Bengaluru, Jul 11 (PTI) The second edition of the GCC Workplace Awards, instituted by Bengaluru-based Zyoin Group, saw 50 GCCs in the organisation category, including global giants like SAP, being awarded for their innovation, leadership, and transformation in India's Global Capability Centre (GCC) landscape. "In our first edition, we had 200 GCCs participating and this year, we had over 300 GCCs participating and about 700 nominations," said Anuj Agrawal, Founder & CEO, Workplace Awards to PTI...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 11 (PTI) Scholars, researchers and eminent spiritual leaders will gather in Delhi on Sunday for a day-long conference in commemoration of the 90th birth anniversary of the 14th Dalai Lama during which relevance of Buddha Dharma and relationship between traditional practices and scientific evidence will be among subjects of discussion. The conference will be hosted by the International Buddhist Confederation (IBC). The conference to be held at Ashoka Hotel here will also be atten...Read More
Prayagraj (UP), Jul 11 (PTI) The Allahabad High Court has observed that merely expressing support for Pakistan, without referring to any specific incident or mentioning India by name, does not prima facie constitute an offence under section 152 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). The said penal provision deals with acts endangering the sovereignty or unity and integrity of India. "Considering the submissions of the learned counsel for the parties and after a perusal of the records, it is not...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 11 (PTI) Religare Enterprises on Friday said its board has approved a proposal to raise Rs 1,500 crore through the preferential allotment of warrants to support the company's business expansion plans and drive new strategic initiatives. Of this amount, entities linked to the Burman family, owners of Dabur, will contribute Rs 750 crore, accounting for 50 per cent of the total fundraise, while the remaining amount will be infused by The Hindustan Times Ltd, investors Ashish Dhawan,...Read More
Gurugram, Jul 11 (PTI) Around 2,500 police personnel will be deployed during the Braj Mandal Jalabhishek Yatra on July 14, according to a statement issued on Friday. A holiday in government and private schools in Haryana's Nuh district has also been announced, it said. According to the statement, 14 DSPs have been deployed and 28 checkpoints set up at various locations along the route of the yatra. At the checkpoints, videography and thorough checking will be conducted to ensure the safety an...Read More
Dehradun, Jul 11 (PTI) Uttrakhand Police recovered dynamite weighing 125 kg from a car in the Tyuni area of Dehradun district and arrested three people in this regard, an official said on Friday. Dehradun Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Ajay Singh said that on Thursday, the police stopped an Alto car with a Himachal Pradesh registration number while conducting a checking drive ahead of the panchayat elections in the state. He said that during the search of the vehicle, the dynamite kept ...Read More
Chandigarh, Jul 11 (PTI) The Punjab assembly on Friday witnessed noisy scenes, with Congress MLAs staging a brief walkout over the Abohar businessman murder incident and Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and some AAP MLAs engaging in a verbal spat with Congress's Partap Singh Bajwa. As the proceedings began on the second day of the special session, Leader of Opposition Bajwa raised the issue of the murder of businessman Sanjay Verma in Abohar on July 7 by three assailants and demanded a discussion o...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 11 (PTI) President Droupadi Murmu on Friday watched 'Tanvi The Great' movie at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre here, her office said. The film gives the message of inclusion through the story of a young autistic girl who fulfils her dream with resolve and resilience, it said. "Shri Anupam Kher, the director of the film, was also present at the screening with members of his cast and crew," the President's office said in a post on X and shared pictures of the event. Murmu ...Read More
Mumbai, Jul 11 (PTI) A court here on Friday remanded a man held in the Pune ISIS arms and explosives seizure case in National Investigation Agency (NIA) custody till July 18. The NIA claimed Rizwan Ali was a suspected member of terror outfit ISIS and was part of a larger conspiracy to promote its terror activities. Ali was brought from a Lucknow jail during the day and produced before a special NIA court, after which he was formally placed under arrest by the central agency in the ISIS module ...Read More
Jammu, Jul 11 (PTI) Panun Kashmir, one of the prominent groups representing the displaced Pandit community, on Friday appointed legal affairs division head Tito Ganju as its vice chairman, a leader said. Fifty-five-year-old Ganju will continue to hold his position as the head of the legal affairs division, which has played a pivotal role in shaping the legal and policy direction of the organisation, particularly in areas concerning constitutional safeguards, minority rights, and international a...Read More
