Pakistan has handed over Border Security Force (BSF) jawan Purnam Kumar Shaw, who was in the custody of Pakistan Rangers since April 23. The exchange took place peacefully today at around 10:30 am at the Attari border in Amritsar Punjab.

BSF officials said the handover was carried out smoothly and followed the usual procedures between the two countries.

Jio Credit, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jio Financial Services, has raised Rs 1,000 crore through maiden bond issuance, selling bonds maturing in 2 years and 10 months at a cutoff yield of 7.19 per cent, sources said.

The issue included a base size of Rs 500 crore and a greenshoe option of Rs 500 crore.

Tata Motors reported a consolidated net profit of ₹8,556 crore in the fourth quarter of financial year 2024-25, this marks a decline of 51.2 per cent from last year's Q4 result of ₹17,528 crore.

The automaker has declared total income of ₹121,012 crore in the Q4 FY25, the company had reported ₹120,431 crore total income in the corresponding quarter of previous financial year.

At least 14 people have died in Punjab's Amritsar district after allegedly consuming spurious liquor, leading to the arrest of seven accused, officials said on Tuesday.

Police said six people have been hospitalised with complications caused by hooch.

Power Mech Projects Limited, in an exchange filing on Tuesday, announced that it has been awarded a construction contract worth ₹971.98 crore (excluding GST) by the Telangana Power Generation Corporation (TGGENCO).

The project involves the engineering, design and construction of an integrated residential township at the Yadadri Thermal Power Station located in Veerlapalem, Dameracherla Mandal, Nalgonda district, Telangana.

Schools in five border districts of Punjab remained closed on Tuesday while a blackout was enforced in Amritsar and Hoshiarpur’s Dasuya and Mukerian on Monday as a precautionary measure, news agency PTI reported.

The schools were closed in Amritsar, Pathankot, Fazilka, Ferozepur, and Tarn Taran, however, they remained open in the sixth border district of Gurdaspur, along with Sangrur and Barnala.

China has announced removal of a month-long ban on airlines accepting deliveries of Boeing plane, following a breakthrough between US and China trade talks.

A Bloomberg report said that officials in Beijing have now informed the domestic carriers that deliveries of US-made aircraft can now resume. However, the airlines will have discretion to organise the delivery on their timing and terms.

China's Ant Group has offloaded 25.5 million shares of Indian fintech firm Paytm in a block trade, raising approximately $246 million. The shares were sold at ₹823.10 ($9.69) apiece, according to a term sheet reviewed by Reuters.

Ant Group, a subsidiary of Alibaba Group, has been gradually reducing its stake in Paytm as part of a broader strategic shift and regulatory pressures in both China and India.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to address the nation at 8 pm today (12 May). This will be his first address after the Indian armed forces launched 'Operation Sindoor' in retaliation against the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack.

While no details have been disclosed regarding his address, it is expected that the Prime Minister will brief the nation on the military operation launched in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

The world cricket fraternity was left in a state of bewilderment on Monday (May 12) as star Indian batter Virat Kohli announcement his retirement from Test cricket in an Instagram post.

The 36-year-old Kohli, who admitted that it wasn't an easy call to make, turned up in 123 Tests for India, scoring 9230 runs with 30 hundreds at an average of 46.85. He will now only play in ODIs, having already retired from T20 Internationals last year.

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