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New Delhi, Oct 30 (PTI) Food delivery and quick commerce firm Swiggy, which owns Instamart, on Thursday said its Board will meet on November 7 to consider and approve a proposal to raise Rs 10,000 crore through a qualified institutional placement. Swiggy said the external environment is competitive and dynamic, and hence the company's board will consider raising additional funds. "With the current cash balance to be further bolstered by the Rs 2,400 crore Rapido divestment, we feel comfortable ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 30 (PTI) Shares of infrastructure major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) ended nearly 1 per cent higher on Thursday after the firm reported a 15.6 per cent increase in consolidated net profit for the September quarter. The stock climbed 0.91 per cent to settle at Rs 3,987.80 on the BSE. During the day, it rallied 2.80 per cent to Rs 4,062.50. At the NSE, the stock went up 0.74 per cent to Rs 3,987.50. Larsen & Toubro on Wednesday reported a 15.6 per cent increase in consolidated net profi ...Read More >
Mumbai, Oct 30 (PTI) Top leaders of Maha Vikas Aghadi, including Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, NCP (SP) head Sharad Pawar along with Maharashtra Navnirman Sena president Raj Thackeray, will lead the Opposition's November 1 protest march in Mumbai against alleged irregularities in voters' lists. The Thackeray cousins, warming up to each other after years of political estrangement, and Pawar held a meeting at the Y B Chavan here on Thursday to finalise the nitty-gritty of the grand join ...Read More >
Kolkata, Oct 30 (PTI) Diversified conglomerate ITC Ltd on Thursday reported a 4.1 per cent year-on-year rise in its consolidated net profit to Rs 5,187 crore for the second quarter of the 2025-26 fiscal as compared to Rs 5,054 crore in the same period last year. Consolidated revenue from operations for the July-September quarter marginally declined to Rs 21,256 crore from Rs 21,536 crore a year ago, reflecting a normalisation in the agri business that had witnessed an exceptional export base in ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 30 (PTI) The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the Delhi government to expeditiously conclude the disciplinary inquiry and take action against jail officials allegedly involved in running an extortion racket in Tihar Jail. A bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela ordered the government's vigilance department to appoint an inquiry officer within two weeks. The bench passed the order after government's Additional Chief Secretary (Home) in ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Oct 30 (PTI) The Karnataka State Administrative Tribunal (KSAT) has stayed the "arbitrary suspension" of a Panchayat Development Officer (PDO) for taking part in an RSS route march, BJP MP Tejasvi Surya said on Thursday. The Bengaluru South MP, who is also a lawyer by profession, said his law office had challenged the suspension of Lungasugur PDO Praveen Kumar in Raichur district. "My law office had challenged the arbitrary suspension of PDO Praveen Kumar K P for participating in th ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 30 (PTI) Indian authorities have sought fresh details from the US based on the interrogation of 26/11 Mumbai terror accused Tahawwur Rana, officials said on Thursday. On a request from the National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is probing the 2008 terror attack case, India has invoked the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) to seek the details, the officials said. They said necessary communication has been made through designated channels to process the probe agency's requ ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 30 (PTI) Television actor Kratika Sengar penned a heartfelt note for late father-in-law Pankaj Dheer on Instagram recalling how they shared a father-daughter bond. Sengar, known for her roles in "Jhansi Ki Rani" and "Punar Vivaah", is married Pankaj Dheer's son Nikitin Dheer, who is also an actor. Pankaj Dheer, who rose to stardom with his role as Karna in B R Chopra's "Mahabharat" and king Shiv Dutt in fantasy drama "Chandrakanta", died on October 15 at the age of 68 following ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Oct 30 (PTI) Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka on Thursday slammed the BJP, alleging that it is trying to put pressure on Governor Jushnu Dev Varma not to administer the oath to Congress leader Mohammed Azharuddin as a minister. Addressing a press conference at Gandhi Bhavan here, Vikramarka said the BJP and BRS colluded and the former is trying to make sure that the latter will win the Jubilee Hills bypoll. "It came to light that the Bharatiya Janata Party is ...Read More >
