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Mumbai: Sunteck Realty has bought a nearly 3-acre plot in Dubai Downtown, part of the Burj Khalifa district, for developing a residential project under its ultra-luxury vertical Emmance. This is part of the Mumbai-based developer's plan to build about ₹20,000 crore worth of ultra-luxury homes over the next 12 months. While Dubai would mark Sunteck's entry into the international market, the other project under the newly-created vertical will be in South Mumbai. Sunteck has acquired a prime sea-f ...Read More >
Mumbai: Demand for fashion and electronics saw a 15-20% jump in sales over the weekend after the government slashed GST rates on consumer goods, triggering a surge in spending particularly in northern and southern regions although heavy rains dampened turnout in parts of the east and west. The GST that took effect on Monday in categories including clothing, electronics, footwear, and groceries were aimed at reviving household spending. The timing also coincided with the onset of the festive sea ...Read More >
India and the US are negotiating a trade deal. India offers to buy corn for ethanol production and more energy. New Delhi seeks removal of penal tariffs on Russian oil. Washington pushes for American soybean and corn purchases. India resists due to GM concerns. Talks continue to meet a fall deadline for a bilateral trade agreement. India could buy corn from the US to produce ethanol, besides making higher purchases of energy, as part of fresh offers to arrive at a trade deal. New Delhi has pres ...Read More >
Kolkata: Praying Goddess Durga for formation of a new government, which will reestablish 'Sonar Bangla' following 2026 assembly polls, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday inaugurated a Durga Puja pandal at Santosh Mitra Square, which has been designed on the theme of "Operation Sindoor", following Pahalgam terror attack and paying tribute to the Indian Army. Shah, after inaugurating the "Operation Sindoor" themed Durga puja and offering prayers to Goddess Durga, said, "I have prayed to Godd ...Read More >
Kolkata: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will inaugurate the renowned Santosh Mitra Square Durga Puja pandal in the city on Friday morning. He has already arrived in the city last night and will also visit Kalighat temple to offer pujas. He will also visit a puja organized by BJP at EZCC, Saltlake. The pandal, one of the biggest in Kolkata, has been designed this year on the theme of 'Operation Sindoor', paying tribute to the Indian Army. Organised by BJP councillor Sajal Ghosh, the Santosh Mit ...Read More >
Telangana Weather: Telangana is bracing for an extended period of wet weather as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasts continuous rain and thunderstorms across the state from September 26th to October 2nd, 2025. Several districts are under a heavy rainfall warning, accompanied by lightning and gusty winds, posing potential risks to infrastructure and daily life. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a fresh weather forecast for Telangana, warning of continuous rain ...Read More >
Barren Island (Google Trends): India's Barren Island volcano erupted on September 20, following a magnitude 4.2 earthquake. Triggered by seismic activity disturbing the magma chamber, this minor eruption, the fourth since 1991, poses no immediate threat. Experts are closely monitoring the volcano due to its location on a fault line that shifted during the 2004 tsunami. India's only active volcano, located on Barren Island in the Andaman Sea, erupted on September 20, following a magnitude 4.2 ea ...Read More >
New Delhi: Driven primarily by higher shipments of automobiles, auto components, industrial machinery, and some basic metals, India's engineering goods exports recorded 4.91% year-on-year growth in August 2025. Engineering exports in August 2025 were recorded at US$9.9 billion, as against US$9.4 billion in the same month last year. The US remained the top destination for engineering exports from India with shipments rising 7.2% year-on-year to US$1.68 billion in August this year. On a month-o ...Read More >
Kolkata: Rice and edible oil prices have fallen sequentially this month ahead of the main festive season, companies said. While most rice varieties that Indian households consume have become cheaper in the retail market, a drop in the wholesale prices of edible oils is expected to reflect at the retail level by month-end. Rice prices have fallen as Bangladesh, which had aimed to import 1 million tonnes of the grain this year, has placed very little orders from India, traders said. Bangladesh b ...Read More >
Dehradun Cloudburst News Live: Heavy overnight rains at various places in Uttarakhand damaged roads, houses and shops, and washed out a bridge early on Tuesday. Dehradun Cloudburst Live Updates In a post on X, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said, "Received the sad news of some shops getting damaged due to heavy rains in Sasthdhara, Dehradun, late last night. District administration, SDRF, and police have reached the spot and are engaged in relief and rescue operations." "I am constantly i ...Read More >
