New Delhi, 14/11: Delhi Chief Minister Atishi Friday announced staggered timings for government offices in the city in a bid to tackle traffic congestion and reduce pollution levels in the national Capital. Under the new schedule, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) offices will operate from 8.30 am to 5.00 pm, Central Government offices from…
Ahmedabad, 15/11: A consignment of 700 kg methamphetamine (meth) was seized in a joint operation of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Gujarat police’s Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) and Indian Navy on Friday in a mid sea operation. This is said to be the biggest seizure of meth, a highly addictive party drug, off Gujarat coast. NCB said…
Jakarta, ,15/11: An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 struck Papua New Guinea on Friday, Indonesia’s geophysics agency said, but ruled out a potential tsunami The quake’s epicentre was at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), it added.
Colombo, 15/11:: Sri Lankans handed Anura Kumara Dissanayake a thumping win in a snap general election, giving its new leftist president greater legislative power to pursue policies to alleviate poverty and fight graft as the country recovers from a financial meltdown. Dissanayake, a political outsider in a country dominated by family parties for decades, comfortably…
Kalaburagi,15/11: Expressing displeasure against entrepreneur Gautam Adani, AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge alleged that the chairman of Adani Group has been supporting reactionary and regressive governments. Addressing press persons here on Thursday, Kharge said that the billionaire businessman does not want political parties to function on principles and ideology.
New Delhi, 14/11: Reliance Industries Limited and and Disney on Thursday announced the completion of transactions to form the long-pending joint venture that they had announced earlier. The transaction values the JV at Rs 70,352 crore (~US$ 8.5 billion) on a post-money basis, excluding synergies. At the closing of the transactions noted above, the JV…
Kolkata, 14/11: Senior BJP leader Arjun Singh on Thursday claimed that conspiracies were being hatched to eliminate him and alleged that these efforts were politically motivated due to his opposition alignment. I am being maligned, and there are plans to eliminate me,” Singh told reporters after appearing before the CID in connection with alleged irregularities…
Barbil, 14/11 ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India)organised a one-day workshop on the theme of ‘Ironore beneficiation andits development for sustainable productivity in mining’in Barbil. In the forum, several domain experts discussed and deliberated on challenges faced by mining companies in leveraging the depleting grade of iron ore resources in India. Inaugurating the workshop, Shri…
Bhubaneswar, 14/11: In a major development, Board of Secondary Education released the schedule for the 2025 matric examinations in Odisha. As per the released schedule, the exams will commence on February 21, 2025 (Friday) and conclude on March 06, 2025 (Thursday).
Chennai, 14/11: The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday conducted fresh searches against Chennai-based ‘lottery king’ Santiago Martin, the single biggest donor to political parties with over Rs 1,300 crore in electoral bonds, as part of a money laundering investigation, official sources said. The action comes after the Madras High Court recently allowed the ED to proceed…
