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Stock markets decline in early trade dragged by blue-chips Reliance, ICICI Bank

Mumbai, Jan 19 (PTI) Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty declined in early trade on Monday dragged by blue-chips Reliance Industries and ICICI Bank, while sustained foreign fund outflows and global tariff uncertainties also dented investors’ sentiment. The 30-share BSE Sensex declined 320.69 points to 83,249.66 in early trade. The 50-share NSE Nifty went down by 124.60 points to 25,573.40. From the 30-Sensex firms, ICICI Bank dropped 3 per cent after its consolidated profit for the December quarter declined 2.68 per cent to Rs 12,537.98 crore, hit by an RBI-mandated Rs 1,283-crore provision for agricultural loans wrongly classified as priority

Are Trump’s supporters getting what they want from his second term? Here’s what a new poll shows

NEW YORK, January 16, 2026 (AP) — Nearly a year into his second term, President Donald Trump’s work on the economy hasn’t lived up to the expectations of many people in his own party, according to a new AP-NORC survey. The poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds a significant gap between the economic leadership Americans remembered from Trump’s first term and what they’ve gotten so far as he creates a stunning level of turmoil at home and abroad. Just 16% of Republicans say Trump has helped “a lot” in addressing the cost of living, down

Migrant workers being tortured for speaking Bengali in BJP-ruled states, alleges Mamata

Kolkata, Jan 16 (PTI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday alleged that migrant labourers were being tortured for speaking Bengali in BJP-ruled states. Banerjee, who headed for north Bengal to attend administrative programmes, accused the BJP of “planning to incite riots in the state”, as “the party realised that it would not be able to win the 2026 assembly elections”. Referring to a protest in Murshidabad’s Beldanga over attacks on migrant workers outside West Bengal, she said the anger of the minority community was “legitimate”. The protest stemmed from repeated incidents of violence against migrant workers, she said.

Indelible ink issue in BMC polls another ‘troubling chapter’ of ‘Vote Chori’: CM Siddaramaiah

Bengaluru, Jan 16 (PTI) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday flagged media reports claiming that indelible ink used to mark voters during the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation polls could be wiped off easily, calling it another “troubling chapter” in what he described as ‘Vote Chori’ (vote theft). Stressing that democracy survives only when every vote is sacred, Siddaramaiah said the credibility of its eletoral safeguards should not be compromised. Elections to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) were held after nine years on Thursday. The BJP and Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena were ahead in the high-stakes BMC polls as per early trends,

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