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ICICI Bank. File | Photo Credit: Reuters ICICI Bank has priced a $1 billion five-year dollar bond at a much tighter spread than initially indicated, in the largest such issue by an Indian lender in nearly 14 years, three bankers said. The bank set the coupon at 100 basis points over U.S. Treasuries, sharply lower…
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Leaders and members of BJP Mysuru unit staging a protest in Mysuru on Friday. | Photo Credit: M. A. Sriram Leaders and workers of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) staged a protest in Mysuru on Friday, accusing the Congress of politicising the alleged NEET-UG paper leak and instigating students for political gains. A large number…
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A worker holds a nozzle to pump fuel into a two-wheeler vehicle at a BPCL fuel station | Photo Credit: Reuters Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL), the second largest Indian oil marketing company, has kept its expansion plans on as it said the refinery capacities are not expected to be affected by the recent flare-up…
Cockroach Janta Party Protest at Parliament Street in New Delhi on Friday. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of human rights defenders, on Friday (July 24, 2026) said it is “deeply concerned” by the Government of India’s “failure” to respond promptly and transparently to the NEET…
Collector M. Sivaguru Prabhakaran at farmers’ grievance meeting at Ramanathapuram District Collectorate on Friday. | Photo Credit: L. BALACHANDAR Farmers of the Ramanathapuram district during grievance meeting here on Friday appealed to the district administration to implement the Cauvery-Vaigai-Gundar river interlinking project. Malaichamy, District Secretary of the South District Farmers Association, along with farmers Pakkiyanathan…
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This image is used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: AP Militants rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a security check post in northwestern Pakistan overnight, killing 15 people, including soldiers, police and government personnel, the military said on Friday (July 24, 2026). “Fifteen brave sons of soil, including twelve military, two policemen and an…
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Hundreds of devotees offered prayers to Lord Jagannath Swamy and his divine siblings— Lord Balarama and the Goddess Subhadra Devi— on Friday in the return Rath Yatra which was organised from Domalamandiram to Sri Kanyakaparameswari temple in Vizianagaram. After performing special prayers, the priests and others brought the chariot to the Kanyakaparameswari temple as part…
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At least 17 people were killed Friday (July 24, 2026) in Russian and Ukrainian long-range strikes — including just outside Kyiv and hundreds of miles east of Moscow — as both sides intensify strikes with diplomacy in a deadlock. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a Russian missile strike outside the Ukrainian capital killed six people,…
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Water level in Mullaperiyar dam stood at 112.40 feet (the maximum permissible level is 142 ft.) with an inflow of 150 cusecs and a discharge of 256 cusecs. The level in Vaigai dam was 33.89 ft (the maximum level is 71 ft.) with an inflow of 99 cusecs and a discharge of 86 cusecs. Combined…
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Dream Seller and Rieko may fight out the finish of the S.M. Cama Music And Production Pvt Ltd Bangalore City Sprint Championship Gold Cup (1,200m), the feature event of the races to be held here on Saturday (July 25). False rails (width about 5.5m from 1,600m to the winning post) will be in position. 1….
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