The New Indian Express Bengaluru - April 16, 2025
The New Indian Express Bengaluru - April 16, 2025
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April 16, 2025
Retail inflation at 67-mth low
• DECLINES TO LOWER-THAN-EXPECTED 3.34% DUE TO FOOD PRICE CORRECTION • RAISES HOPES OF FURTHER REPO RATE CUT BY 50 BPS IN THIS CALENDAR YEAR
1 min
Lose licence if baby trafficked: SC to hosps
The Supreme Court on Tuesday set strict guidelines for states to prevent child trafficking and related offences, warning that any laxity could be treated as contempt of court.
1 min
Money laundering case: ED grills Vadra
Money laundering case: ED grills Vadra
2 mins
CM Assures RTC Unions to Discuss Their Demands
CHIEF Minister Siddaramaiah, who met representatives of trade unions of the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC), assured them that all their demands would be discussed and appropriate action would be taken.
1 min
Traffic Congestion as Holidayers Return
BENGALURU was in for heavy traffic congestion and slow-moving traffic on Tuesday evening, following a three-day long weekend.
1 min
Land Acquisition Holds Up Road Widening in IT Belt
Traffic snarls to continue; Property owners reject BBMP's TDR offer
2 mins
SJP Rd traders carry water to work, but lose biz
WITH civic authorities turning a blind eye to their woes, traders on SJP Road are forced to transport 8 to 10 cans of drinking water from home each day just to keep things running at their stores.
2 mins
4, including rowdy-sheeter from Maha, held for chain-snatching
JC Nagar police on Tuesday arrested four accused, including a rowdy-sheeter from Maharashtra in a chain-snatching case.
1 min
10 Drug Peddlers Caught in Separate Operations
IN a major crackdown, the Anti-Narcotics Wing of the Central Crime Branch (CCB) police arrested 10 individuals, including a foreign national, in two separate cases on Tuesday.
1 min
Follow SC guidelines in Hubballi encounter case: HC
Court orders postmortem of the migrant labourer killed, directs officials to preserve samples of body parts
1 min
Elderly Couple's Suicide Over Cyberfraud: Gujarat Man Held
BELAGAVI police have arrested the key accused in the cyber fraud case that led to the suicide of an elderly couple in Beedi Village of Khanapur taluk.
1 min
Cong to protest against 'vendetta politics' today
THE ruling Congress will stage a protest outside the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office in Bengaluru on Wednesday against the \"blatant misuse of central agencies\" by the Modi-led BJP government.
1 min
Vokkaliga legislators want their opinions discussed at April 17 cabinet meet
Vokkaligara Sangha warns of protests, legal fight
2 mins
Good news for farmers: Monsoon to be bountiful across state this year
The coming monsoon is bound to bring cheer to the farming community across the state, with rainfall expected to be above normal, especially in South Interior and North Interior Karnataka.
2 mins
MUDA CASE: Lokayukta Gets Nod for Further Probe
Special court keeps closure report pending, says ED aggrieved person to an extent, but cannot file protest petition at this stage
2 mins
Talks Fail, Truckers to Intensify Protest
As the two rounds of negotiations, including one meeting chaired by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, failed, truckers announced that the indefinite strike, which commenced at midnight on April 14, would continue.
1 min
Stalin sets up committee to study Centre-state ties
FIFTY-five years after the then Tamil Nadu CM M Karunanidhi constituted the PV Rajamannar Committee in 1969 — the first such panel in India's history formed to study Centre-state relations — his son and current CM MK Stalin on Tuesday announced the formation of a high-level committee to study the constitutional and legal provisions that impact the Centre-state relations.
1 min
Centre will give Waqf relief to the people of Munambam, says Rijiju
THE Union government and BJP will stand with the people of Munambam to protect their land rights, said Union Minister for Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju, who visited the coastal village to attend a thanksgiving function organised by the NDA on Tuesday.
2 mins
SUPER MARIO OF SEARING LETTERS
HY do we tell stories? Because narratives gift us with powers to survive the uncertain and momentary tales we live.
3 mins
STANDING UP TO THE BULLY ON THE PLAYGROUND
Today's China is not yesterday's Soviet Union. Nor is Trump's America the sole superpower. Anyone trying to push back the clock of history will get hurt
4 mins
Tejashwi Says CM Face To Be Decided By Grand Alliance
The top leadership of the RJD and the Congress held formal talks in Delhi on Tuesday on jointly fighting the forthcoming Bihar Assembly elections.
1 min
Digital use raises no dementia risks, says study
Technology A Boon, Not Bane
1 min
SC raps HC judge's 'invited trouble' remark in rape case
Taking exception to an Allahabad High Court judge's recent remarks in a rape case that the rape survivor herself \"invited trouble\", the Supreme Court on Tuesday cautioned judges against making such inappropriate observations against the complainant.
2 mins
Good news for farm as IMD predicts above-normal rain this monsoon
Neutral El Niño a favorable condition; Tamil Nadu, NE may get below-average precipitation
2 mins
CBI's Operation Chakra: 4 digital arrest kingpins held after raids in 12 locations
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday said that it has arrested four kingpins in 'digital arrests' case, leading to defrauding of money to the tune of ₹7.67 crores.
1 min
4000-yr-old chariot to be displayed at National Museum's Harappan gallery
THE National Museum in the national capital will have two added attractions — bronze-age solid-disk wheel carts (chariot) discovered from the Sinauli archaeological site in Uttar Pradesh and a permanent exhibition of epigraphs — on display to enthrall the heritage enthusiasts.
1 min
15 Judges Per Mn Against Law Panel's Recommendation Of 50, Says Report
INDIA has only 15 judges per million population, significantly below the Law Commission's recommendation of 50.