Himachal Pradesh Mandi Landslide: A devastating landslide in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district resulted in three fatalities, prompting ongoing rescue operations. Heavy rainfall triggered widespread destruction in Dharampur town, flooding the bus stand and sweeping away numerous vehicles. The monsoon's impact in Himachal Pradesh has tragically claimed 404 lives since June 20, highlighting the severity of the ongoing crisis. ...Read More >
Kolkata, Sep 16 (PTI) Economist and former CPI(M) leader Prasenjit Bose joined the Congress during a programme in the metropolis, and asserted that he would support the party in its fight to "save the Constitution". Bose (51) became a part of the Congress at a formal joining ceremony here on Monday in the presence of party leaders Ghulam Ahmad Mir, Syed Naseer Hussain and Kanhaiya Kumar, besides state unit president Subhankar Sarkar. "We have to protect the Constitution, establish a government ...Read More >
Cloudburst in Dehradun News: Dehradun experienced cloudbursts in Sahastradhara, leading to swollen rivers and damaged shops. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami reported rescue operations by police and SDRF. In Rishikesh, the Chandrabhaga river overflowed due to heavy rainfall, flooding the highway and trapping vehicles. SDRF successfully rescued three people stranded in the river, ensuring their safety. The local administration is monitoring the situation. ...Read More >
Mumbai: Axis Mutual Fund's former fund manager Deepak Agrawal has settled a case of professional misconduct with market regulator Sebi by paying ₹85.8 lakh as settlement amount. The settlement terms also involved the clawback of over 43,300 mutual fund units allotted to Agrawal. These units were redeemed and the amount was credited to Axis Quant Fund and Axis Value Fund, Sebi said. The case stems from an inspection Sebi had conducted covering governance-related aspects of Axis Mutual Fund thr ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued revised final guidelines for entities operating as payment aggregators (PAs), with an aim to enhance consumer protection and prevent fraud. Under the updated framework, PAs-entities that facilitate customer payments to merchants via various physical or virtual channels-must implement a board-approved dispute resolution policy. This policy must clearly define timelines for processing refunds, ensuring prompt and transparent redressal of payment- ...Read More >
Mumbai: Lower-income borrowers, who typically depend on small-ticket loans, are increasingly moving away from microfinance institutions (MFIs) and turning to gold loans for immediate requirements. This shift is driven by soaring gold prices, lower gold loan rates and higher scrutiny by MFIs in sanctioning new loans. According to data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), loans against gold surged 122% year-on-year as of June while data from the Microfinance Industry Network show outstanding mic ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu has sought a moratorium on loan and interest repayments for aqua sector companies, financial support for exporters, a Rs 100-crore corpus fund, and cold storage facilities to help the sector cushion the blow from the steep rise in US tariffs on Indian imports. Highlighting the loss from increase in US tariffs, Naidu said India's shrimp exports have taken a hit of about Rs 25,000 crore with about 50% of export orders cancelled. Furthe ...Read More >
India defeated Pakistan in a recent T20 match. Suryakumar Yadav dedicated the win to the armed forces and victims of the Pahalgam terror attack. The Indian team decided not to shake hands with the Pakistani team after the match. Pakistan Cricket Board requested the ICC to relieve match referee Andy Pycroft of his duties. India won the T20 match easily and expectedly. The team was just far too strong for Pakistan. Truth be told, Pakistan were never in the game. India's bowlers were on the ball, ...Read More >
Mumbai: Nayara Energy may have to offer a $1-2 per barrel discount to India's state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) to sell petrol and diesel that the Russian-owned refiner cannot export due to European sanctions, people close to the development said. The Rosneft-backed company, which operates a 20-million-tonne refinery in Gujarat, has been in talks with Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum Corporation and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation to place its refined fuel with them. These state- ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Association of Healthcare Providers of India (AHPI) has raised concerns over Star Health Insurance suspending cashless treatment and asked the insurer to restore it in several hospitals. AHPI has said that cashless services is disrupted at several hospitals including Care Hospitals in Vizag, Manipal in Delhi and Gurugram, Max in North India. Other hospitals such as Metro in Faridabad, Medanta in Lucknow, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Hospital in New Delhi, Sarvodaya in Faridabad and Yatharth ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: India on Monday launched its first national policy on geothermal energy, joining a growing list of countries betting on subterranean heat to power their clean energy transitions. India's Ministry of New and Renewable Energy said the policy aims to unlock the country's untapped geothermal potential through incentives and regulations. It also encourages repurposing abandoned oil and gas wells and deploying ground source heat pumps for heating and cooling. WHY IT'S IMPORTANT Countrie ...Read More >
