Business

Samsung India cuts jobs as cost pressures mount, nearly 100 executives asked to leave

Samsung India has asked 80-100 executives in its television and home appliance businesses to leave in batches. The move reflects mounting cost pressures, weak demand and a

Accident News

All illegal structures above 4 floors to be ‘immediately sealed’ in Delhi, guilty officials to be dismissed: MCD

The Satya Niketan building was being used as a paying-guest accommodation and collapsed on Sunday afternoon. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Sunday said all illegal

Accident News

Air India terminates Phuket-Delhi pilot after AAIB confirms ‘non-negative’ psychoactive substance test

The pilot tested “non-negative” for a psychoactive substance in a confirmatory test, a preliminary Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) report said. Air India said in a statement

India

‘Barred’ from temples, an Ahmedabad community strives to keep a sacred art form alive, 9 generations later

‘Mata ni Pachhedi’ is a ritual textile painted with Goddess Durga as the central theme. Mastered by the Chitaras, a community of Devipujaks (earlier called

India

Navy Chief Krishna Swaminathan: INS Nipun will enhance our critical underwater capabilities

INS Nipun is the second Diving Support Vessel (DSV) of the Nistar Class and is a strong addition to the Navy’s deep-sea diving and underwater support capabilities.

Flood

9 metres in 30 minutes: How an avalanche may have triggered Nepal’s flood fury

Scientists suspect an ice-rock avalanche in Lende Khola triggered Nepal’s deadly Rasuwa flood. The probe now centres on whether an upstream blockage could unleash a

Business

14 days under watch, Rs 2.6 crore gone: The digital arrest behind a Rs 27,850 crore bust

A Goa woman’s complaint over a so-called digital arrest led the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to a multi-state money laundering network with over 300 victims. For two weeks

Food

A not-so-sweet surprise: How India went from a year of possible sugar glut to shortage & high prices ahead of festivals

At the beginning of this sugar season, the government and the industry prepared for a surplus Buying a packet of sugar in any of the major metros

Cricket

India batting coach shares blunt response on Kuldeep Yadav’s Colombo Test omission

SL vs IND, 2nd Test: India batting coach Sitanshu Kotak dismissed speculation over whether Kuldeep Yadav would have played in Colombo if fit. Kuldeep missed

India

2 injured in gurdwara stabbing in Canada’s Edmonton; PM Carney calls attack ‘appalling’

The attack comes a week after police confirmed that they were looking into threat calls made to two Sikh gurdwaras in Calgary. Two people were injured in