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Hindustan Times Ranchi
Chinaware that props up Pakistan in conflict
It was widely known that China has emerged as the key supplier of weaponry for its iron brother Pakistan over the past decade, accounting for over 80% of the country's military imports currently, but the first outing for some of these weapons came this week, in strikes and counter-strikes carried out by India and Pakistan.
2 min |
May 11, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
UP-Based Liquor Supplier Shot Dead, Two Held
A Uttar Pradesh-based liquor supplier was shot dead and another critically injured after Patna-based liquor smugglers opened indiscriminate fire on them along NH-19 (GT Road) near Khajura market under Durgawati police station in Kaimur district late Friday evening, police said.
1 min |
May 11, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Lower China tariff, 80% seems right
US President Donald Trump signaled on Friday that he could lower tariffs on Chinese imports, as the rival superpowers prepare for trade talks over the weekend.
1 min |
May 10, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Soaring Indo-Pak tensions force suspension of IPL ties
The Indian Premier League (IPL) was on Friday suspended because of the deepening military confrontation between India and Pakistan with the BCCI saying that national interest trumps other considerations at a time when the country is responding to a terror attack and unwarranted aggression from across the border.
3 min |
May 10, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
India Puts Heat on Vietnam, China With Solar Glass Duty
India has imposed an anti-dumping duty of up to $664 per tonne on imports of a certain type of solar glass from China and Vietnam for five years in a bid to protect domestic manufacturers from cheap imports from these two countries, according to a government notification.
1 min |
May 10, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Sunil Mittal Is Said Poised To Buy $2 Billion Stake In Haier India
Sunil Mittal is in advanced talks to acquire a 49% stake in the Indian unit of China's Haier Smart Home Co., according to people familiar with the matter, as the billionaire looks to tap growing demand for goods such as home appliances in the South Asian country.
1 min |
May 10, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Equity mutual fund inflow dips to ₹24,269 cr in April
Inflow in equity mutual funds dipped 3.24% to ₹24,269 crore in April as concerns over potential US tariffs and a shift in investor preference toward debt and hybrid strategies weighed on sentiment.
1 min |
May 10, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Illegal construction in Sariska reserve halted
A team led by assistant forest conservator, Akbarpur, and local forest officer of Talvriksh forest range took swift action today after detecting illegal construction activity on the roof of a structure near the Kali Mata temple, accessed via a well in Talvriksh range's Naka Devta area of Sariska.
1 min |
May 10, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
The new templates for putting an end to cross-border terror
Operation Sindoor signals a new strategic resolve. With superior comprehensive national power, India should be able to exercise escalation dominance and control
4 min |
May 10, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Flight diversions surge Mumbai air traffic
Air traffic controllers in Mumbai are operating with heightened vigilance as flights through the city's airspace have surged by over 60% following escalating tensions between India and Pakistan, multiple officials said, even as scores of more flights were scrapped on Thursday.
2 min |
May 10, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
SBI, 7 Lenders to Offload Yes Bank Stake to Japan's SMBC
State Bank of India (SBI) and seven other lenders on Friday announced selling 20% of their combined stakes in Yes Bank to Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) for a consideration of ₹13,483 crore, making it the largest cross-border investment in the Indian banking sector.
1 min |
May 10, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Jaiswal Wants To Play For Mumbai, Seeks MCA's Approval
India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal has requested the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) to allow him to remain with the domestic giants, a month after asking for a No Objection Certificate (NOC) to switch to Goa.
1 min |
May 10, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Swiggy's Q-comm drive doubles Q4 loss to ₹1,081 crore
Food delivery and quick commerce platform Swiggy on Friday reported widening of consolidated net loss during the March quarter to ₹1,081.18 crore, due to significant investments in quick commerce.
1 min |
May 10, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
War between India, Pakistan will be 'none of our business': Vance
Amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan, the US has said it is not going to get involved in a war that's \"fundamentally none of our business\".
1 min |
May 10, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Pope Leo XIV Holds First Mass as Pontiff
Pope Leo XIV, history's first North American pope, said on Friday that his election was both a cross and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass in Sistine Chapel.
