MUMBAI: Gold loans drove a sharp acceleration in personal lending and overall bank credit, with the segment expanding 93.8% year on year at the end of June 2026, as banks added Rs 74,171 crore in Q1FY27 to take the gold loan book to Rs 5.4 lakh crore.The expansion in gold loans accounted for 13.1% of…
Nitesh Tiwari’s ‘Ramayana‘ has taken the internet by storm, earning praise for its visuals, VFX and grand scale. The trailer has dominated social media trends since its release, with fans hailing it as one of the biggest cinematic events in Indian cinema. However, despite its phenomenal response, the epic has fallen short of one notable…
Who are Tony Romo’s wife and kids? Inside the former NFL star’s family after DUI arrest and CBS Sports decision (Image via Getty) Tony Romo has been placed on leave from CBS Sports after he was arrested last week on charges of driving under the influence. The network confirmed the decision on Friday after the…
Authorities released an early ransom note in the investigation into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie in hopes that someone will recognize the writing style. A second note released Friday indicated Guthrie died shortly after she was kidnapped.Both notes initially were sent to a Tucson television station days after the 84-year-old mother of “Today” show host…
Zubair Baloch — the brother of jailed Pakistan gangster Uzair Baloch, whose ruthless ascent was dramatised in the movie ‘Dhurandhar’ — is learned to be critically wounded following a targeted drive-by shooting in Karachi’s Lyari neighbourhood on Thursday evening, reports .The 40-year-old was sitting outside his Singu Lane home when two masked assailants on a…
Seeking to increase the Floating Solar Photovoltaic (FSPV) capacity to 5,000 mw from 700 mw, the Centre Friday cleared a Rs 5,070 crore scheme to push development of floating solar projects along with storage set-ups with a minimum capacity of 2 hours. These aim to utilise existing water reservoirs to set up solar plants, helping…
NEW DELHI: Petrol would have cost around Rs 125 a litre in the national capital when global crude prices touched $135 a barrel had oil companies not blended ethanol into the auto fuel, the petroleum ministry said on Friday, defending the programme against what it described as “misleading” claims about its costs, impact on food…
Vijay’s son Jason Sanjay says he’d cast father with Jason Statham if given the chance, reveals cinema wasn’t his first dream: ‘I wanted to become a pilot’ Jason Sanjay, son of actor-turned-politician Vijay, is all set to make his directorial debut with Sigma, starring Sundeep Kishan. Ahead of the film’s release, the young filmmaker spoke…
Why Tom Brady still “hates” the 49ers 25 years after they passed on him six times Tom Brady has seven Super Bowl rings, the most passing yards in NFL history, and absolutely nothing left to prove. And yet, 25 years later, there’s still one wound that hasn’t closed: the San Francisco 49ers, his hometown team,…
Kim Kardashian and Lewis Hamilton face a new issue.(Image via Getty Images) Kim Kardashian, the popular reality TV star and socialite, and the F1 legend Lewis Hamilton have been together for close to a year now and things seem to be only getting more and more serious between them. While both Kim Kardashian and Lewis…