The private sector manufacturing activity growth recovered in April as HSBC’s India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), compiled by S&P Global, which measures monthly change in manufacturing output, rose to 54.7 in April, up from 53.9 in March.
The observations were made by a bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi during the hearing of a bail plea of Ayushi Mittal alias Ayushi Agarwal, accused in an alleged investment fraud to the tune of over ₹37,000 crore.
“The Trinamool Congress is leading in at least 70–100 seats, but these figures are being withheld deliberately to decrease our morale. I urge all my workers to not fall for this,” Mamata said.
Indian banks are well-prepared to adopt the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) new Expected Credit Loss (ECL) provisioning framework, backed by strong capital buffers and improved asset quality, to a report by CareEdge Ratings.
While six people were killed and four seriously injured in a road accident in Jalaun in the Bundelkhand region, another eight people were crushed to death by a car in Ambedkar Nagar.
The first result of the counting process in Puducherry came from Thattanchavady constituency, where early trends quickly turned into a confirmed win. N Rangasamy of AINRC secured a comfortable lead over his opponents.
According to trends released by the Election Commission across all 140 constituencies, the UDF is leading in over 100 seats, comfortably breaching the majority mark. In contrast, the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF), led by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, is trailing with leads in just 40 seats.
Early trends show Vijay’s TVK emerging as the single largest party in Tamil Nadu with leads in over 100 seats, but still short of a majority, leaving the big question open on whether he can form government alone or needs allies.
Congress leader Diptimoy Ghosh said the party is hoping to go from “zero” to “10 seats” in the 2026 Assembly elections in West Bengal.
Vir Das responded to repeated social media tagging during West Bengal election result trends, where users linked him to Bengal incidents. He clarified that he is not Bengali.