Chaibasa (Jharkhand), Oct 30 (PTI) Three donors of Chaibasa blood bank in West Singhbhum district were detected to be HIV-positive, Jharkhand Health minister Irfan Ansari said on Thursday. Altogether 259 people had donated blood in Chaibas blood bank between 2023 and 2025, and the administration is trying to contact each donor over the phone, the minister said, after inspecting the blood bank following the detection of five minor thalassemia patients with HIV-positive last week. Family members ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Oct 30 (PTI) The Karnataka High Court on Thursday directed Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) convenor for Kalaburagi, Ashok Patil, to meet district authorities on November 5 at the Advocate-General's office to discuss the proposed route march in Chittapur town in Kalaburagi district. The court expressed hope that the meeting would pave the way for a resolution and ordered that the matter be taken up again on November 7 for further proceedings. The court also asked Advocate General S ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 30 (PTI) Gold prices fell by Rs 1,000 to Rs 1,23,400 per 10 grams in the national capital on Thursday amid a firm dollar after the Federal Reserve hinted at a slower pace of rate cuts and progress in US-China trade talks. The precious metal of 99.5 per cent purity depreciated by Rs 1,000 to Rs 1,22,800 per 10 grams (inclusive of all taxes) from Wednesday's close of Rs 1,23,800 per 10 grams, according to the All India Sarafa Association. In the local bullion market, gold of 99.9 ...Read More >
Kolkata, Oct 30 (PTI) TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee convened a massive virtual meeting on Friday to brief party functionaries about their roles in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voters' list, a process that has triggered political controversy in West Bengal. Party sources said the meeting, to be addressed by Banerjee, the de facto number two in the party, is expected to witness participation of nearly 15,000 leaders and workers from across the state. The ...Read More >
Ramanathapuram (Tamil Nadu), Oct 30 (PTI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Thursday said he is "waiting to back AIADMK's recommendation" to confer Bharat Ratna on freedom fighter Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar. CM Stalin was responding to a question at a press conference held after he paid tributes to Thevar's memorial in Pasumpon on the 63rd guru pooja and 118th jayanthi, being observed on Thursday. Leader of Opposition in the state assembly and AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K Pala ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Oct 30 (PTI) South Africa A resisted through a century-stand between Jordan Hermann and Zubayr Hamza, but India A spinners, led by Tanush Kotian, plucked wickets at regular intervals to keep the visitors to 299 for nine on the first day of the opening four-day match here on Thursday. Hermann (71) and Hamza (66) shared a 130-run stand for the second wicket after being asked to bat first, holding the SA innings together for a session and a half. But once Hamza fell to pacer Gurnoor Br ...Read More >
Mumbai, Oct 30 (PTI) Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday said 600 memorandums of understanding (MoUs) worth Rs 12 lakh crore investment proposals in the shipping sector were signed at India Maritime Week 2025. Addressing the media, the ports, shipping and waterways minister said India is going to become a superpower in the maritime sector. He said CEOs of 11 global shipping companies participated in India Maritime Week 2025 (IMW 2025), which started on October 27 at the Bombay Exhibi ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 30 (PTI) For years, the ground beneath southwest Delhi quietly sank as its aquifers ran dry. Now, satellites show a rare reversal; the land in Dwarka is lifting again, a sign that the city's long-depleted groundwater is slowly bouncing back, a study claimed. The research paper, titled 'InSAR Reveals Recovery of Stressed Aquifer Systems in Parts of Delhi, India', published in the Water Resources Research journal, examined satellite data from October 2014 to October 2023. Land sub ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Oct 30 (PTI) MEIL Energy Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Ltd on Thursday announced the acquisition of 100 per cent stake in TAQA Neyveli Power Company Private Ltd from Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC. TAQA Neyveli owns and operates a 250 MW lignite-fired power plant located in Neyveli, Tamil Nadu. MEIL aims to prioritise seamless integration of TAQA Neyveli into its operating generation portfolio, with an emphasis on operati ...Read More >
Guwahati, Oct 30 (PTI) Zubeen Garg's last film 'Roi Roi Binale' is geared up for its release on Friday across all screens of Assam. With tickets of all shows for the next one week sold out, Garg's musical is expected to break all past records and create new milestones for Assamese cinema in the future. With massive emotional outpouring for the release, exhibitors have increased the number of shows. Some hall owners have decided to project seven shows of the film in a day, starting from as earl ...Read More >