2 mins
Yogi questions Mamata's silence in Bengal clashes
UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday accused his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee of encouraging communal unrest in her state under the \"guise of secularism\", questioning her silence in the ongoing tensions over the Waqf amendment.
1 min
South Bengal Town on Edge After Waqf Violence
A day after violence hit Bhangar in South Bengal, which erupted during protests demanding the withdrawal of the Waqf Amendment Act, Kolkata Police on Tuesday arrested nine people in the incident.
1 min
Assamese Made Compulsory for All Official Work
The Assam government has made the Assamese language compulsory for all official work in the state, except for five districts under the Bodoland Territorial Region and three districts in the Barak Valley.
1 min
Maha cabinet nod to ₹5 lakh relief in custodial deaths
AFTER recommendations by human rights groups, the Maharashtra cabinet on Tuesday decided to extend financial compensation to the family members of custodial death victims.
1 min
5 girls from Simdega named in national hockey team
IN a first, five players hailing from Jharkhand's Simdega district, including Captain Salima Tete, have made it to the Indian Women's Hockey team.
1 min
NC under fire as discussion denied
THE ruling National Conference in Muslim-majority J&K has come under fire from allies and opposition alike after the Speaker refused to allow discussion on the Waqf (Amendment) Act in the recently concluded budget session of the Assembly, with the Abdullahs backing the decision.
1 min
ED raids premises of Raj Cong leader, AAP MLA in ₹48K cr real estate fraud
THE Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday raided the premises of Rajasthan Congress leader and former minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas and Punjab AAP MLA Kulwant Singh as part of a probe into ₹48,000-crore Pearl Agrotech Corporation Limited (PACL) scam, a real estate investment fraud.
1 min
Rahul launches Gujarat party reboot
No caste, no clutter: Congress signals ground-level overhaul for swift results in 45-day drill
2 mins
Khamenei says Iran-US talks going well but warns it may prove fruitless
Tehran and Washington to meet again in Muscat on Saturday, a week after top-level talks
1 min
JSW Steel to Invest ₹60k Cr in Green Steel
JSW Steel will invest ₹50,000-60,000 crore to build a 10 million tonne per annum green steel plant over the next three to four years.
1 min
NPCI meets bank officials, app providers
THE National Payments Corporation (NPCI), which runs the unified payments interface, has met bank officials and third-party application providers (TPAPs) on the issue of recent repeated outages of the payment services.
1 min
Exports Hit Record $820 Billion Amid Global Challenges in FY25
DEFYING global headwinds and World Trade Organization's bleak projections, India's exports surged to a record $820.93 billion in FY25, marking a 5.5% increase over the previous year's $778.13 billion, the Ministry of Commerce announced on Monday.
1 min
OALP: ONGC Wins 11 Blocks, OIL 9, Cairn 7
OIL and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and its partners have won the most number of blocks (15) in the ninth round of the Open Acreage Licensing Policy (OALP).
1 min
Sebi bars Gensol Engineering and promoters from markets, halts stock split
LAUNCHING a crackdown on Gensol Engineering Ltd (GEL), India's capital market regulator -- the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) -- has barred the renewable energy firm and two of its promoters - Anmol Singh Jaggi and Puneet Singh Jaggi - from the securities markets till further orders in a fund diversion and governance lapses case.
1 min
Trump Hints at Relief for Automakers
THE country's automotive industry, especially the component manufacturers, may breathe a sigh of relief as US President Donald Trump on Monday suggested that he might temporarily exempt the auto industry from tariffs he previously imposed on the sector, to give carmakers time to adjust their supply chains.
1 min
Tariff Pause: Govt to Finish BTA Talks Before Deadline
Virtual talks will begin this week, physical rounds likely in first week of May
1 min
Benchmarks rise over 2% as trade tensions ease
DOMESTIC equity markets extended their rally for the second straight session on Tuesday, buoyed by easing global trade tensions.
1 min
BFI officials publicly hit out at president Singh
The off-the-ring tussle in Indian boxing is here to stay.
1 min
Capitals Test For RR
Two teams coming off losses but Delhi are in much better shape when compared to Rajasthan. A look at their Indian Premier League (IPL) encounter on Wednesday...
1 min
NOOR AHMAD DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
Noor's coach in Afghanistan opens up about how the wrist-spinner emerged to become a star for Chennai
3 mins
Boucher backs Rohit to fix batting woes
TO get Rohit Sharma back in form, former Mumbai Indians head coach Mark Boucher felt that it would depend on the former MI captain himself, how he challenges himself in phases of the match and to look back on his previous bad patches in his decorated career.
1 min
Chahal sizzles as Punjab secure unlikely victory
YUZVENDRA Chahal and the other Punjab Kings bowlers engineered a thrilling heist as they defended 111 against the holders, Kolkata Knight Riders, at a raucous Mullanpur on Tuesday night.
1 min
Big names put up subdued show; Vithya bags gold
AFTER a lukewarm response from the first three iterations of the Indian Open Athletics meeting, this edition, conducted by the Tamil Nadu Athletics Association (TNAA) saw a sizeable turnout of more than 400 athletes, organisers stated.
2 mins
Tribute to Foo Fighters
Concert featuring upcoming musicians in the city to be held on April 16
1 min
BOOKS THAT PROBE THE LIFE OF LINCOLN
As April 15 marked the 160th death anniversary of Abraham Lincoln, take a look at various books that narrate the life of the 16th president of the United States
2 mins
Bharat Talikote steps into the spotlight with Vicky
VICKY, a light-hearted comedy, captures the chaos and charm of a middle-class young man chasing big dreams.
1 min
PC Reunites With Zac Efron For A Comedy
MAZONMGM Studios has confirmed the addition of Priyanka Chopra and Michael Pena to Nicholas Stoller's upcoming comedy film.
1 min
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