Hyderabad, July 11 (PTI) The death toll in the "adulterated" toddy tragedy here rose to six, police said on Friday. Three deaths each were reported in the limits of Kukatpally and KPHB police station limits, a police official told PTI. State Health Minister C Damodar Rajanarasimha was informed that 18 patients are currently under treatment at state-run Gandhi hospital, while 35 others were being treated at the Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS). Of the 35, five are expected to be dis...Read More
Bhubaneswar, Jul 11 (PTI) Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and stalwart Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused the BJP of making attempts to "steal (chori) the elections in Bihar, as it did in Maharashtra" last year. Addressing the party's 'Samvidhan Bachao Samavesh' here, the Congress leaders also accused the Election Commission of India (ECI) of not doing its duty but working for the interest of the BJP. "We will prevent the BJP and ECI from stealing the elections in Bihar," Gandhi said. The C...Read More
Mumbai, Jul 11 (PTI) Italian fashion major Prada on Friday expressed its intention to launch a Kolhapuri-inspired collection in partnership with local artisans, an industry grouping has said. Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture, which held a virtual meeting with senior Prada officials earlier in the day, said a technical expert team from the Italian fashion brand will be visiting India next week to identify local supply chain partners for Kolhapuri chappal. "Prada expre...Read More
Jaisalmer, Jul 11 (PTI) BJP MLA Pratap Puri spent a night at the site where a clash had erupted over the reconstruction of historic memorial cenotaphs (chhatris) between members of two religious communities, officials said. Independent MLA from Barmer's Sheo constituency, Ravindra Singh Bhati, also visited the site and condemned the incident. Tension simmered in Basanpir village in Jaisalmer on Thursday following the reconstruction of the chhatris, which led to a violent clash. Police subseque...Read More
Jaipur, Jul 11 (PTI) School students in Rajasthan will no longer study two-part supplementary textbooks with state Education Minister Madan Dilawar arguing that these reading materials are not required because they glorify the Nehru-Gandhi family and carry no marks for students. The Congress has attacked the minister over the decision, saying that the government can remove textbooks from the syllabus but cannot change people's minds. The party leaders dubbed the decision 'ridiculous'. Minister...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 11 (PTI) As the Kanwar Yatra began on Friday, Delhi Traffic Police issued a detailed advisory alerting commuters about possible congestion and diversions on several major roads in the city over the next two weeks. The yatra during which lakhs of devotees carry holy Ganga water to the temples of Lord Shiva will continue till July 23 (Chaturdashi Tithi) and is expected to see a footfall of 15 to 20 lakh pilgrims in the national capital. The movement of kanwariyas and the setting u...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 11 (PTI) An earthquake of magnitude 3.7 struck near Jhajjar in Haryana on Friday evening, sending tremors across parts of Delhi-NCR, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said. The tremors were recorded at 7:49 pm, with the epicentre located 10 km northeast of Jhajjar and around 51 km west of Delhi, it said. People reported feeling the tremors in several districts, including Rohtak, Faridabad, Kurukshetra, Gurugram, Ghaziabad and Noida. This was the second earthquake to jolt...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 11 (PTI) 'Maratha Military Landscapes', representing extraordinary fortification and military system envisioned by the Maratha rulers, was on Friday inscribed on the coveted UNESCO World Heritage List, the UN body announced in a post on X. The decision was taken during the ongoing 47th session of the World Heritage Committee (WHC) being held in Paris. "New inscription on the @UNESCO #WorldHeritage List: Maratha Military Landscapes of India, #India," UENSCO said. The nomination ...Read More
Mumbai, Jul 11 (PTI) Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Friday described the Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill as 'BJP Suraksha Act', saying the ruling party thinks whoever speaks against it is anti-national. He alleged that the bill has been brought with political intentions, and expressed fear that it will be misused against the opposition as well as common citizens. Talking to reporters on the premises of the Vidhan Bhavan, the state legislature complex here, Thackeray said th...Read More
