Workers on battery and chassis assembly line. Photo for representation Kolkata: Exide Industries has registered a 27.1% year-on-year jump in Q1 net profit, from Rs 320 crore to Rs 407 crore. The Q1 turnover of the company was up by 17.6% to Rs 5,305 crore, from Rs 4,510 crore in the last fiscal.Increased affordability and…
Ashok Patel and Shobhanaben Vadodara: Exactly one year after the Air India AI171 crash claimed 260 lives, a UK coroner may soon have to decide whether unidentified human remains linked to the disaster should be buried or cremated, as the identity of an “unidentified male” victim remains unresolved.The issue has come to light through UK-based…
Chennai: A 34-year-old Nepal national was found dead with severe head injuries in Thalambur, near Thiruporur, on Thursday morning. The man, identified as Bahadur, was employed at a private firm near Thiruporur and stayed in a rented house in Thalambur. Police said Bahadur had argued with a woman living nearby on July 28. The woman…
Greek anti-terrorist police on Friday arrested three people over a series of firebomb attacks targeting politicians from the governing New Democracy party. The coordinated attacks, carried out on July 1, included a deadly explosion in the northern city of Thessaloniki that killed the mother of a parliamentary candidate, authorities said.The predawn attacks targeted the homes…
US stocks advanced on Tuesday as technology shares tied to the artificial intelligence (AI) boom extended their recovery from last week’s sharp sell-off, while lower oil prices eased pressure on investors.The S&P 500 rose 0.6%, moving back within 2% of the record high it touched a week ago. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 291…
In a memorandum submitted to the Haryana govt, the unions condemned the “unprovoked repression” of peaceful protesters. GURAGON: Trade unions on Monday demanded that workers arrested after protests seeking a hike in minimum wages at IMT Manesar on April 9 be released immediately, and called a statewide protest on April 16.In a memorandum submitted to…
BENGALURU: Union minister of state for railways and Jal Shakti V Somanna on Saturday said Karnataka’s all-party meeting on the Cauvery issue would help determine the state’s next course of action, as he stressed that the state was facing a severe water shortage and that any decision must remain within the constitutional framework and comply…
Bengaluru: A provocative video uploaded on social media, in which a man challenged Karnataka police to trace “25 Bangladeshis” he claimed to have sent to Bengaluru, triggered concern. He also claimed that the Bangladeshis’ targets were police officers and politicians, claiming they would barge into their houses and harm the officials’ wives and children.By Thursday…
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Lucknow: Days after terming the protests by industrial workers in Noida as a conspiracy to derail Uttar Pradesh’s industrial progress, chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said “there are apprehensions that similar attempts to create industrial unrest may be made again between April 30 and May 2”.At a late night meeting…
District collector and district election officer Jitendra Dudi Pune: The draft electoral roll prepared under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise will be published on Aug 31 this year, with district collector Jitendra Dudi, who is also the district election officer, urging voters to check the list and ensure that their names and details are…
