MUMBAI: Strong buying in a host of bank stocks and Reliance Industries lifted the Sensex by 650 points on Monday to close at 83,277 points. However, nearly a Rs 1,000-crore net selling by foreign funds raised doubts about the sustainability of the rally. IT stocks had been under pressure over the past few sessions amid…
3 min readJan 20, 2026 12:33 PM IST First published on: Jan 20, 2026 at 11:59 AM IST New BJP national president Nitin Nabin could be one of the party’s new faces in the Rajya Sabha, where several vacancies will crop up through this year, party insiders have said. While sources indicated that the 45-year-old…
Solar Eclipse February 17 The annular or “Ring of Fire” solar eclipse will happen today, February 17, 2026. This celestial event will get a lot of attention around the world, but it won’t be visible from India. Because solar eclipses are talked about a lot and people often think they can see them from anywhere,…
Michael Jordan’s post-race gesture toward a child at Daytona 500 sparks heated debate online/ X The Daytona 500 was meant to be a milestone moment for Michael Jordan and his NASCAR team. Instead, a brief interaction during the celebrations has become the centre of attention. Jordan attended the race to support driver Tyler Reddick, whose…
MUMBAI: Torrent Power is buying L&T’s coal-fired power plant in Punjab in a Rs 6,889-crore enterprise value deal, marking its entry into northern India’s fast-growing power market. The acquisition includes Rs 3,661 crore in upfront cash, while Torrent will also take on Rs 3,228 crore of Nabha Power’s debt.Nabha Power runs a 1,400MW thermal plant…
Who will control India’s richest civic body, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), which has an annual budget of over Rs 70,000 crore? The Urdu dailies have kept their focus on this question, even as they covered the Maharashtra civic body polls with a focus and sweep reserved usually for the coverage of a big state…
Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi and teammate Usman Tariq leave the field after Pakistan lost their T20 World Cup game against India (AP Photo) Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi launched a scathing attack on the senior core of the Pakistan national cricket team after their crushing 61-run defeat to India national cricket team in the ICC…
Holding his enumeration form, Dilim Toto sits on the floor with four others in the kitchen-turned-office of Booth-Level Officer (BLO) Prakash Pradhan’s house in Totopara village. The 25-year-old has been called for a hearing, as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in West Bengal, for a “logical discrepancy” since he is one…
While Nitin Nabin, 45, has taken over as the BJP’s youngest-ever national president, marking a generational shift in the leadership of the ruling party, the principal Opposition Congress continues to struggle over the issue of promoting its young faces more than three years after it resolved to ensure 50% representation for youths across all levels…
Hours after taking charge as the new BJP national president on Tuesday, Nitin Nabin began to form his team as he appointed the party’s election in-charges for the upcoming Kerala Assembly election and the civic body polls in Bengaluru and Telangana. These appointments, in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks on the BJP being…