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Stock market recommendations: According to Bajaj Broking Research, the top stock picks for January 9, 2026 are Hindustan Unilever, and Tata Power. Here’s its view on Nifty and Bank Nifty:Index View: NiftyDomestic equity benchmarks witnessed a sharp correction over the last four sessions, giving up the entirety of last week’s gains as relentless FII outflows continued. The sell-off was fueled by escalating global uncertainties, particularly speculation over possible US military action in Venezuela and evolving developments related to Greenland. Market sentiment weakened further following comments by the US President on India’s procurement of Russian oil, which raised apprehensions about potential tariff actions against India. These combined global and trade-related concerns led to heightened risk aversion across markets.The index on Thursday’s session formed a sizable bearish candle with a lower high and a lower low, indicating an extension of the corrective decline for the fourth consecutive session. In the process, it also slipped below the rising trendline connecting recent swing lows and the 50-day EMA for the first time since 3 October 2025, highlighting a deterioration in short-term price structure.Looking ahead, sustained follow-through weakness could open further downside towards the 25,700–25,600 region. This zone represents a confluence of the previous month’s low and the 100-day EMA, making it an important medium-term support area.On the shorter-term horizon, momentum indicators suggest the market is in an oversold territory. Therefore, a technical pullback cannot be ruled out. However, for the corrective decline to pause, the index must close above the previous session’s high and decisively reclaim the 26,100 level. While key resistance remains at the 26,300 levels being the almost identical highs of the last two months.BANK NIFTYBank Nifty continues to outperform the Nifty, displaying clear relative strength during the current week it has rallied to a fresh all-time high of 60437. Going forward, the index is expected to remain in a consolidation phase within the 59,500–60,400 range. A decisive breakout above this range or a breakdown below it will provide clarity on the next directional move.On the downside, immediate support is seen at 59,500, while the key short-term support zone lies at 59,000–58,700. This area is significant as it represents a confluence of the 50-day EMA and the previous month’s low, making it a crucial level to watch.

Stock Recommendations:

Hindustan UnileverBuy in the range of Rs 2360-2390

The stock has generated a breakout above a falling trendline joining highs of the last 2 months signaling resumption of up move and offers fresh entry opportunity.On the downside key support is placed at 2300-2250 levels being the presence of recent trendline support and key retracement of the recent up move.We expect the stock to head towards 2520 levels being the 61.8% retracement of the previous major decline (2667-2245).Tata PowerBuy in the range of Rs 368-375

Tata Power continues to trade sideways on the daily timeframe, oscillating within a well-defined range of ₹370–₹410. The stock is currently forming a rectangle pattern, with consistent buying support emerging near the ₹370 zone.We expect the stock to rebound taking support at the lower band of the range of 370 and head higher towards the upper band of the range placed around 410 levels.On the lower side key support is placed at 355-350 levels being the key retracement of the recent up move.(Disclaimer: Recommendations and views on the stock market, other asset classes or personal finance management tips given by experts are their own. These opinions do not represent the views of The Times of India)

Director Aditya Dhar‘s ‘Dhurandhar’, starring Ranveer Singh and Akshaye Khanna in lead roles, has ended another week at the box office, and done so on a record-breaking note. The film that has been adding its name to the box office record books over the past weeks, hit a new high as it completed its fifth week at the box office. As per box office reports on Sacnilk, the film managed to maintain its hold over the box office and rake in a collection in the Rs 4 crore range.

‘Dhurandhar’ week 5 collections

The film reportedly earned an estimated Rs 4.25 crore on Day 35, matching its Wednesday’s box office collections. The film that released in just the Hindi language, had an overall occupancy rate of 10.81 per cent. This has helped push the film’s total box office collection of week 5, past the Rs 50 crore mark, a first for any Bollywood film.

