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Despite heavy campaigning by Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and several state ministers, Congress failed to secure any wins and lost its previously held Medak-Nizamabad-Adilabad-Karimnagar graduate seat to the BJP. As a result, the BJP now holds three seats in the 40-member Legislative Council. The BJP's victory is seen as a boost for its preparations ahead of the 2028 Telangana Assembly elections. Union ministers G Kishan Reddy and Bandi Sanjay Kumar led the charge in the high-stakes race, and the BJP's success has been hailed by Prime Minister Modi, who congratulated the people of Telangana and party leaders.

international women's day, the ET Awards for Corporate Excellence 2024 honoured the exceptional leadership of Vishakha Mulye, CEO of Aditya Birla Capital, with the award for Businesswoman of the Year. «Behind every successful man, there is a woman, but for a woman to be successful, I think, lots of things has to fall in place, right from family she is born in to she marries, the institutions she works and the ecosystem she operates in, said Vishakha Mulye, CEO of Aditya Birla Capital after receiving the ET's 'Businesswoman of the Year' award. Vishakha Mulye has redefined leadership at Aditya Birla Capital by transitioning its portfolio from large lumpy wholesale clients toward smaller and better yielding retail clients — driving consolidated growth.

NTPC official was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh district on Saturday, police said. The deceased was identified as Kumar Gaurav (42), posted as deputy general manager (dispatch) at NTPC's Keredari coal mines project, they said. The incident happened near Fatah Chowk under the Katkamdag Police Station limits when the gunmen fired targeting him, Hazaribagh Superintendent of Police (SP) Arvind Kumar Singh said. Gaurav was on his way to the coal mine site from his quarters in Hazaribagh town, when the incident occurred, the SP said.

IRCC) had announced that they would be sending no new invitations under the Parents and Grandparents Program (PGP) this year, and would instead only be processing applications submitted in the 2024 intake. This year Canada intends to accept up to 10,000 complete applications for sponsorship under the PGP Program. «Given there remains a number of interest to sponsor forms in the pool from 2020, IRCC plans to send invitations to apply to randomly selected potential sponsors from that pool instead of accepting new forms. This is the same approach taken for the intakes conducted from 2020 to 2024,» said IRCC in a statement. ALSO READ: Canada pauses permanent residency sponsorship applications for parents, grandparents

An earthquake measuring 4.1 magnitude on the Richter scale hit Baglung district, about 300 kilometres from Kathmandu, at 6.20 a.m., the National Earthquake Monitoring Centre said. The epicentre of the tremor was the Khukhani area in the district.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday interacted with beneficiaries of 'Lakhpati Didi' scheme in Gujarat's Navsari district, on the occasion of International Women's Day. Modi, who attended the 'Lakhpati Didi Sammelan' at Vansi Borsi village, also disbursed Rs 450 crore in financial assistance to more than 2.5 lakh women from over 25,000 Self-Help Groups (SHGs). The Lakhpati Didi scheme was launched by the Union government in 2023 and recognises women members of SHGs, who have an annual income of at least Rs 1 lakh from agriculture, animal husbandry, and small industries, as 'Lakhpati Didis'.

CBI judge S P Naik Nimbalkar. On Friday, newly assigned special judge J P Darekar told the prosecution and defence lawyers that the trial in the case will resume on a daily basis from March 10 as per the direction of the Bombay High Court. Bora (24) was allegedly strangled to death in a car by Indrani Mukerjea, her then driver Shyamvar Rai (who later turned approver in the case) and Mukerjea's former husband Sanjeev Khanna in April 2012. Her body was burnt and disposed of at a forest in nearby Raigad. Media baron Peter Mukerjea, ex-husband of Indrani, is also an accused in the case. The murder came to light in 2015 after Rai spilled the beans about the murder following his arrest in another case. Indrani Mukerjea and Khanna were arrested in August 2015, while Peter Mukerjea was arrested three months later. All the accused are currently out on bail.