Muzaffarpur/Darbhanga, Oct 29 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday unleashed a no-holds-barred attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of doing "anything for votes" and alleging that the BJP was running the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar "through remote control". Gandhi made the statements, kicking off his assembly poll campaign in the state by holding back-to-back rallies in Muzaffarpur and Darbhanga. Addressing joint rallies alongside the INDIA bloc's CM face Tejash ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 29 (PTI) CG Power and Industrial Solutions on Wednesday posted a nearly 30 per cent year-on-year rise in consolidated net profit to Rs 284 crore in the September quarter, driven by revenues from the core power systems business. The company had clocked a net profit of Rs 220 crore in the July-September period of the preceding 2024-25 financial year, the Mumbai-based engineering conglomerate said in an exchange filing. The company's total income rose to Rs 2,988.89 crore from Rs 2 ...Read More >
Shillong, Oct 29 (PTI) The Congress in Meghalaya on Wednesday welcomed former minister Zenith Sangma back into its fold, a day after he resigned from the Trinamool Congress. In a letter to A Chellakumar, AICC secretary in-charge of Meghalaya, Congress general secretary (organisation) K C Venugopal said party president Mallikarjun Kharge has approved the proposal for Sangma's rejoining of the Indian National Congress (INC). Sangma was formally welcomed into the party in Shillong by Meghalaya PC ...Read More >
Itanagar, Oct 29 (PTI) Pitching Arunachal Pradesh as India's next major gateway to Southeast Asia, Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Wednesday said the frontier state is poised to become a "vibrant bridge" connecting India with Bhutan and Myanmar, and creating new avenues for growth and cooperation. Khandu made the comments after what he described as an "engaging interaction" with noted economist Prof Mahendra P Lama here, on a study report focused on reopening and operationalising trade routes alo ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 29 (PTI) Four developed countries, including the US and Australia, are overwhelmingly responsible for derailing potential global progress on phasing out oil and gas since the Paris Agreement, while the rest of the world has either slowed or reduced fossil fuel extraction, according to a report published on Tuesday. The report titled "Planet Wreckers: Global North Countries Fueling the Fire Since the Paris Agreement", by research institution Oil Change International, said that the ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Oct 28 (PTI) Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Tuesday said Odisha escaped major damage from severe cyclonic storm Montha, which made landfall on the Andhra Pradesh coast around 7 pm, bringing relief to the state even as precautionary measures remained in force. Majhi, who reviewed the post-landfall situation at the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) control room here, said there were only reports of minor landslides and uprooting of trees in some areas. "Barring some s ...Read More >
Pilibhit (UP), Oct 28 (PTI) A man and his daughter from Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit district were burned to death in front of their family members when a private bus carrying labourers caught fire after coming in contact with a high-tension power line in Jaipur on Tuesday, police said. According to police, several passengers managed to jump out of the bus, while 10 others were injured. Naseem (50), who had been working as a labourer at a brick kiln in Manoharpur, Jaipur, for the past three years, ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 28 (PTI) Markets regulator Sebi has proposed a comprehensive overhaul of mutual fund regulations, introducing clearer definition of Total Expense Ratio (TER) and revising limits on brokerage charges. The proposals are aimed at bringing regulatory clarity, reducing redundancies, and promoting ease of compliance, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) said in its consultation paper. Under the proposed framework, Sebi plans to eliminate the additional 5 basis points (bps ...Read More >
Pilibhit (UP), Oct 28 (PTI) Two wild elephants destroyed hundreds of acres of crops in a village here on Tuesday morning, prompting authorities to launch efforts to guide them to safety. Divisional Forest Forest (DFO) of Social Forestry, Bharat Kumar DK told reporters that the movement of elephants from Nepal has been observed in the Bisalpur area. Two teams are continuously monitoring them. A team from Bareilly has also been deployed and a team from Wildlife SOS, comprising trained mahouts an ...Read More >
Guna, Oct 28 (PTI) Congress Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh on Tuesday said the last special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar was conducted in 2003 and took two years to complete, but the same exercise was done this time in just one month and covered 7 to 8 crore voters. The former CM said in Madhya Pradesh, which is among states where the Election Commission (EC) will conduct phase two of the SIR of electoral rolls between November-February, the Congress will ensure deletion ...Read More >
Jaipur, Oct 28 (PTI) Nearly 70.55 per cent of voters in Rajasthan will not be required to submit any documents during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Naveen Mahajan said on Tuesday. Speaking to mediapersons, Mahajan said the Election Department has already completed extensive voter mapping ahead of the SIR, learning from the experience of the first phase of the exercise in Bihar, where confusion had arisen over document submission. ...Read More >
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