MUMBAI: NCP chief and deputy CM Ajit Pawar finally acted against agriculture minister Manikrao Kokate after the rummy row. The state government on Thursday swapped Kokate’s agriculture department with sports and youth welfare, minority development, and Waqf. NCP minister Dattatray Bharne will now hold the agriculture portfolio. This is seen as a big demotion for…
NEW DELHI: Within hours of President Trump announcing a 25% tariff on Indian exports to the US, the commerce department sought to comfort exporters while also nudging them to explore other markets. Exporters responded with suggestions that govt offer them assistance to overcome the adverse impact of US actions.During consultations led by Rajesh Agarwal, special…
Ryan ten Doeschate (Pic credit: Sahil Malhotra/TimesofIndia.com) TimesofIndia.com in London: India’s assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate described the first day of the fifth and final Test against England at The Oval as “fair” for the visitors but conceded that the run-out of captain Shubman Gill and the absence of pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah had a…
ITR filing: The Income Tax Return (ITR) filing deadline for FY 2024-25, assessment year 2025-26 is September 15, 2025. ITR filing FY 2024-25: The Income Tax Department has opened the online e-filing of ITR-2 on the Income Tax Portal incometax.gov.in/iec/foportal/. The online submission system for Form ITR-2 was opened on July 18, 2025. This development…
Schools in Central, East, West, and South Bengaluru were among those targeted. BENGALURU: Panic gripped around 40 schools across Bengaluru on Friday morning after they received threatening emails warning of bomb attacks. The threatening messages were sent by a miscreant using the email ID ‘roadkill333@atomicmail.io’, who also claimed he would end his life after the…
NEW DELHI: Ahead of a possible removal motion in Parliament during Monsoon session, Justice Yashwant Varma has moved the Supreme Court challenging the legality of the process adopted by the CJI-appointed three-member inquiry panel which found him guilty of possessing huge amount of unaccounted cash at his official residence when he was a judge of…
NEW DELHI: White House on Thursday dismissed media reports claiming US President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit Pakistan on September.“A trip to Pakistan has not been scheduled at this time”, the White House said.US White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that he will visit Scotland from July 25-July 29.“US President Donald Trump will…
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday hit back at US President Donald Trump’s move to impose a 50% tariff on Brazilian imports, saying Brazil would not bow to foreign pressure and warning of reciprocal action.Lula expressed his disapproval, saying, “No gringo is going to give orders to this president,” according to news…
Robert Vadra (File photo/PTI) NEW DELHI: A day after attaching his properties worth Rs 37 crore, the ED on Thursday filed a chargesheet against Robert Vadra, son-in-law of former Congress president Sonia Gandhi, in a Rouse Avenue court here accusing him of laundering “proceeds of crime” in a Gurgaon land deal worth over Rs 58…
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar (File photo) PATNA: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar announced Thursday 125 units of free electricity, unwrapping a potential no-bill bonanza ahead of assembly polls for an estimated 91% of households which consume less than the threshold. The move follows promises of 200 units of free electricity by rival and former deputy CM…
