IRCTC records highest-ever single-day bookings of over 20 lakh tickets as festive rush begins
New Delhi: The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has set a new record for online train ticket bookings, with 20,06,353 tickets sold on September 7, 2026, the highest single-day figure ever recorded …
Mumbai mall entry case: Accused made fake PMO ID card using ChatGPT to boost self-esteem, says police
Mumbai: One of the two men held for allegedly forcing their way into a shopping mall in Mumbai while carrying a firearm and a fake identity card of the PMO, has confessed to fabricating the document using ChatGPT to elev…
Markets end marginally lower on cooling oil prices, buying in HDFC Bank, IT stocks
Mumbai: Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended marginally lower on Friday after registering sharp losses during the day following a drop in crude oil prices and buying in blue-chip HDFC Bank and IT stocks.The 30-share …
Illegal weapons: Karnataka CM sets November 1 deadline for surrender of guns
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar set November 1 deadline for surrendering illegal firearms and warned that those who fail to comply will face serious consequences.Speaking at the Forest Martyrs Day even…
Rupee falls 5 paise to close at 95.57 against US dollar
Mumbai: The rupee pared most of its initial losses and settled at 95.57 (provisional) against the US dollar, down by 5 paise, on Friday, helped by a correction in crude oil prices and suspected RBI intervention.Forex tra…
Israel says it has destroyed major underground Hezbollah base
The powerful blast registered as the equivalent of a magnitude 4.1 earthquake, according to the US Geological Survey.
JD(U) leaders mull proposal to rename party 'JD(U)-Nitish'
Patna: The Janata Dal (United) on Friday said it was considering a suggestion to rename the more than two-decade-old party as ‘JD(U)-Nitish’, in deference to its supreme leader and former Bihar chief minister.The suggest…
Satya Niketan PG collapse: DU to add over 5000 hostel seats, but most students may remain without rooms
The University of Delhi (DU) is set to add 5,544 hostel seats across the university and its colleges, expanding its combined residential capacity to 12,754 seats.The move comes days after the collapse of a five-storey pa…
Buddhist monk arrested in suspected $3m embezzlement scandal
Thai police also arrested a suspected female accomplice with whom the monk, who had taken a vow of celibacy, was filmed having sex.
Six Nigerians accused of romance scams to be extradited to the US
The six will face wire fraud and money-laundry charges in the US, South African police say.