Electors Photo Identity Cards (EPIC) numbers, the Election Commission of India announced on Friday that it will resolve the issue in the next three months. After detailed discussions within its technical teams and consultations with Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs) across the country, the ECI said that it has committed to ensuring that each elector has a unique national EPIC number. «The Commission has now decided to resolve this long pending issue after detailed discussions within the technical teams and concerned CEOs in the next three months by ensuring a unique national EPIC number to the existing electors having a duplicate EPIC number and for future electors as well,» it said in the statement.

Reserve Bank of India on Friday.

fake busy.” “In India, being busy is a status symbol. But let’s be real—most people are just performing productivity,” he wrote. The problems that are ailing Indian workplaces, argued Gupta, are as follows:

The NSE Nifty index closed 7.8 points up at 22552.5, while BSE Sensex ended down 7.51 points at 74332.58.

Tech Mahindra in China, addressed a diverse audience representing over 15+ countries. The talk explored India’s rich technological heritage, tracing its roots from Sanskrit texts to the development of large language models tailored to India's diverse dialects. Emphasizing India's commitment to responsible AI, Sharma highlighted Prime Minister Modi’s co-chairing of the Paris Summit as a testament to the country’s leadership in fostering AI for good and for all. The discussion also shed light on India’s thriving startup ecosystem, ranking 19th globally, with Bengaluru securing a spot among the top 10 startup hubs worldwide. India’s substantial new investment of $3 billion in AI infrastructure, the National Quantum Mission, and advancements in AI-driven applications across agriculture, cleantech, spacetech, and healthcare were underscored as key milestones.

Electronics City elevated expressway from 11 pm to 6 am starting Wednesday until further notice. According to traffic police, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will conduct maintenance work on the expressway beginning on the night of March 5.

Trudeau said Thursday he expects Canada and the U.S. to be in a trade war for the foreseeable future after having what he called a colorful but constructive call with U.S. President Donald Trump this week. Trudeau said the two sides discussed tariffs, and that they are «actively engaged in ongoing conversations in trying to make sure these tariffs don't overly harm» certain sectors and workers. He also reiterated that «we will not be backing down from our response tariffs until such a time as the unjustified American tariffs are Canadian goods are lifted.» Trump launched a new trade war Tuesday by imposing tariffs against Washington's three biggest trading partners, drawing immediate retaliation from Mexico, Canada and China and sending financial markets into a tailspin. Trump put 25% taxes, or tariffs, on Mexican and Canadian imports, though he limited the levy to 10% on Canadian energy.

The NSE Nifty index was trading 80.41 points up at 22417.7, while BSE Sensex was up 238.93 points at 73969.16 at the time of writing this report.

Cadaver dogs of Kerala Police will be joining Telangana tunnel collapse rescue operation, the state government said on Thursday. The cadaver dogs (that are specially trained to locate missing humans, human bodies) and the officers handling them left for Hyderabad on Thursday morning, Kerala government said in a statement. The dogs were sent for the rescue operation following a request by the State Disaster Management Authority whose help in the matter was sought by the National Disaster Management Authority, the statement said.

In a post on site X, Mayawati said Kumar has decided to hold only one post — as BSP vice-president, a post he has held for years — in favour of the party and the movement. The BSP chief further said that she welcomes the decision.

Romania on Wednesday ordered two senior Russian diplomats expelled, the foreign ministry said, a day after accusing Moscow of "interference" and slamming Russian secret services' criticism of the indictment of far-right presidential candidate Calin Georgescu. «The Romanian authorities have decided to declare persona non grata on the territory of Romania the military, air and naval attache of the Russian Federation in Bucharest, as well as his deputy,» the foreign ministry said in a statement.

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Jose Raul Mulino said on Wednesday morning that U.S. President Donald Trump was lying when he said that the North American leader's administration was «reclaiming» the Panama Canal. Trump's comments to Congress came after a deal led by U.S.