At Rs 27 lakh crore, gross direct tax collections up nearly 16% in FY25—Catch key highlights from official data

The central government said on Friday that its gross direct tax collections stood at a provisional Rs 27,02,974 crore during the financial year 2024-25, which ended on March 31, 2025. That marked an increase of 15.6 per cent over its collections—direct taxes include income tax and corporate tax—over its kitty the previous year.  Its net…

Chittoor police gear up to combat summer housebreaks

SP VN Manikanta Chandolu speaking to the media in Chittoor on Friday. | Photo Credit: ARRANGEMENT To prevent thefts and housebreaks, and ensure foolproof community safety, the Chittoor district police have installed 3,000 CCTV cameras and distributed 16,500 smart door locks across the district. Additionally, the department has launched a series of awareness campaigns to…

L&T Finance Q4 FY25 Results: PAT grows 15% to Rs 636 crore; Rs 2.75 per share record dividend declared

L&T Finance Q4 FY25 Results: Mumbai-headquartered non-banking financial company (NBFC) L&T Finance on Friday reported a 15 per cent increase in its net profit to Rs 636 crore for the January-March period. The company’s revenue grew 9.6 per cent to Rs 4,022.9 crore on a year-on-year basis, according to a regulatory filing. The company said its…

Deutsche Bank Triples Down On Gold

Another big move higher for gold, as well as more divergence for silver this morning. Although in the midst of it, another one of the megabanks is out today with the latest bullish Wall Street gold forecast. Vince Lanci reveals what they’re saying, and also gets you caught up to speed on the latest precious…

India orders Pakistani nationals without long-term visas to leave by April 27

Union Home Minister Amit Shah visits the injured of the Pahalgam terror attack, admitted to the Government Medical College (GMC) Hospital and assured them of every possible assistance, in Anantnag on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: ANI New Delhi, April 25: Union Home Ministry has issued an official memorandum asking Pakistani businessmen, journalists, artists, and students…

‘Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are modernising chemical industry’

Director of IIIT Dharwad Mahadeva Prasanna inaugurating a workshop organised by SDM College of Engineering and Technology in Dharwad on Thursday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT “Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are modernising the chemical industry through enhanced data-driven decision-making, process automation and intelligent optimization systems,” Director of Indian Institute of Information Technology…

Talk on ‘Gender Justice and Feminist Future’ at Bharat Summit in Hyderabad

Congress leaders Salman Khursheed, former Union Minister Pallam Raju and women panelists Parnika Reddy, Monica Fein, Undram Chinbat, and Ann Linde, at a panel discussion on ‘Gender Justice and a Feminist Future’ during the Bharat Summit, in Hyderabad on Friday. | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL Hyderabad Invisibilising women in policy making, sexual harassment, women in…