Rahul Gandhi dismissing mandate of people as they rejected him: Devendra Fadnavis
MUMBAI: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, instead of introspecting on the defeat in the 2024 state assembly polls, has been repudiating the mandate given by the people because they rejected him. The leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha is preparing his excuses for future defeats in the […]
Onset of monsoon over Jharkhand likely around mid-June
RANCHI: The southwest monsoon is likely to arrive in Jharkhand around mid-June, a weather official said on Sunday. The progress of the monsoon is likely to get momentum after June 10, he said. The monsoon hit Kerala on May 24 this year, a week ahead of schedule. Normally, the southwest monsoon makes its onset over […]
Extreme poverty in India down to 5.3 pc in 2022-23: World Bank
NEW DELHI: India’s extreme poverty rate declined sharply to 5.3 per cent over a decade from 27.1 per cent in 2011-12 even as the World Bank revised upwards its threshold poverty line to USD 3 per day. Given India’s inflation rate between 2017 and 2021, a revised extreme poverty line of USD 3 would constitute […]
AMNS India supplied 25,000 MT steel for Chenab Bridge project: Co statement
NEW DELHI,: AMNS India has said it supplied 70 per cent steel for Chenab Bridge and 100 per cent steel for Anji Khad Bridge projects, which were inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday. AMNS India supplied 25,000 metric tonnes of high-strength structural steel, accounting for 70 per cent of the total steel used […]
American pizza brand Little Caesars enters India QSR market
NEW DELHI,: Little Caesars, a Detroit, Michigan-based world’s third largest pizza chain, is entering the Indian market. India — one of the fastest growing quick service restaurant markets — will be the 30th market for Little Caesars, which is also the world’s largest family-owned pizza chain, for which it has roped in Harnessing Harvest as […]
GST breather for Infosys: DGGI closes Rs 32,400 cr pre-show cause notice
NEW DELHI, : The Director General of GST Intelligence has closed pre-show cause notice proceedings against Infosys for financial years 2018-19 to 2021-22, involving a GST amount of Rs 32,403 crore, the company said in a statutory filing. With the receipt of the communication from DGGI, “this matter stands closed”, India’s second-largest IT company Infosys […]
Monthly GST payment form 3B to become non-editable from July tax period
NEW DELHI,: GST Network (GSTN) on Saturday said the monthly GST payment form GSTR-3B will become non-editable from the July 2025 tax period. In an advisory, GSTN said taxpayers can make changes in declared outward supplies in GSTR-1A before filing their GSTR-3B in the same return period. Such changes will be auto-populated in tax […]
Two drug traffickers held with 6 kg heroin in Amritsar
CHANDIGARH: Punjab Police arrested two drug traffickers and recovered six kg heroin from their possession, a top police officer said on Sunday. A case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act has been registered at Police Station Gharinda in Amritsar. “In a significant breakthrough against trans-border narco-smuggling, Amritsar Rural Police recovers 6 Kg Heroin […]
Indian delegation meets Commonwealth Sport officials in London on 2030 Games bid
MUMBAI: A delegation of Indian Olympic Association, Central and Gujarat state government met Commonwealth Sport officials in London to have a better understanding of the process and the framework relating to securing hosting rights of the 2030 Commonwealth Games in Ahmedabad. The delegation included IOA chief PT Usha and officials from the Union Sports Ministry […]
Thakur, Nitish Reddy go wicketless as England Lions pile 192/3 against India A
NORTHAMPTON, June 7: India A pace bowling all-rounders Shardul Thakur and Nitish Kumar Reddy continued to dish out underwhelming performances as the England Lions made 192 for three at the end of second day of the second unofficial Test here on Saturday. India A, overnight 319/7, were folded for 348 in their first innings, but […]
