Accel Partners (L-R) Anand Daniel and Abhinav Chaturvedi Bengaluru: Venture capital firm Accel has raised $550 million for its ninth India-focused early-stage fund, just 18 months after closing a $650 million fund. The Palo Alto-headquartered firm has now raised $1.2 billion for India during this period.The India fund is part of a $3.5 billion global…
Chennai: Stench is the first thing that greets pedestrians entering the subway on Anna Salai, followed by leaky walls, dim stretches and a loose drainage cover that forces commuters to watch their step.The subway, opposite Higginbothams, is used by thousands of pedestrians, connecting them to multiple modes of transport, including the LIC bus stop and…
Hyderabad: Six years after a hydroelectric power unit was shut down after an accident and several trial runs failed, Telangana Genco has resumed trial runs of unit IV of Srisailam hydroelectric power station at Srisailam. Unit IV generates 150 megawatts (MW) of power. Official sources said the trial runs will continue for some more days…
TBM Divya breaks through the station box of Purple Line’s Victoria station on Tuesday Kolkata: The city’s Purple Line completed its first phase of underground tunnelling on Tuesday as tunnel boring machine (TBM) Divya broke through the wall of the under-construction Victoria Memorial station.A month ago, its sibling, TBM Durga, achieved the feat, covering the…
Noida: A 19-year-old girl from Assam was allegedly brutally murdered at a paying guest accommodation.The blood-soaked body of Mahak Ahmed from Dibrugarh was found inside a room — occupied by a man who has been absconding — in Baraula village on Monday night.Police said there were multiple injury marks on her body, including wounds that…
The ST reservation law is expected to reshape the political landscape in several South Goa constituencies ahead of the 2027 polls Margao: With Quepem likely to be reserved for Scheduled Tribes (STs) ahead of the 2027 assembly elections, sitting Congress MLA Altone D’Costa is preparing to move to a neighbouring constituency, though he is yet…
Governor and chancellor Anandiben Patel addressing the third convocation of Maharaja Suheldev University in Azamgarh. Varanasi: Governor and chancellor Anandiben Patel on Tuesday urged universities and colleges named after great personalities to educate students about their lives and contributions to the nation, so that they can draw inspiration from them. She also stressed the need…
Ahmedabad: Global companies looking beyond established technology hubs are increasingly turning to Ahmedabad-GIFT City, drawn by lower costs, a large talent pool and GIFT City’s financial-services ecosystem. The corridor could attract 40-50 new global capability centres (GCCs), generating demand for 4-6 million sq ft of Grade A office space and more than 50,000 high-skilled jobs,…
UK MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi Chandigarh: UK MP and chair of the UK Parliament’s Defence Committee Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi met Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann at the Punjab Legislative Assembly on Monday and raised concerns over extortion threats, NRI property disputes and international connectivity.Dhesi, who was invited to attend the ongoing Assembly session, sought coordinated…
Pune: A case of abetment of suicide has been registered by Pune Rural Police against the director of a private police training academy at Ale Phata on Monday, after a 23-year-old student committed suicide at her rented accommodation on Monday afternoon.The student’s sister, a police constable with the Nandurbar police, stated in her complaint, “She…
