Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has stepped up its anti-encroachment drive, days after taking action against civic officials for inaction and ordering strict enforcement ahead of the monsoon.Over the past 40 days, more than 300 illegal structures covering 1.8 lakh sqft have been cleared.A senior PCMC official said the drive targets both temporary…
Kolkata: The Bengal govt will introduce a legislation to protect “lawful businesses from syndicate charges” and other forms of “informal extortion”, finance minister Swapan Dasgupta announced while presenting the state budget on Monday.He described the move as a key step towards improving the investment climate and reducing the cost of doing business in Bengal.CM Suvendu…
AI-generated image used for representational purpose. AI-generated image used for representational purpose. AI-generated image used for representational purpose. AI-generated image used for representational purpose. AI-generated image used for representational purpose. GURDASPUR : Panic gripped a hospital in the historical border town of Kalanaur in Gurdaspur district on Tuesday after an unidentified assailant allegedly hurled an…
The government on Wednesday summoned US diplomat after a vessel with several Indian onboard was attacked. Additional secretary (Americas) in the ministry of external affairs Nagaraj Naidu summoned Jason Meeks, Chargé d’Affaires of the United States to protest the attack on the ship. The move comes as India condemned the attack on the commercial vessel…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat-based textile and chemicals exporters are grappling with delayed export proceeds as several African countries face a shortage of US dollars, leaving payments stalled for months despite goods being delivered. Exporters say the issue has persisted for nearly two-and-a-half months, tightening working capital cycles and raising compliance concerns.Industry executives attribute the bottleneck to high…
CIBC’s entry comes even as a long list of financial services companies already house GCCs in Hyderabad Hyderabad: FMCG giant Nestlé and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), one of Canada’s top five banks, are setting up their global capability centres (GCCs) in Hyderabad, adding fresh momentum to the city’s fast-expanding roster of multinational technology…
Varanasi: Mocking the BJP for staging a protest against him, Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee president Ajay Rai questioned whom the ruling party was demanding action from when it was itself in power. Referring to the display of his criminal record during the protest, Rai said, “If action has to be taken, they are in government…
Panaji: State govt has begun the process for the captain of ports department to transition towards a state maritime board, said minister for ports Digambar Kamat on Sunday. Kamat said that the department has already started drafting the rules for the state maritime board in compliance with the Indian Ports Act, 2025 passed by Parliament.Kamat…
Representative image created using AI NEW DELHI: A 26-year-old man and his associate allegedly stabbed a juvenile multiple times over his relationship with the man’s sister and threw him into a drain in west Delhi’s Meera Bagh he was dead, police said on Friday.Police have arrested one of the accused, identified as Mandeep alias Monu…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Wednesday issued a show-cause notice to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge for referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a “terrorist”. EC said the remark prima facie violated the model code of conduct (MCC) and the commission’s instructions on maintaining decency in campaign discourse.EC has asked Kharge to explain his…
