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Karur Vysya Bank MD and CEO B. Ramesh Babu said the bank had opened 39 branches during the current financial year File | Photo Credit: BIJOY GHOSH Private sector Karur Vysya Bank (KVB) has set a target of opening 100 new branches across India in FY25, a top official said on Wednesday. The Tamil Nadu-based…
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China said on May 22 it would impose sanctions on a number of U.S. defence firms and several executives over Washington’s “economic coercion” against Chinese companies and its sales of arms to Taiwan. Beijing has bristled in recent days over the warm ties between Washington and Taipei, where Lai Ching-te was sworn in on Monday…
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A Palestinian woman walks past a house destroyed by an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, on May 22, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Egypt threatened on May 22 to withdraw as a mediator in Gaza ceasefire negotiations after CNN reported that Egyptian intelligence changed…
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Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder. File | Photo Credit: AP Russia has launched a likely space weapon and deployed it in the same orbit as a U.S. government satellite, the Pentagon said. “Russia launched a satellite into low Earth orbit that we assess is likely a counter-space weapon presumably capable of attacking other…
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A suspect was arrested in Trainer, according to Chester Police Commissioner. (Representational) Washington: Two people were killed and three others sustained injuries and were rushed to a hospital in what officials called a workplace shooting in Chester, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday, CNN reported. A suspect was arrested in Trainer, according to Chester Police Commissioner Steven Gretsky….
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According to police the incident took place on 14 May. (Representational) New Delhi: An 11-year-old boy drowned in a swimming pool run by the wives of two police officers in outer-north Delhi’s Alipur area, officials said on Wednesday. Family members of the boy alleged foul play in the incident and held a protest outside Alipur…
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The Noida man was defrauded on the pretext of investment in the share market. (Representational) Noida: Greater Noida resident who was duped of around Rs 35 lakh by cyber thugs has got back Rs 18 lakh, police said on Wednesday. The 71-year-old resident of Alpha 2 was defrauded on the pretext of investment in the…
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More than 500,000 Jewish settlers are now estimated to be living in the West Bank. (File) Jerusalem: The Israeli military has approved permission for Israelis to return to three former West Bank settlements they had been banned from entering since an evacuation ordered in 2005, the defence ministry said on Wednesday. The three settlements, Sa-nur,…
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The court directed Ajay Kumar to furnish bail bonds of Rs 25,000. (File) New Delhi: A court here has granted bail to the 41-year-old man arrested for allegedly assaulting and splashing Congress Lok Sabha candidate Kanhaiya Kumar with ink, saying it has to balance the state’s interest of maintaining public order with the accused’s right…
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Eric Garcetti said it has been a great week for Indo-US relations. Mumbai: US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti on Wednesday said efforts should be made to ensure that every section of society including ethnic or religious minorities feels that it has an equal stake in a country’s democracy. Replying to a question on concerns…
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