NEW DELHI: In what could prove a game-changer in the Bihar polls, PM Narendra Modi will launch via video-conferencing on Friday Bihar’s Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana and directly transfer Rs 10,000 each into the bank accounts of 75 lakh women across the state.Officials said the scheme was aimed at making women “atmanirbhar” (self-reliant) and promoting…
CHENNAI: TVS Motor Company has announced the establishment of its global centre of excellence (CoE) for design and engineering in Bologna, Italy. As part of this initiative, TVS Motor has agreed to acquire 100% ownership of Italian automotive design company Engines Engineering. The company said in its stock market notification that it has acquired 100%…
Lucknow: The UP Police have rescued 12 missing or wandering children and women between Sept 22-25 from multiple districts under the Mission Shakti 5.0 campaign. In Lucknow’s Jankipuram, police reunited a 3-year-old girl found crying in Bhawani Bazaar with her family. Similarly, Amroha police traced a boy, who strayed away from his grandmother’s home, using…
NEW DELHI: EC on Thursday revised the rules relating to counting of postal ballots, making it mandatory for all postal ballot papers to be counted before the penultimate round of EVM/VVPATs counting is taken up.The new practice will be first implemented in Bihar where assembly polls are due in Nov.This restores the arrangement prior to…
MUMBAI: The sensex fell for the fifth consecutive session on Thursday with foreign funds continuing to sell domestic stocks as trade-related issues with the US continuing to bother all the stakeholders. Since scaling a multi-month high at slightly over 83,000 on Sept 18, a couple of days before the US’s H-1B visa fee hike decision,…
Lucknow: Panic gripped residents of Lucknow’s Aashiana locality on Wednesday after photos of a leopard allegedly roaming in Ruchi and Rajni Khand went viral on social media. However, a police probe revealed the images were digitally altered, and a 22-year-old Bachelor of Journalism and Mass Communication (BJMC) student was detained for spreading the fake content.A…
AHMEDABAD: A man allegedly set his wife and mother-in-law ablaze at a beauty parlour in Kubernagar area of Ahmedabad on Wednesday over a domestic dispute. The wife, Jaya (32), succumbed to her injuries during treatment, while her mother, Shobhana, was battling for life at Civil Hospital with over 70% burns.According to Sardarnagar police, the accused,…
NEW DELHI: India successfully tested the new-generation nuclear capable Agni-Prime ballistic missile, which has a strike range up to 2,000km, from a rail-based launcher system for the first time on Wednesday night.With the road-mobile Agni Prime already being inducted into the tri-Service Strategic Forces Command (SFC), the specially designed rail launcher will enhance the operational…
MUMBAI: Firoz Mistry, the older son of the late Cyrus Mistry, has been appointed to the board of Afcons Infrastructure, marking his first directorship in an operating entity of the Shapoorji Pallonji (SP) Group. His appointment comes weeks after his cousin Pallon Mistry was inducted into the Afcons board. The move enhances his role within…
Lucknow: The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research has been knowledge backbone and torchbearer of innovation in the country, as, from indelible ink used in every election to Sonalika tractor and NAL Saras multipurpose civilian aircraft, the list of its contributions is extensive. This successful scientific journey was shared by scientists during CSIR Foundation Day…
