Month: May 2025

[ad_1] BHOPAL: A 17-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by six men in Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol town for two days, following which she was taken to a hotel by a deputy jailer, where police rescued her Thursday. All six suspected rapists were arrested. The deputy jailer, Vikas Singh, posted at Budhar sub-jail in Shahdol, faces charges of abducting a minor. The crime came a day after a class 7 girl was repeatedly gang-raped by two men for three days while being held captive in a house in Mandla.The survivor went missing on April 28 night, but it wasn't until two days later that her family approached Sohagpur PS in Shahdol, 535km from Bhopal. Cops began looking for her and found her in a hotel in town the next day. By Thursday evening, Sohagpur Police had arrested four suspects. Later that night, […]

[ad_1] MUMBAI: With UPI and other digital rails keeping money in motion round-the-clock - and India's markets becoming more entwined with global ones - an RBI panel has proposed extending money market hours to 7pm from 5pm. The shift would give banks greater flexibility in managing short-term liquidity and accessing interbank and central bank funds.The recommendations come from a working group set up to review trading and settlement hours across RBI-regulated markets. The panel argued that trading hours shape how efficiently markets function, affecting liquidity, volatility, and price discovery. Since the last major review in 2019, India's financial markets expanded in size and complexity, with more participants, a broader range of products, and increased non-resident activity-especially in govt securities and derivatives following regulatory and index changes.Tighter links between onshore and offshore markets, advances in trading infrastructure, and round-the-clock payment systems […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: After LNG, govt is exploring the possibility of increasing fertiliser imports from the US as it seeks to address US President Donald Trump's concerns over the trade balance being in India's favour.The move will also help India reduce its dependence on countries, such as China and Russia, which are among the top sources of shipments. In fact, like oil, fertiliser imports from Russia shot up, following sanctions on Moscow in the wake of the Ukraine war. As a result, India's trade deficit with Russia grew manifold.India relies heavily on imported fertilisers, valued at $8.3 billion during the last financial year, with the US having a minuscule share, with the value of shipments pegged at $300,000. Last year, India had a trade surplus of over $41 billion with the US, while its goods imports were valued at $86.5 […]

[ad_1] Ajay Devgn’s gripping new crime drama, ‘Raid 2’, has made a solid impression at the box office. Directed by Raj Kumar Gupta, the film is the much-awaited sequel to the 2018 hit ‘Raid’. Within just two days of release, ‘Raid 2’ has collected over Rs. 30 crore in India, even though it saw a drop in earnings on the second day.Raid 2 Movie Review‘Raid 2’ hit cinemas on Thursday and saw a thunderous opening, earning Rs. 19.25 crore as reported by Sacnilk. The partial holiday on the release day helped boost numbers, along with the strong fan base of the original film.‘Raid 2’ Box Office Collection Day 2 On Friday, the film earned an estimated Rs. 11.50 crore, bringing the total collection to Rs. 30.75 crore in India after two days. To maintain this success and cross the Rs. […]