Kolkata: India returned to net exporter status in finished steel in FY26 for the first time since FY23, with outbound shipments of 6.6 million tonnes marginally outpacing imports of 6.5 million tonnes, according to data released by the ministry of steel.Exports surged 35.9% year on year while imports fell sharply by 31.7%, enabling India to…
Kolkata: Kilburn Engineering has appointed Amritanshu Khaitan as non-executive chairman of its board, effective April 21, 2026, following the completion of the term of current independent chairman Manmohan Singh.Amritanshu, who was previously a director at the company, belongs to the promoter group. The development comes after Aditya Khaitan, chairman of Mcleod Russel, recently resigned as…
Kolkata: Bengal is accelerating on the road to cleaner mobility, with electric vehicle adoption witnessing a robust surge despite the continued gap in the charging infrastructure.EV registration in Bengal increased by 154.7%, rising from 52,327 units in 2023-24 to 1,33,388 in 2025-26, showed a study by Environcatalysts, which tracked the transport sector’s transition. The jump…
Kolkata: Midnight raids and arrests won’t be able to scare or halt Trinamool, CM Mamata Banerjee thundered on Tuesday, her words coming barely a few hours after ED arrested I-PAC co-founder Vinesh Chandel in New Delhi late on Monday.“If one is arrested, another will take his place. We will continue to fight. It is not…
Kolkata: App-bikes are rapidly emerging as the city’s new last-mile lifeline, stepping into the gap created by the shortage of autos on the road following the soaring LPG prices.A sharp rise in auto LPG rates — from around Rs 58 per litre in Jan to nearly Rs 83 by April — has pushed many auto…
