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Priti Patel, the British Indian minister who signed off on Nirav Modi's extradition order to India as home secretary in April 2021 after a prima facie case was established in court, has said she is "appalled and horrified" that he is still in the UK. Patel, shadow foreign secretary on the Conservative Opposition benches, told 'The Daily Telegraph' podcast in an episode to be released next week that the Indian authorities were "hugely angry" over Britain's failure to extradite the jeweller wanted for one of the country's biggest banking frauds. 'The Diamond King' four-part podcast series traces the newspaper's discovery of the fugitive diamond merchant hiding out in a luxury London flat leading to his eventual arrest by Scotland Yard in March 2019. "If our system were judicious and doing the right thing, rather than tying itself up in process and excuses, he should not be in this country," Patel is quoted as saying. "I'm actually pretty appalled and horrified that he's still here, a
Enthused by the consistent financial performance of the last four quarters, Punjab National Bank MD and CEO Ashok Chandra exuded confidence that the bank's profit would surpass the Rs 20,000 crore mark this financial year. The public sector lender had earned a net profit of Rs 16,904 crore in the previous financial year. From the second quarter of last financial year, the bank has been maintaining a net profit of over Rs 5,000 crore every quarter, Chandra told PTI in an interview. "We have maintained the same trend in the first quarter (ongoing financial year). And I am hopeful and confident that with the profitable growth, which is happening in the system....we will be surpassing the Rs 5,000 crore number and every quarter will be reaching a new height," he said. Asked if the bank can cross the Rs 20,000 crore mark during FY27 at this run rate, he said, "If I am telling that every quarter Rs 5,000 crore of net profit will happen, I think that goes to that figure which you are talk
Punjab National Bank (PNB) on Saturday reported an over three-fold jump in standalone net profit at Rs 5,253 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2026. The state-owned bank had posted a net profit of Rs 1,675 crore in the year-ago period. Total income in the quarter under review remained static at Rs 37,231 crore, PNB said in a regulatory filing. However, the lender's interest income increased marginally to Rs 32,897 crore, from Rs 31,964 crore in the same quarter a year ago. During the period, the bank's operating profit rose to Rs 7,519 crore, as compared to Rs 7,081 crore in the same quarter a year ago. The bank's asset quality improved as gross non-performing assets (NPAs) declined to 2.78 per cent of gross advances at the end of the June quarter, from 3.78 per cent a year ago. Gross Non-Performing Assets (GNPA) in absolute terms declined by Rs 7,292 crore to Rs 35,381 crore from Rs 42,673 crore, while Net Non-Performing Assets (NNPA) eased by Rs 699 crore to Rs 3,433 crore
Public sector lender Punjab National Bank (PNB) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Digital India BHASHINI Division (DIBD) for facilitating multilingual AI banking. Through this partnership, BHASHINI's advanced multilingual AI capabilities will be integrated into PNB's digital platforms, PNB said in a statement on Thursday. This will empower customers to access banking services seamlessly in multiple Indian languages via both voice and text, it said. Speaking on the occasion, PNB Executive Director M Paramasivam said by combining multilingual AI with public service delivery, this initiative will help bridge language barriers and ensure that digital banking services are more accessible, equitable, and citizen-friendly for people across the country.
State-owned Punjab National Bank (PNB) on Tuesday reported a 14.4 per cent year-on-year rise in net profit to Rs5,225crore for the three months ended March 2026, driven by higher interest income. The lender had earned a net profit of Rs 4,567 crore in the year-ago period. However, the bank's total income fell to Rs36,319crore during the quarter under review from Rs36,705 crore a year ago, PNB said in a regulatory filing. Interest income grew to Rs32,157crore from Rs31,989crore in the fourth quarter of the previous financial year. On the asset quality front, the bank's gross Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) improved to 2.95 per cent of gross advances as compared to 3.95per cent by the end of March 2025. Similarly, net NPAs came down to 0.29 per cent from 0.4 per cent. The board also recommended a dividend of Rs 3 per equity share for FY 2025-26, subject to approval of shareholders at the ensuing Annual General Meeting of the bank.