2 min |
May 10, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Four held for killing woman in Khunti dist
Police on Friday arrested four people for allegedly killing a 40-year-old woman in her sleep on Tuesday after accusing her of being a witch at Murhu in Khunti district, officials said.
1 min |
May 10, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Govt move to rename Ranchi univ sparks political slugfest
The Hemant Soren government's decision to rename Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee University in Ranchi after tribal icon Budhu Bhagat has sparked a political controversy in Jharkhand, with the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) objecting to the cabinet's decision to drop the name of the veteran Jan Sangh leader.
2 min |
May 10, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Enough Food and Fuel Stocks, Hoarders to be Punished: Govt
India has sufficient stocks of all essential commodities—food, fertilisers to fuel—and traders found stockpiling items to create artificial shortages and inflate prices will be prosecuted under the Essential Commodities Act, Union food and consumer affairs minister Pralhad Joshi said on Friday.
1 min |
May 10, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
US Can't Do Side Deals With EU on Trade: Merz
Germany's new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said he told US President Donald Trump that he can negotiate trade matters only with the European Union and there can't be any side deals with individual member states.
1 min |
May 10, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
A War Between India, Pak Would Be None Of Our Business: Vance
US Vice President JD Vance said on Thursday that India and Pakistan should de-escalate tensions, but he added that the U.S. cannot control the nuclear-armed Asian neighbours and a war between them would be \"none of our business\".
1 min |
May 10, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
India's Gukesh and Praggnanandhaa Play Out Draws in Superbet Chess Event
World champion D Gukesh played out a draw yet again despite showing promise, while R Praggnanandhaa also split points against Fabiano Caruana of United States in the second round of the Superbet Classics, a part of the grand chess tour here.
1 min |
May 10, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Markets Tank Over 1% as India-Pak Tensions Flare
Steep losses in realty, financial, and utility stocks also weighed on investor sentiment
2 min |
May 10, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
At squash Worlds, bunch of Indians seek self-belief
Ramit Tandon, India's top-ranked squash pro, distinctly remembers the buzz he felt going into his first World Championships in 2019, and the lessons he took out of it. \"I was excited just to be there,\" he recalled. \"I was so happy to have made it, that it ate out of my performance.\"
2 min |
May 10, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
BCCI suspends IPL for one week
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Friday suspended the Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament for at least one week as fighting escalated with neighbouring Pakistan, halting play in the sport's richest tournament two weeks before the end of the season.
1 min |
May 10, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Pak Used Civil Planes as Cover for Drone Strikes Against India
Pakistan launched nearly 400 Turkish-made drones even as it did not close its airspace for civilian flights before launching attacks on Indian military installations and near 36 urban locations across Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, and Punjab, Colonel Sofiya Qureshi said in a press briefing on Operation Sindoor on Friday evening.
1 min |
May 10, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
India and Pakistan: Two nations, unlike trajectories
There have been five officially confirmed rounds of military attacks, two by Pakistan and three by India, into each other's territory — beginning with India's strikes on Pakistani terrorist camps in the early hours of May 7 in response to the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir.
4 min |
May 10, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Nawaz: Unlike B'wood, South films cast 'actors' in ₹200-cr movies
Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui has blamed Bollywood's star culture for audiences' declining interest in watching films in theatres.
1 min |
May 10, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Union Bank Q4 profit up 50%, sees margin pressure
State-owned Union Bank of India's March quarter net profit jumped 50% to ₹4,985 crore, and a top official Friday said RBI's rate cuts will keep its net interest margins under pressure going forward.
1 min |
May 10, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
ATS Recovers Unsanctioned Army Uniforms From City Store
Based on input from the Lucknow Military Intelligence, the Jharkhand Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) raided Shri Ganesh Army Store at Booty More under the Sadar police station area in Ranchi and recovered army uniforms and combat clothes stitched without permission, officials familiar with the case said on Friday.
1 min |
May 10, 2025
Hindustan Times Ranchi
Cong Holds Tiranga Yatra in City to Laud Armed Forces
The Jharkhand unit of the Indian National Congress (INC), under the leadership of state president Keshav Mahto Kamlesh, took out a Tiranga Yatra from the party office at Shradhanand Road to Albert Ekka Chowk in Ranchi to express solidarity with the armed forces amid the India-Pakistan conflict.
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