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Excise hike hurting farmers, may fuel illicit trade: Tobacco Board to FM

Steep tax increases heightened risk of accelerated illicit cigarette trade, which has emerged globally as a serious economic and governance challenge

Cholamandalam Financial posts 27% rise in Q3FY26 profit to ₹1,386 crore

The city-headquartered company, part of the diversified Murugappa Group, had posted a profit after tax of ₹1,093 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous financial year

Maharashtra Dy CM Sunetra Pawar takes charge, attends cabinet meeting

Sunetra Pawar has been given the charge of the exicse, sports, minority welfare and Aukaf departments and also appointed guardian minister of Beed and Pune

Taskforce setup on dark net, crypto to monitor narco trafficking: Govt

In addition, a Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) has also been set up at the central and state levels to oversee significant drug seizure investigations

Oppn submits notice for moving resolution to remove LS Speaker Om Birla

Congress MP and chief whip K Suresh submitted the notice to the Lok Sabha secretariat on behalf of several opposition parties, including the Congress, Samajwadi Party and the DMK

AstraZeneca gets Indian regulator's nod to market cancer drug Imfinzi

The company has received permission to import for sale and distribution of Durvalumab solution for an additional indication

Leadership issue: Congress high command decision final, says Siddaramaiah

The CM was responding to comments made by his deputy and another claimant for the Chief Minister post D K Shivakumar earlier in the day that he has "no confusion" over the leadership issue

India's space programme built on cooperation, not competition: Isro chief

Space-related activity in India started in 1962, 15 years after the independence and the first rocket India launched was made in the US and supplied by Nasa

Improved immunisation key to fight variant poliovirus strains: Expert

Gates Foundation Deputy Director Dr Ananda Sankar Bandyopadhyay said India has seen no paralytic outbreaks from variant polioviruses recently, reflecting high routine immunisation coverage

AAIB seeks applications for DG, 23 officer posts amid Air India crash probe

AAIB is handling more than 20 aircraft accident investigations, including the fatal Air India plane crash that killed 260 people on June 12 last year

L&T bags 'significant' transport infrastructure development project in UAE

The contract has been secured by the Transportation Infrastructure business vertical of the company for the improvement of Latifa Bint Hamdan Street in Dubai

Rahul cites Naravane's 2023 'available now' post to rebut publisher's claim

Penguin Random House India has said it holds exclusive publishing rights to Naravane's memoir and clarified that the book has not yet been published, amid reports of unauthorised copies in circulation

Kanpur car crash: Lawyer claims Mishra wasn't driving; police show footage

This assertion by lawyer comes amid family's claim that Mishra has been suffering from epilepsy

I-PAC raids: SC adjourns ED plea against Mamata's 'interference' to Feb 18

A bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Sandeep Mehta deferred the matter after it was informed that senior advocate Kapil Sibal was unwell

Death toll in Meghalaya mine blast rises to 30, judicial inquiry ordered

The Meghalaya government has ordered a judicial inquiry into the incident to ascertain the circumstances leading to the blast and fix responsibility

ED to issue fresh summons to Tina Ambani in money laundering probe

It is understood that she was called for questioning with regard to a money trail linked to the purchase of a luxury condominium in New York's Manhattan

ACME Solar secures 220 MW solar project with battery storage in MP

The tender was floated under tariff-based competitive guidelines (TBCB) for which an e-reverse auction was conducted in September 2025

Auto retail sales rise nearly 18% in January on high rural demand: Fada

On the business outlook for the next three months, Fada stated that dealer confidence remains decisively constructive, with 79.70 per cent of respondents expecting growth

T20 World Cup 2026: We were solid in all three departments, says Markram

South Africa captain Aiden Markram He credited veteran David Miller and Tristan Stubbs for producing the finishing stuff.

Ceigall India secures 220 MW solar project with BESS worth ₹1,700 cr

The project is expected to contribute significantly to Madhya Pradesh's renewable energy capacity and support India's broader clean energy transition goals