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Agra family murder: Neighbours highlight reclusive behaviour of family

The 24-year-old Mohammad Arshad from Agra took his mother and four sisters to the hotel room in Lucknow and allegedly killed them by slitting their throats and wrists

Stalin govt scraps smart meter tender amid allegations of favour to Adani

The decision of scrapping the tender has been taken by the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation

CBIC clarifies rules, says no GST to apply on pre-paid gift vouchers, cards

The CBIC underlined that, regardless of the type of voucher, transactions involving vouchers themselves will not be construed as the supply of goods or services

Kerala announces rehabilitation project for Wayanad landslide survivors

The project involves setting up two townships to provide a safe and sustainable living environment for those affected by the disaster

Warring tribes in Pakistan's Kurram reach peace deal after weeks of clashes

Representatives from the Alizai and Bagan tribes signed the 14-point agreement, agreeing to demolish all private bunkers and surrender heavy arms to the administration

FBI finds 150 homemade bombs in Virginia in one of its largest seizures

Investigators seized more than 150 pipe bombs and other homemade devices when they searched the home of Brad Spafford northwest of Norfolk in December

Venture capital firm Accel secures $650 million for eighth India fund

Accel earned a 35x gain on its investment in Swiggy's initial public offering (IPO), marking one of the biggest gains for the Silicon Valley fund

We could pass a law that makes Bumrah bowl left-handed, jokes Australian PM

The right-handed Bumrah, considered as the world's best fast bowler across formats, has caused plenty of trouble for the Australian batters and has taken 30 wickets in four Tests

Standard Glass sets price band of Rs 133-140 for IPO, set to open Jan 6

The company has reduced the size of its offer for sale component to nearly 1.43 crore equity shares from 1.84 crore shares as planned earlier

Rikant Pittie to be new CEO of EaseMyTrip, succeeds brother Nishant Pitti

Rikant Pittie will oversee the company's strategic initiatives, drive innovation, and enhance customer experiences to further strengthen EaseMyTrip's position in the industry

Domestic PV wholesales increase by 11% in December to 320,000 units

In the calendar year 2024 (CY24), domestic PV wholesales of the industry stood at 4.3 million units, recording a Y-o-Y growth of about 4.7 per cent

Maharashtra sees 12.32% rise in new vehicle registrations in 2024

Overall, 2.879 million vehicles were registered, including 2.050 million two-wheelers and around 450,000 cars, a 12.32 per cent jump from 2.563 million vehicles registered in 2023

New updates: 98.12% of Rs 2,000 banknotes in circulation on May 19, 2023 has been returned, says RBI

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Transforming EPFO: Can it pivot into a user-friendly organisation?

With the number of rejections rising to almost a third of claims, the government is taking steps to radically reform the country's largest social security platform in order to ease payouts of benefits

Haryana CM welcomes decisions taken for farmers at 1st Cabinet meet of 2025

Expressing his gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Saini said the thoughtfulness with which these decisions have been taken will benefit lakhs of farmers in Haryana

BJP asks CM Atishi to withdraw her statement on temple demolition

Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva demanded that the chief minister withdraw her statement and warned that she would be held responsible if any untoward incident happens

Sun Pharma sells entire stake in Japanese arm to Zaza Industrial Holdings

According to a regulatory filing with BSE, the agreement was signed on December 31, 2024, with the transaction expected to be completed by January 31, 2025

Iron ore production rises 3% in Apr-Nov period to 182.6 mn tonnes

Mines ministry in a statement said that the country's manganese ore output rose by 9.5% to 2.3 MT in April- November period over 2.1 MT during the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year

1995-batch IAS officer Bhuvnesh Kumar assumes charge as CEO of UIDAI

Kumar also continues to be an Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)

EAM Jaishankar meets Qatari PM Al Thani, reviews bilateral cooperation

His visit will enable both sides to review various aspects of bilateral relations, including political, trade, investment, energy, security, cultural and people-to-people ties