Strong earthquake kills at least 9 in Taiwan, sparks tsunami fears

At least nine people have been killed and  77 people trapped across Taiwan after a powerful earthquake struck the island's eastern coast, CNN reported, citing the National Fire Agency. IMAGE:......

Farmers to intensify anti-govt protest, to continue stir during LS polls

Thousands of farmers on Thursday participated in the "Kisan Mazdoor Mahapanchayat" at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan where a resolution was passed to intensify the protest against the Centre's policies......

In Search For Planet Nine

Planet Nine, if it exists, is somewhere between 6-10 times the mass of Earth, and it may have an orbit that takes it around the sun once every 1,500 Earth years or more. IMAGE: Kindly note the......

Maharashtra passes 10% quota bill for Marathas, leaves OBCs untouched

The Maharashtra legislature on Tuesday unanimously passed a bill providing 10 per cent reservation for the Maratha community in education and government jobs. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde tabled......

Gold Loans On RBI, Finance Ministry Radar

Loan against gold as a product is catching on fast.Let's keep the momentum going, but aim for sustainable growth.A few bad apples should not ruin the brunch, argues Tamal Bandyopadhyay. Kindly......

PSU banks urged to review their gold loan portfolio

The finance ministry has directed all state-owned banks to review their gold loan portfolio as instances of non-compliance with  regulatory norms have been noticed by the government.......

RBI bars IIFL Finance from disbursing gold loans

The Reserve Bank on Monday barred IIFL Finance Ltd from disbursing gold loans, with immediate effect following multiple supervisory concerns, including serious deviations in assaying and certifying......

What is the average age of Indians buying Rolls-Royce?

High net worth individuals in their mid-40s were the majority of customers opting to purchase the British luxury automobile maker Rolls-Royce's range of cars in India, a company official said.......

Pretty Preity In Sparkling Form!

Photographs: BCCI   Bollywood star and Punjab Kings Co-Owner Preity Zinta refuses to be cowed down by PBKS's string of IPL 2024 losses. Preity's presence at the Mullanpur stadium in Mohali......

Nayanthara Celebrates New Year With Twins

Film folk brought in the New Year -- known through so many names like Vishu, Puthandu, Pohela Boishakh, Baisakhi, Bihu, Cheiraoba -- and shared pictures on social media. Photograph: Kind courtesy......

Who Is Disha With In Italy?

Raveena's positive attitude... Shanaya enjoys the sunset... Adah has a question... Photograph: Kind courtesy Disha Patani/Instagram Disha Patani shares a selfie from the sets of Kalki 2898 AD from......

Kriti-Pulkit's Haldi Was Unconventional

Photograph: Kind courtesy Kriti Kharbanda/Instagram and Pulkit Samrat/Instagram If you weren't invited for Kriti Kharbanda and Pulkit Samrat's Delhi wedding, just bookmark our pages! After sharing......

Dhoni will continue to evolve: Hussey

  IMAGE: Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been in superb hitting form in IPL 2024, scoring at a strike rate of 255.88. Photograph: BCCI Having relinquished his captaincy duties at Chennai Super......

Veteran Ghosal calls time from professional squash

Will continue to play for India in multi disciplinary events IMAGE: Saurav Ghosal remains the only Indian to reach the world's top 10, achieving the career-high ranking in April 2019 and spending......

Europa League PIX: Liverpool eliminated; Villa in semis

Summary of the Europa League quarter-final matches played on Thursday. IMAGE: Liverpool's Alexis Mac Allister and Luis Diaz look dejected after the match against Atalanta at Stadio Atleti Azzurri,......

CSK's Conway out of IPL 2024; Gleeson named replacement

IMAGE: Devon Conway had suffered a fractured left thumb during the T20I series against Australia in February and had undergone surgery for the same. Photograph: BCCI Defending champions Chennai......

'The referee's performance was a disaster'

Xavi furious at referee as Barcelona knocked out by PSG   IMAGE: Paris St Germain's Marquinhos is shown a yellow card by referee Istvan Kovacs during the Champions League Quarter Final Second......