(Online Desk)

The worst seems to be far from over for ailing public sector banks (PSBs). Even as the bad loan clean-up exercise is underway, fear of frauds has gripped the sector.

On Tuesday, the Finance Ministry sent a missive to state-run lenders to examine all bad loans above Rs 50 crore for possible fraud

Vizianagaram: An 11-year-old boy was mauled to death by a pack of stray canines on the outskirts of Ampavalli village in Balijapeta police station limits of Vizianagaram district on Tuesday morning.

The victim, R Jaswanth, son of an agricultural labourer R Ganesh, was studying in Class-III in a government school.&

Beijing: In a rare public expression of dissent in China, a well-known political commentator and a prominent businesswoman have penned open letters urging lawmakers to reject a plan that would allow President Xi Jinping to rule indefinitely.

Their impassioned statements on a popular messaging app were circula

Dubai: The Dubai Public Prosecutors Office on Tuesday closed the investigation into Bollywood actor Sridevi's death and cited the forensic report to say she had accidentally drowned following loss of consciousness.

According to local media reports, the family has got custody of the body and taken it for e

Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has come under criticism for telling a small girl dressed in a military uniform that she would be honoured if she were "martyred" for Turkey.

Erdogan spotted the weeping-and-saluting 6-year-old Amine Tiras while delivering a speech at his ruling party&#

New Delhi: Pitching for foreign investments, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said India is one of the most open economies in the world and is ready to do business with the world.

Speaking at the India-Korea Business Summit, he said his government has worked towards creating a stable business environment an

Copenhagen: A Danish newspaper says a whistleblower warned the management of Denmark's biggest bank in 2013 that family members of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russia's spy agency were using its Estonian bank branch for money laundering.

Denmark's Berlingske daily says today the leaked internal

Hyderabad: Panic prevailed at Telangana's chief minister house in Karimnagar when smoke emanating from a bag kept in the helicopter, in which CM K Chandrasekhar Rao was just about to travel, was noticed by security personnel on Tuesday. The bag was immediately shifted away from the chopper by police and Rao went ahead w

Bengaluru: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has successfully carried out a hot re-fuelling procedure on the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft-Tejas at the HAL airfield. The system performance during the refuelling session was in-line with design requirements and was satisfactory.

Hot re-fuelling or in-flight ref

Kohima: A voter turnout of 56 percent has been recorded in Nagaland Assembly elections till 1 p.m.

Till 9 am, Nagaland saw 17 percent voter turnout but by 11 a.m. the voter turnout rose to 39 percent.

Voting is currently underway for 59 out of 60 seats.

Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party