‘Dhurandhar’ sets new Week 5 box office record

With a total collection of Rs 51.25 crore on Day 35, ‘Dhurandhar’ now holds the record for the highest week 5 collections. This is a huge 20 crore difference from the previous record-holder, Vicky Kaushal’s ‘Chhaava’, which earned an estimated Rs 30 crore. ‘Dhurandhar’ was able to beat that record in just its fifth weekend, scoring an estimated total of Rs 33.25 crore net.

‘Dhurandhar’ week-wise collections

While ‘Dhurandhar’ has managed to make its way onto the record books, week 5 remains its lowest performing at the ticket windows. Until now, the film managed to keep its box office collections above the Rs 100 crore mark. However, post week 4, it has seen a gradual dip in numbers. The film’s week-wise India nett collections stand as follows:Week 1: Rs 207.25 croreWeek 2: Rs 253.25 croreWeek 3: Rs 172 croreWeek 4: Rs 106.5 croreWeek 5: Rs 51.25 crore

‘Dhurandhar’ gross total collections

‘Dhurandhar’ has now hit a net total collection of Rs 790.25 crore nett in India. As per the report, the film’s gross total now stands at Rs 948 crore.With its current earnings, the film has already surpassed the net collections of ‘RRR’. With the film now on its way to the Rs 1000 crore gross mark, it stands to beat the lifetime collections of ‘KGF: Chapter 2’.

‘Dhurandhar’ worldwide collections

In the international markets, the film has already shot past the Rs 285 crore mark, thus taking its overall worldwide box office collections to an estimated Rs 1,233 crore.

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met 12 leading Indian AI startups on Thursday, where he called for promoting affordable and inclusive AI along with frugal innovation, while suggesting that a unique AI model should be presented to the world that reflected the spirit of ‘Made in India, Made for the World’. During the interaction ahead of the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in Feb, PM emphasised that startups and AI entrepreneurs are the co-architects of India’s future and said that the country has immense capacity for both innovation and large-scale implementation. “PM said that the world’s trust in India is the country’s biggest strength. He emphasised the need to ensure that Indian AI models are ethical, unbiased, transparent, and based on data privacy principles,” an official statement said. The 12 AI startups, which were present in the meeting, have qualified for the ‘AI for ALL: Global Impact Challenge’ in the upcoming summit and comprised Avataar, BharatGen, Fractal, Gan, Genloop, Gnani, Intellihealth, Sarvam, Shodh AI, Soket AI, Tech Mahindra and Zenteiq. These 12 startups are working in a diverse set of areas, including Indian language foundation models, multilingual LLMs, speech-to-text, text-to-audio and text-to-video; 3D content using generative AI for e-commerce, marketing, and personalised content creation; engineering simulations, material research and advanced analytics for data-driven decision-making across industries; healthcare diagnostics and medical research, among others. Besides, Modi suggested that Indian AI models should be distinct and promote local and indigenous content and regional languages. The startups present in the meeting backed govt’s commitment to advancing the AI ecosystem and highlighted the vast future potential of the AI sector, observing that the centre of gravity of artificial intelligence innovation and deployment is beginning to shift towards India, the statement said.

KOLKATA: The ED on Thursday conducted searches at political consultancy firm I-PAC’s office in Salt Lake and its director’s Loudon Street home in connection with a five-year-old case, prompting CM Mamata Banerjee to call it political vendetta and “a crime” and dub Union home minister Amit Shah “nasty and naughty”.Banerjee, who trailed the ED teams throughout the day with director-general of police Rajeev Kumar and Kolkata Police commissioner Manoj Varma in tow (in Salt Lake and Loudon Street, respectively), accused the ED of “snatching the party’s poll strategy and candidate list” and Shah of masterminding the operation.The searches began early, with ED officials splitting into three groups and reaching I-PAC director Pratik Jain’s Loudon Street apartment and its Sector V office and a businessman’s home in Posta between 6.05am and 6.30am. Only two employees were at the I-PAC office while Jain was at home.CM Banerjee later said she realised something was amiss when she was unable to reach Jain by phone. KP commissioner Varma and other senior cops reached his Loudon Street residence between 10.30am and 11.30am to “verify the credentials” of ED officials.Banerjee arrived there around noon and stayed for seven minutes before leaving with a green folder, a hard drive and a mobile phone. “Amit Shah has sent ED to snatch our party’s poll strategy and candidate list. Is this the ED’s work?” she asked. “They searched our IT cell office and the house of our IT cell-in-charge to collect hard disks and documents having our poll strategies. The candidate list, party strategy, everything is here. The nasty, naughty home minister, who cannot protect the country, is trying to take away our party papers to win the election. What will happen if I raid BJP office?” Banerjee asked, questioning the timing and intent of the searches, before heading for I-PAC’s Sector V office.

