm was most severe.

IAS, IPS 2017 batch to get cadres afresh as Delhi HC scraps ‘arbitrary’ allocation

IAS & IPS officers of the 2017 batch had moved court after they were denied their chosen cadres, while the same cadres were allocated to those lower in merit.

Chief of Muslim educational group in Kerala receives death threats over face veil ban

The Muslim Educational Society (MES) had imposed a ban on veils covering women's faces stating it was a new trend and was not in practice in the state earlier.

PMO monitoring of Rafale talks not interference, parallel negotiations: Centre to SC

Multiple pleas have been filed in the Supreme Court to seek a review of the December Court order ruling out a probe into the Rafale deal.

Our sons’ deaths a waste, nothing has changed: Families of Mandsaur protest victims

This poll season, farmers in Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh, say it isn't a loan waiver or cash transfer they need, just the right price for their produce.

Modi govt reshuffles senior-level bureaucrats across central govt departments

About 10 additional secretaries were appointed to various departments in the reshuffle that comes amid the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.

PM Modi biopic to release on May 24, day after Lok Sabha polls result

The movie ‘PM Narendra Modi’ was earlier set to release on April 11 but was blocked by the Election Commission.

PepsiCo withdraws lawsuit against Gujarat potato farmers in patent case

PepsiCo sued four farmers for cultivating a potato variety grown exclusively for its popular Lay's potato chips.

Gujarat court summons Rahul Gandhi’s over his remark that all Modis are thieves

How come all the thieves have Modi as the common surname, Rahul Gandhi had asked at an election rally at Kolar.

On Camera

When Vajpayee spoke to CII to allay fears—Let not Gujarat violence cloud the good in economy

On 27 April 2002, then-PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee delivered a speech at the annual session of the Confederation of Indian Industry, assuring the completion of Golden Quadrilateral and telling businessmen how deep and strong the roots of Indian secularism are.

India’s GDP to grow at 6.9% in 2024 — UN agency revises its January projection of 6.2%

Latest report by UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs says global growth to be faster than estimated earlier & India’s 'robust performance' to boost South Asia’s growth.

With defence push, India looks to capture markets in Africa beyond western Indian Ocean

India’s defence sector is trying to penetrate the African market. But with China already extending significant influence, India must now play catch-up.      

Abki baar 90 paar for Congress? Why even 30 more seats will ruffle BJP

Discussion about outcome of Lok Sabha polls continues to boil in cauldron of expectations only from BJP. Now reverse this equation, what if we asked about the performance of the 'loser'?