Former Axis fund manager held for cheating investors

Viresh Joshi, a former chief trader and fund manager of Axis Mutual Fund, has been arrested under the anti-money laundering law in a case linked to alleged cheating of investors to the tune of Rs......

What The 1962 War Taught The Chinese

The fierce battles of Galwan, Rezang La, Gurung Hill, and Walong taught the PLA a hard lesson: Fighting the Indian Army would never be easy or inexpensive. IMAGE: Indian soldiers in a bunker in......

7 Maoists, 3 DRG jawans killed in Chhattisgarh encounter

Seven Maoists were killed in an exchange of fire amid ongoing anti-Maoist operation along the Bijapur-Dantewada border in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region, officials said on Wednesday. IMAGE: The......

How Did 'Poll Diary' Get Numbers Right?

The little-known 'Poll Diary' was the only pollster which predicted that the NDA would win over 200 seats, while the Mahagathbandhan would fall below 50. Most exit polls got the direction of the......

Growth gains ahead for Axis Bank

Axis Bank reported a sharp drop in net profit in the second quarter of financial year 2026 (Q2FY26) on higher provisions and weak operating profit growth while revenue growth was moderate.......

Axis Bank Q2 net down 26% to Rs 5,090 cr

Axis Bank on Wednesday reported a 26 per cent decline in standalone net profit to Rs 5,089.64 crore annually for the quarter ended September 2025. Photograph: Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters The private......

Sensex, Nifty close marginally lower on foreign fund outflows

Stock markets ended marginally lower on Tuesday amid thin year-end trading as persistent foreign fund outflows and a muted trend in global equities weighed on investors' sentiment. Photograph:......

Stock markets surge nearly 1% on last trading session of 2025

Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty jumped nearly 1 per cent on Wednesday, the final trading session of 2025, after days of range-bound trading amid sustained buying by domestic institutional......