New Delhi: The government has asked life and non-life insurance companies to ensure that benefits of the goods and services tax (GST) exemption approved earlier this month are fully passed on to both existing and prospective policyholders. Financial services secretary M Nagaraju on Monday also directed insurers to proactively undertake outreach campaigns to publicise the GST reforms and highlight their prospective positive impact in making insurance more affordable and accessible for the common ...Read More >
New Delhi: Nepal's interim government, led by Prime Minister Sushila Karki, expanded the cabinet on Monday and inducted three ministers with the promise of better governance and improved economy for which the country's Gen-Z launched the protests last week. President Ramchandra Paudel administered the oath of office to the new ministers. Former MD of the Nepal Electricity Authority, Kulman Ghising, will head the Ministry of Energy, Urban Development and Physical Infrastructure. Om Prakash Arya ...Read More >
Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday instructed the defence ministry to swiftly implement concrete steps to achieve greater jointness, atmanirbharta and innovation to meet future challenges and requirements of an evolving battlefield. He was speaking at the inauguration of the three-day 16th Combined Commanders Conference (CCC) 2025 at the Eastern Command headquarters in Kolkata on Monday morning. Modi hailed the armed forces for their role in nation building, anti-piracy, safe retur ...Read More >
Srinagar: Fruit mandis across Kashmir observed a strike on Monday to protest against the continued closure of the highway connecting the Valley with the rest of the country as over 5,000 trucks remain stranded on the road. Fruit traders said they could suffer a loss of around ₹800-1,000 crore as 90% of the fruit in the trucks is rotten as they are stranded on the road for over 10 days now. Traders have called it an 'economic blockade' and alleged that the authorities are not utilising the full ...Read More >
New Delhi: Ahead of the March 2026 deadline, the CRPF and Jharkhand Police on Monday killed three top Naxal leaders in Hazaribagh. The trio carried rewards totalling ₹1.35 cr. Those killed have been identified as Sahadev Soren, a central committee member carrying a bounty of ₹1 crore; Raghunath Hembram, a special area committee member with a reward of ₹25 lakh; and Virsen Ganjhu, a zonal committee member with a ₹10 lakh reward. Their deaths have further reduced the central committee of the bann ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday made it clear that the publication of final voter list being prepared by the poll body as part of the special intensive revision (SIR) in Bihar will not inhibit SC from striking it down 'if it finds any illegality in the process'. A bench of justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi verbally observed, "if we find any illegality (in the SIR), we will definitely strike it down" regardless of the finalisation of the revised list. SC also refused to modify its ...Read More >
Mumbai police's Economic Offences Wing (EOW) on Monday recorded the statement of Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty's husband and businessman Raj Kundra in connection with a Rs 60-crore cheating case, officials said. Kundra (50) was questioned by EOW personnel for more than five hours in connection with the case, an official said. His statement was recorded at an undisclosed location to avoid media glare. "We recorded Kundra's statement today (Monday) and will summon him probably next week again a ...Read More >
India's Global Capability Centers (GCCs) are evolving from cost-saving back offices to innovation hubs, driving global product development and digital solutions. With over 1,600 GCCs currently, projected to generate $121 billion in revenue by 2030, India is becoming a strategic innovation powerhouse. For decades, India has been perceived globally as the world's back office, a reliable destination for IT services, business process outsourcing, and support functions. But in recent years, this nar ...Read More >
New Delhi: TVS Motor Company on Monday said it has inked a pact with leasing and asset management company ALT Mobility to deploy 3,000 electric three-wheelers this fiscal year. As part of the collaboration, TVS will provide vehicles, while ALT Mobility will procure, lease, and finance them through its ecosystem. The models, variants, and specifications will be jointly finalised to best serve customer needs, and the vehicles will be rolled out through TVS Motor's extensive network of authorised ...Read More >
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