Vendetta By ‘Nasty’ Union Home Min: CM

The ED search at this 11th-floor office at Godrej Waterside building started at 6.05am with the confiscation of two staffers’ phones. Banerjee reached around 12.45pm and, a little later, cops were seen carrying bundles of documents out of the office and putting them in a car in the basement over the next half-an-hour.‘Why take away our party documents before election?’ The ED’s forensic team transferred data relating to polls and SIR from our offices when no one was there. They have taken our hard disks and papers. It is my duty to check on my people when they are in trouble. We are sober, cultured people. But that is not our weakness. I will not tolerate our stuff being snatched away,” Mamata Banerjee said.“I sometimes call Pratik or others for party matters. I was not aware of the issue initially. I called (this morning) but he didn’t respond. Later, I learnt that the ED had taken his phone. I then thought they had probably taken away all our strategy documents and plans. That was when I decided to go there,” she said outside the Sector V office.“Shah should fight the polls democratically if he wants to win. Why raid our party’s IT office and snatch our documents? We get notices whenever elections approach. Notices are not sent to the BJP, which has all the money and muscle power,” Banerjee said.DGP Kumar reached the Sector V office a little later with other senior cops as security was stepped up following the arrival of Trinamool workers in droves, many of them led by state fire services minister Sujit Bose and Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation mayor Krishna Chakraborty. The ED, too, had to requisition additional CRPF personnel even as Bidhannagar Police tightened the security cordon around the complex.The CM remained at the Sector V office for nearly four hours and left around 4.20 pm after ED officials concluded their search at Jain’s Loudon Street home and allowed him and his family free movement. They reached the Sector V office around 3.30 pm, escorted by a KP team.TMC seniors said Banerjee spoke to Jain for about 45 minutes before leaving for another programme at the Gangasagar transit camp in the Maidan. The ED team left the Sector V office at 5.20 pm, following which I-PAC employees were allowed to enter the office.

NEW DELHI: Bomb threats were emailed to courts across India Thursday, sparking panic, mass evacuations and multi-state security sweeps before authorities declared them hoaxes. Messages claiming RDX-based IEDs and suicide attacks forced shutdowns in Odisha, Bihar, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh, among others, paralysing judicial work.In Bhubaneswar, an email warned judges and staff to flee by 2.35pm, prompting evacuations. Cyber police said the mail, sent under the name “Arun Kumar, LTTE”, mentioned LTTE, ISI and Tamil Nadu constables, and may have been routed through a VPN.Courts in Patna, Danapur, Araria, Gaya and Kishanganj were cleared after similar emails, including one claiming a “human bomb”. In Kerala, Kasaragod and Manjeri district, courts were evacuated following emails traced to Tamil Nadu, one sent in the name of a so-called Tamil Liberation Organisation.Searches in Rajnandgaon, Durg and Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh, Mohali, Moga and Ferozepur in Punjab, Shimla high court, and courts in Anantapur, Chittoor, Visakhapatnam and Eluru in Andhra Pradesh found no explosives.Cyber cells launched a coordinated hunt for senders, warning of strict action as normal court work resumed.(Inputs from Bhubaneswar, Patna, Araria, Gaya, Kasaragod, Kozhikode, Raipur, Bathinda, Shimla, Vijayawada)