As stress rises in banks' retail lending business, particularly in unsecured loans, there is growing demand for collection and recovery agents. Additionally, banks are increasingly deploying sales staff for recovery efforts. These activities are largely outsourced by commercial banks.

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Three Naxalites killed in an encounter in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district a day ago were senior members carrying a cumulative bounty of Rs 18 lakh, police said on Friday.

There appears to be a glimmer of hope for Nimisha Priya, the nurse from Kerala on death row in Yemen, as report suggest Iranian officials may reach out to the family of Talal Abdo Mahdi, her former business partner, to seek a pardon through blood money. Priya was sentenced to death for Mahdi's murder.

The Gujarat government will come up with new regulations aimed at reducing the influence of smartphones and social media on children.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recorded his first podcast which is likely to be released on Friday.

The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice on a plea by the Sambhal's Jama Masjid management committee, and ordered status quo with regard to a private well located near the entrance of the mosque.

The bodies of a couple and their three daughters were discovered late Thursday night in a house in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. The incident occurred in the Lisadi Gate police station area. According to authorities, the three daughters’ bodies were found stuffed inside a bed box.