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…
MUMBAI: The BMC’s proposal to replace Mahindra Scorpio-N SUVs with six new Toyota Innova Crysta vehicles for key political office-bearers led to a heated political exchange at Thursday’s Standing Committee meeting, with the opposition questioning the expenditure and the ruling BJP accusing it of going back on a decision that was taken unanimously by all…
The Delhi government’s decision does not amount to a blanket clean chit to everyone who participated in the agitation. (File Photos) NEW DELHI: The Delhi government’s decision to close the chapter on further adverse legal action against individuals who participated in the Cockroach Janta Party-led protests offers significant relief to protesters facing the fallout of…
The searches are part of ED’s efforts to trace the source of funds received by the accused in the Coimbatore car bomb blast case. CHENNAI: Enforcement Directorate (ED) sleuths on Thursday started searches in 16 places in Chennai, Coimbatore, Hyderabad and Mumbai in connection with the 2022 Coimbatore car bomb blast case. The searches are…
Bhutkun, brother of slain strongman Chhotan Shukla and former Lalganj MLA Munna Shukla, was shot dead at his ancestral home in Khanzahachak village under Lalganj police station area on July 16, 1997. Patna: Nearly 29 years after the sensational murder of strongman Bhutkun Shukla, a Muzaffarpur court on Thursday sentenced the main accused, Deepak Kumar…
Misir Besra in Ranchi on Wednesday Dhanbad: Maoist politburo member Misir Besra and four of his comrades were sent to Dhanbad Jail late on Wednesday. The five arrested Maoists were brought to Dhanbad from Ranchi late on Wednesday.Dhanbad SSP Prabhat Kumar said, “All the arrested Maoists, including Besra, were produced before a magistrate on Wednesday…
Times News NetworkBokaro: The much-awaited air connectivity from Bokaro appears to be inching closer, with district administration, Airport Authority of India (AAI) and Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL) officials stepping up preparations ahead of the proposed DGCA inspection.Bokaro DC Ajay Nath Jha on Thursday said senior officials from AAI, BSL and Jharkhand civil aviation had visited…
Hemant Soren writes to PM (PTI image) NEW DELHI: Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that a funding shortfall of more than Rs 700 crore in central scholarship support over the past two financial years has adversely affected lakhs of students in the state and seeking the…
Police officials said Minar Mondal, a relative of Tulu Mondal, and his son were being questioned about the source of the wealth. SURI: Two trunkloads of cash, gold bars and biscuits worth around Rs 21.5 crore, and bundles of currency that crossed Rs 28.5 crore — the staggering haul from a two-storey house in Birbhum’s…
MUMBAI: India’s spiritual tourism boom is drawing travellers of all ages, but one trend stands out this year’s Amarnath Yatra. A growing number of women are choosing to undertake the Amarnath Yatra solo, a pilgrimage long associated with organised groups and family travel. Solo women made up 17.64% of Amarnath bookings this year, which was…
