MUMBAI: Private sector capital expenditure is expected to increase by 54% in a year, reaching Rs 2.45 lakh crore in 2024-25 as against Rs 1.59 lakh crore in 2023-24, according to a study published by RBI. This significant rise is due to rising domestic demand, improved corporate profitability, sustained credit demand, business optimism, and government’s…
BENGALURU: Chevron, the American energy giant, plans to invest $1 billion in a new cutting-edge engineering and technology centre in Bengaluru.The facility, dubbed the Chevron Engineering and Innovation Excellence centre or “The Engine,” represents a milestone for the 145-year-old, $200-billion revenue company as it aims to develop affordable, reliable and cleaner energy solutions for the…
Restoration work is underway after the derailment of Ahmedabad bound Sabarmati Express KANPUR/LUCKNOW: The derailment of 22 coaches of Sabarmati Express near Kanpur on Saturday was a result of sabotage, says the FIR registered against several unknown persons.The FIR, lodged on Sunday, is based on a complaint by the railways’ senior section engineer Mahendra Pratap…
KANPUR/LUCKNOW: The derailment of 22 coaches of Sabarmati Express near Kanpur on Saturday was a result of sabotage, says the FIR registered against several unknown persons.The FIR, lodged on Sunday, is based on a complaint by the railways’ senior section engineer Mahendra Pratap Singh, claiming that the “piece of rail” found on the tracks was…
NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi will start a two-day tour of J&K on Wednesday to take stock of the party’s preparations for the upcoming assembly elections. They will visit Jammu and Srinagar, and hold meetings with party workers and office bearers.The new J&K Congress president, Tariq Hameed Karra, has said that…
NEW DELHI: In a clear sign of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s (RSS) greater engagement with BJP affairs, its prominent functionary Ram Madhav on Tuesday returned to active politics as the saffron party appointed him poll in-charge for Jammu and Kashmir.Union minister and party’s Telangana president G Kishan Reddy has also been appointed as poll in-charge for…
NEW DELHI: Amid growing convergence on strategic issues, including their vision for a rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific, India and Japan agreed in a joint statement issued after the 2+2 dialogue on Tuesday to revise and update the 2008 Joint Declaration on Security Cooperation to reflect contemporary priorities and to be responsive to the current…
AGARTALA: Seven people lost their lives in Tripura due to landslides, two others are reported missing and over 5,600 people have been rendered homeless following continuous rain since Sunday night.Five deaths were reported from South Tripura, and one each from Gomati and Khowai, secretary Brijesh Pandey said. The dead included three members of a family…
BENGALURU: Hot on the heels of governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot granting approval for the prosecution of chief minister Siddaramaiah in the Mysore Urban Development Authority (Muda) land allotment scam, Karnataka Lokayukta‘s Special Investigation Team (SIT) has sought permission to file a chargesheet against Union minister for heavy industries and steel, HD Kumaraswamy, over alleged illegal…
AJMER: A Pocso court in Ajmer sentenced six remaining accused in the notorious 1992 Ajmer rape and blackmail case to life imprisonment on Tuesday. The court also imposed a penalty of Rs 5 lakh on each of the convicts. The Rs 30 lakh collected from the six convicts will be distributed equally to the rape…
