MUMBAI: From ACs to beauty products and even snacking items, consumers are increasingly going online to fill their shopping carts as heatwaves nudge them to stay indoors, at least during the peak afternoon hours.Online sales for Voltas through Amazon and Flipkart, for instance, have grown by 190% year-on-year between March-May 2024. The company’s sales through…
MUMBAI/CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: While Devendra Fadnavis has offered to step down as deputy chief minister in view of the BJP’s poor performance in the Lok Sabha polls in Maharashtra and take up party work full-time in view of the upcoming assembly elections, the BJP’s Central leadership has not taken any decision so far, sources said. All…
MUMBAI/CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: While Devendra Fadnavis has offered to step down as deputy chief minister in view of the BJP’s poor performance in the Lok Sabha polls in Maharashtra and take up party work full-time in view of the upcoming assembly elections, the BJP’s Central leadership has not taken any decision so far, sources said. All…
NEW DELHI: Narendra Modi on Friday emphasised the role of consensus in governance as he said the next “10 years of NDA” will be dedicated to good governance, committed to the principal of “sarv panth sambhav” (all religions are equal) to fulfil growing regional and national aspirations as he acknowledged that an era of competitive…
VIJAYWADA: Real estate prices zoomed in Amaravati witnessing anywhere between 50% and 100% increase in just three days after the election results are out. The massive victory of the TDP, Jana Sena and BJP alliance has cleared the uncertainties over the capital, renewing the buyers’ interest.However, minimal transactions are taking place as there are hardly…
VIJAYWADA: Real estate prices zoomed in Amaravati witnessing anywhere between 50% and 100% increase in just three days after the election results are out. The massive victory of the TDP, Jana Sena and BJP alliance has cleared the uncertainties over the capital, renewing the buyers’ interest.However, minimal transactions are taking place as there are hardly…
VIJAYAWADA: TDP general secretary and N Chandrababu Naidu’s son Nara Lokesh on Friday said that his party was committed to the current 4% reservation for Muslims under the OBC list. In a stand divergent from ally BJP, Lokesh described the quota as a welfare measure aimed at helping poor Muslims come out of poverty, adding…
NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu on Friday appointed Narendra Modi prime minister, clearing the way for him to be sworn in on Sunday as head of a BJP-led NDA coalition.The President handed over the letter of appointment after BJP chief J P Nadda presented letters of support from NDA parties which have a strength of…
CHENNAI: Discontent raged within Tamil Nadu BJP unit, with some second-rung leaders evincing strong views about state party president K Annamalai‘s ‘miscalculated’ strategies leading to AIADMK breaking ties with BJP, that cost them dearly.On Thursday, BJP state president K Annamalai, while noting that AIADMK had been rejected by people, ruled out the possibility of an…
MOHALI: Thirty-one years after a fake encounter, the family of vegetable vendor Gulshan Kumar, who had been abducted and killed, got a compensation of Rs 2 lakh as a special CBI court of judge RK Gupta in Mohali on Friday sentenced former Punjab police DIG Dilbagh Singh to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment (RI) and former…
