Bengal to seek industry inputs on draft GCC policy | Kolkata News

Kolkata: The state govt has prepared a draft Global Capability Centre policy, backed by a Rs 5,000 crore investment promotion framework, to offer incentives and operational subsidies for technology, engineering and legal operations — Bengal’s first such dedicated policy for the sector.The state IT and electronics department plans to invite suggestions from industry bodies including…

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Next stop: Ad break? Delhi Metro plans in-train audio ads on ‘Red, Yellow, Blue and Magenta’ lines to boost non-fare revenue | Delhi News

The official clarified that advertisements will be broadcast only during silent intervals (Representative Image) NEW DELHI: A brief pause between Delhi Metro announcements could soon be followed by an advertisement, with the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) planning to introduce in-train audio commercials on the Red, Yellow, Blue and Magenta lines as part of efforts…

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Person seeking separate Tamil nation will be seen as one with mental health issues: Madras high court | Chennai News

CHENNAI: If anyone speaks about dividing the country and creating a separate Tamil nation, they will certainly be considered to be having mental health issues in the present-day scenario where the nation is unified in heart and soul, the Madras high court has said.Justice D Bharatha Chakravarthy made the observation while quashing a criminal case…

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Palamu police intensify crackdown against narcotics | Ranchi News

Daltonganj: Palamu district police on Saturday announced that it would intensify its crackdown against narcotics under ‘Operation Prahar’.Palamu SP Kapil Chaudhary said, “The action plan is four-pronged. The crackdown will be against cultivation, storage, transportation, and sale of drugs in an attempt to destroy the entire network. All police stations have been asked to adopt…

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‘Academic jihad’: BJP seeks ban on J&K textbook ‘glorifying terrorists’; LG suspends 8 | India News

The row over a controversial book in Jammu and Kashmir’s government school libraries escalated on Saturday after Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha suspended eight School Education Department officials, removed a contractual employee, and ordered a departmental inquiry into the selection and procurement of two library books found to contain “inappropriate content”.The LG also blacklisted the books’…

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Humayun questioned for 4 hours at Rejinagar PS over allegedly provocative speech | Kolkata News

Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP) founder Humayun Kabir (File photo) Rejinagar: AJUP chairperson and Nowda MLA Humayun Kabir underwent four hours of questioning at Rejinagar police station on Saturday in connection with a suo motu case registered against him for an allegedly provocative speech at a rally in Kashipur on June 27.Kabir arrived at the…

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