Representative image. File | Photo Credit: PTI Workers of a tea garden in north Bengal staged protests demanding a bonus ahead of Durga Puja. The protests were held by workers of the Nagaisuri tea garden in Jalpaiguri district on September 26 and 27, who sought 20% of their wages as bonus. Police resorted to a … Read more
Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has launched a modernised digital platform for management of its assets such as municipal markets, shopping complexes, model markets and leased lands. Titled ‘Estate Management System’, the app was launched by Mayor Gadwal Vijayalakshmi during GHMC’s Standing Committee meeting recently. The app facilitates online payment of lease and rent amounts by … Read more
The Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) officials and the newly posted officials to five corporations in the city met for the first time on Thursday, and chalked out key focus areas – potholes, streetlighting, and waste management. Tushar Giri Nath, Additional Chief Secretary, Urban Development Department, speaking at the meeting, directing officials to focus on these … Read more
This is the second such meeting between the India and Pakistan sides this month. File (Image used for representation purpose only) | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The Armies of India and Pakistan on Thursday (April 10, 2025) held a brigade commander-level flag meeting along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’‘s Poonch district … Read more
V.D. Satheesan | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT Kerala’s Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan has accused the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government of exacerbating the cost-of-living crisis by “prodigiously” hiking land tax slabs and levies for contract carriages and electric vehicles, chiefly two-wheelers. In a Facebook post, Mr. Satheesan described the government’s new tax regime, … Read more
“We expect that while the intensity of downgrades will not be as high because this time the expectations are not as high, still there will be further downgrades,” says Abhay Agarwal, Founder & Fund Manager, Piper Serica.What is the expectations from these two mega events earnings and budget?Abhay Agarwal: On the earnings side, we are … Read more
A view of the Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal in Uttar Pradesh. | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has submitted its response in a court, which had allowed a survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal, seeking control and management of the Mughal-era mosque as it is a protected … Read more
CEO of Nutrihub, B Dayakara Rao (right), felicitating Uttarakhand Agricultural Minister Ganesh Joshi during International Nutri Cereal Convention 6.0 (INCC) in Hyderabad on Friday. Also seen are Director General of the National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRD&PR) G. Narendra Kumar, V.P. Sharma and others. | Photo Credit: Nagara Gopal “There’s an immediate … Read more
