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Mumbai, March 24 American bank JP Morgan has appointed HSBC Group veteran Rahul Badhwar as its senior country officer for India.Sjoerd Leenart, JP Morgan's chief executive for Asia Pacific, made the announcement about Badhwar's appointment.Badhwar replaces Kaustubh Kulkarni, the senior...

New Delhi, March 24 BJP MP Anurag Thakur on Tuesday criticised the Congress government in Himachal Pradesh for its decision to levy a Rs 5 cess on fuels, alleging that it will be extracting over Rs 1,000 crore annually from the public through increased VAT and an additional cess.Consumers in...

Shimla, March 23 Consumers in Himachal Pradesh will have to pay more for petrol and high-speed diesel, as the Assembly passed a VAT amendment bill on Monday, which seeks to levy an "Orphan and Widow" cess of up to Rs 5 per litre on these two fuels, despite the opposition BJP staging a walkout...

New Delhi, March 23 Delhi Lieutenant Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu said on Monday that India has emerged as a "reliable partner" in the global supply chain and innovation ecosystems.Addressing the 26th edition of IndiaSoft at Bharat Mandapam on the theme of 'Business Beyond Boundaries'...

March 22, New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security to review the situation and ongoing and proposed mitigating measures in the context of the ongoing West Asia conflict.The Cabinet Secretary gave a detailed presentation on the global...

Shimla, March 21 Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu presented a budget of ₹54,928 crore for the financial year 2026-27 in the state assembly on Saturday.Sukhu, who was presenting his fourth budget, began his speech by stating that the discontinuation of the Revenue Deficit...

New Delhi, March 20 The LDF government in Kerala relies on remittances, lotteries, and liquor, a model that will no longer work, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has said, asserting that the UDF has plenty of new ideas for Kerala 2.0.In an interview with

Bengaluru, March 20 Jindal Stainless has partnered with IIMB to jointly create a customized "Strategic Leadership Development Programme".The programme aims to strengthen strategic thinking, business judgment, and decision-making capabilities among the company's senior professionals, preparing...

Dehradun, March 20 Speculation about the expansion of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami's cabinet is once again gaining momentum in Uttarakhand, with sources saying it is likely that the exercise will be carried out during this Navratri itself.Sources close to Dhami said that with less than a...

New Delhi, March 19 – The National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed charges against another accused in the 2024 case involving the bomb attacks on two Gurugram clubs by members of the banned Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terror outfit, an official said.Ramdutt is the ninth accused to be...

New Delhi, March 19 Kratikal Tech announced the appointment of three independent directors on Thursday, as the cybersecurity solutions company strengthened its board ahead of its proposed listing on the BSE.In a statement, the company said the appointments come in the context of its transition...

Mumbai, March 18 The rupee plunged by 23 paise to close at a record low of 92.63 (provisional) against the US dollar on Wednesday, weighed down by a stronger dollar and sustained outflows from foreign investors.Rising crude oil prices in global markets, amid intensifying conflict in the Middle...

New Delhi, March 16 A three-day budget session of the Delhi Assembly will commence from March 23, the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) said on Monday.The decision to convene the budget session from March 23 to 25 was taken in a meeting of the Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, it...

New Delhi, March 16 – Raghav Chadha, a Rajya Sabha member of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), on Monday raised what he described as three "everyday anxieties" faced by ordinary Indians, urging the government to introduce constructive reforms.His proposals included the option for couples to file...

Jammu, March 10 A total of 40,661 positions are currently vacant in government departments across Jammu and Kashmir, Commissioner Secretary, General Administration Department (GAD), M Raju said on Tuesday.The vacancies include 3,808 gazetted positions, 24,507 non-gazetted positions, and 12,351...

Home Minister, Pu K. Sapdanga, informed the Assembly today that the dried betel nuts stolen from several warehouses in Vairengte have not yet been recovered. He also reported that betel nuts smuggled from Myanmar, valued at approximately ₹24 crore, were seized between 1 January 2025 and 28...

Gairsain, March 9 Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami presented the state's budget for the financial year 2026-27 on Monday, with an outlay of Rs 1.11 lakh crore, 10 per cent higher than the current fiscal year.This was Dhami's first budget after taking over the finance portfolio...

Amaravati, March 8 Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday said that women entrepreneurs will play a key role in strengthening economic empowerment in the state.Addressing International Women's Day celebrations at Amaravati Parade Grounds here, the chief minister greeted...

New Delhi, March 7 Reflecting the increasing number of women in the country's aviation sector, 17.5 per cent of IndiGo's total pilots and 16 per cent of Air India's overall pilots are female.These figures are among the highest globally and exceed the global average.The leading airlines...

New Delhi, March 7 Women professionals are increasingly contributing to core engineering and plant operations at Vedanta Power – from control systems to ash plants – the firm said ahead of International Women's Day.The company said that women now constitute nearly 29 per cent of its total...