Ahmedabad, Jul 11 (PTI) Japan's Ambassador to India Keiichi Ono and Japan's Minister of Economic and Development Affairs Koyoko Hokugo met Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel in Gandhinagar on Friday. During the meeting, the Ambassador highlighted Japan's intent to deepen ties with the state and appreciated Gujarat government's support to over 350 Japanese companies operating here, said a government release. "The CM told the delegation that Gujarat offers a supportive environment with Japan...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 11 (PTI) In a major administrative reform, the Public Works Department (PWD) of Delhi is set to have its own engineering cadre, which will end decades of dependence on borrowed officers from the Central Public Works Department (CPWD), officials said. The proposal for cadre formation has been finalised and will be placed before the Delhi Cabinet in the coming days, they added. Once approved, the PWD will initiate the recruitment and structural realignment process, ensuring that e...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 11 (PTI) CPI(M) leaders Brinda Karat and Anurag Saxena on Friday wrote to Home Minister Amit Shah, and said they have received several complaints of "harassment of genuine citizens" during the ongoing exercise for "identification of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants" on grounds that they speak Bengali. In a letter addressed to the home minister, the CPI(M) leaders said they heard complaints of human rights violations, harassment and extortion. Karat, a former MP and special invitee...Read More
Guwahati, Jul 11 (PTI) The Assam government will press for a tripartite meeting involving the Centre and a conglomerate of 21 organisations of Karbi Anglong for resolving their demands, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Friday. Sarma met with representatives of the Forum for Hills Autonomous State Movement (FHASM) Alliance here to discuss the issues raised by it. The alliance, involving political as well as apolitical organisations, has been pressing for a "state within state" for Kar...Read More
Shillong, Jul 11 (PTI) Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday announced that central financial support to Meghalaya has seen a 231 per cent increase in 10 years, in comparison to the previous decade. Between 2014 and 2024, the state received a total of Rs 89,335 crore in tax devolution and Grants-in-Aid from the Centre, Rs 62,362 crore more than what it received between 2004 and 2014, when the total stood at Rs 26,973 crore, she said here. The UPA, headed by the Congress, was in...Read More
Shillong, Jul 11 (PTI) Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday praised Meghalaya's progress under Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma, calling the state a model of effective and purposeful development. She highlighted the state's exemplary utilisation of its entire allocation of Rs 5,400 crore under the Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment (SASCI), setting an example for other states to follow. Speaking at a programme, Sitharaman said, "While some states are unable to fu...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 11 (PTI) Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and other crew members of the Axiom-4 mission are making the most of their final days on the International Space Station, pushing forward a wide range of experiments that could shape the future of space exploration. The SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft, carrying the four-astronaut crew, reached the orbital outpost on June 26 and is scheduled to undock from the International Space Station (ISS) no earlier than Monday, July 14, at 7:05 am ET (4:3...Read More
Gurugram, Jul 11 (PTI) Former state-level tennis player Radhika Yadav was cremated on Friday evening, a day after her father allegedly shot her dead at point blank range, bringing the curtains down on a life cut short cruelly and leaving behind questions aplenty. Deepak Yadav, 49, who confessed to the crime and told police he was taunted for living off her income from a tennis academy, was produced in court on Friday and remanded to one-day police custody. The 25-year-old received four bullets...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 11 (PTI) Janata Dal (United) working president Sanjay Jha on Friday said the opposition's agitation against the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar is indicative of the defeat it faces in the upcoming assembly polls. He noted the Supreme Court, while hearing pleas challenging the exercise, has allowed it to continue and asked the opposition parties to trust the Election Commission's statement that no eligible voter will be excluded f...Read More
Mumbai, Jul 11 (PTI) Karan Johar on Friday said it took time to bring "Dhadak 2" to theatres but the censor board understood what they were trying to say through the film, about two star-crossed lovers hailing from different castes. The Shazia Iqbal-directed movie, starring Siddhant Chaturvedi and Tripti Dimri, faced significant delays and modifications. It is now slated to release in theatres on August 1. "We took a while to get to the cinema halls, but even the censor board was understanding...Read More
Kolkata, Jul 11 (PTI) The Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the Superintendent of Police of Birbhum district to virtually appear before the National Commission for Women (NCW) on July 14 in relation to TMC leader Anubrata Mondal's alleged offending language in a telephonic conversation with a police officer. Hearing a petition by the SP challenging summons to him by the NCW, Justice Tirthankar Ghosh directed that all the documents asked for by the commission be sent to it electronically. ...Read More