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Shillong, Jul 19 (PTI) Meghalaya Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong has said the state government will press for the retransfer of block I and II from Assam's Karbi Anglong district, asserting that the long-pending boundary issue remains a top priority. Tynsong, who also chairs the regional committee on the matter, said the government is awaiting a response from his Assam counterpart to schedule a joint inspection of the disputed areas. Also Read | Prayagraj Road Accident: Speeding Car Run ...Read More >
New Delhi: Chipmaker Intel is set to lay off around 5,500 employees across the US in a fresh round of job cuts, The job cut is aimed at trimming costs and tackling ongoing financial challenges. The move will impact engineers, senior executives, and support staff. This comes after the company had already cut 15,000 jobs earlier this year and is now going beyond its previously estimated target of 4,000 layoffs. As per WARN filings, Intel's job cuts have doubled in California, affecting 1,935 empl ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 18 (PTI) Delhi Art, Culture and Tourism Minister Kapil Mishra on Friday visited the Prime Ministers Museum and Library (PMML) at Teen Murti Marg, with singer and music director Himesh Reshammiya accompanying him. The museum, which showcases the lives and contributions of India's former prime ministers, features 14 high-tech galleries equipped with interactive and immersive exhibits, including a 6D helicopter ride, virtual photo booths, a handwriting robot, a time machine and a ki ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: With India having entered the race to host the 2036 Olympics, home minister Amit Shah on Friday said around 3,000 sportspersons are being provided a monthly stipend of Rs 50,000 each to prepare for the games, and hoped that the country would be among the top five nations in the medal tally.Addressing an event here to felicitate the 613 medal winners at the 21st World Police and Fire Games - 2025 held recently in Birmingham, Alabama, US, Shah congratulated the Indian police and fire se ...Read More >
Indian shares declined on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump signaled that a new trade deal could be inked soon with India. His statement comes at a time when both countries' commerce ministry officials are prepping for another round of trade talks. Extended trade negotiations between India and the U.S. are impacting Indian businesses, affecting export orders, operational strategies, and the acquisition of new American clients, the Economic Times reported. A rebound in the dollar inde ...Read More >
New Delhi: US President Donald Trump announced a massive 50 percent tariff on copper imports last week. The latest move by Trump has triggered concerns among companies involved in global supply chains and also raised alarm in India's electronics and semiconductor industries. According to the reports, the primary aim of this step is to boost domestic copper production in the US. Talking about the US move, Indian officials say it could impact India's efforts to manufacture chips and electronics un ...Read More >
Mumbai | New Delhi: Homegrown private equity firm ChrysCapital has agreed to acquire pan-India bakery chain Theobroma Foods for ₹2,410 crore, said people with knowledge of the matter. According to an agreement signed between the parties, ChrysCapital will buy around 90% stake from the company's promoters and existing investor ICICI Venture. The promoters will retain about a 10% stake, the people said. ICICI Venture holds a 42% stake in Theobroma. In 2017, ICICI Venture bought the stake for $2 ...Read More >
Starlink India: Elon Musk-led Satcom giant Starlink, as well as domestic telecom majors, Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Jio and Sunil Mittal's Bharti Airtel, have acquired the necessary licenses for operating satellite communication services in India, which is expected to transform the country's digital landscape by providing internet and voice connectivity in remote regions where conventional telecom network struggle to reach. According to media reports, Elon Musk's Starlink, Reliance Jio-SES JV ...Read More >
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New Delhi: Over millions of government employees are holding their breath as talks around the 8th Pay Commission gain momentum. If approved, it could bring a big 30-34 per cent hike in salaries and pensions -- something that could directly benefit nearly 11 million people, as per a report by Ambit Capital quoted in The Economic Times.// The new pay scale is likely to roll out from January 2026. However, before that the Pay Commission has to be set up, the report is prepared and sent to the gove ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: A day before Supreme Court takes up a batch of petitions challenging the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, Election Commision took to X to quote from Article 326 of the Constitution, which unequivocally mandates the poll panel to register only Indian citizens above 18 years of age, unless disqualified, as voters.With enumeration forms of nearly 57.5% of Bihar's 7.9 crore voters collected in the initial 15 days of SIR, EC officials told TOI the names ...Read More >
Kochi: Edison Babu's neighbours in Muvattupuzha knew him as the quiet engineer who had returned home during the pandemic. The 35-year-old former auto industry professional seemed to lead an unremarkable life in this sleepy Kerala suburb, occasionally visiting the local post office with packages: nothing unusual for someone running what appeared to be a small online business. What they didn't know was that their mild-mannered neighbour had built India's most sophisticated darknet drug empire, o ...Read More >
Gyanesh Kumar NEW DELHI: With enumeration forms distributed to 93.7% of Bihar's 7.9 crore electorate so far and 13.2% electors already submitting the completed and signed forms, EC officials Saturday told TOI that documents can be added or uploaded by electors whose enumeration forms were submitted with incomplete documentation, right until July 25. July 25 is the last date for submission of the filled-up enumeration forms."As of Saturday 6pm, over one crore enumeration forms (13.2% of Bihar's e ...Read More >
New Delhi: Reliance Industries Limited Chairman Mukesh Ambani is all set to outsmart his competitors with a bold new game plan. Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has made a major decision to separate all its fast-selling consumer goods -- the FMCG brands -- into a new entity. These brands were previously housed under Reliance's retail companies RRVL, RRL, and RCPL. Now, they will be moved into a newly formed company named 'New Reliance Consumer Products Limited' (New RCPL). This new entity will ...Read More >
New Delhi: A single missile. Thirty seconds. That is all Pakistan had when India's BrahMos slammed into the Nur Khan Airbase - just minutes from Islamabad. No early warning. No clear warhead signature. No time to guess whether it carried a conventional payload or a nuclear one. Rana Sanaullah Khan, special assistant to Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, went public. He said that 30-second window nearly sparked a nuclear chain reaction. His words were not laced with bravado. They carried ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Notwithstanding opposition's refrain that the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of Bihar's electoral roll stands to disenfranchise "tens of lakhs" of electors, EC remains steadfast in proceeding with the exercise strictly in conformity with the Constitution and the laws governing voter enrolment."The implementation of SIR in Bihar is running as per schedule with the active participation of all election staff and all political parties in the most transparent manner. Despite appr ...Read More >
New Delhi: Even though Infosys founder Narayana Murthy has advocated for 70-hour work weeks, the company is advising employees not to exceed work hours. The internal team of the IT giant has advised the employees to uphold a healthy work-life balance and avoid working beyond the stipulated time. The HR department has started tracking work hours of remote employees to promote a healthy work-life balance. To deal with exhaustive workhours, the company has started sending mails to employees whose ...Read More >
File Image NEW DELHI: Stating that the new criminal laws shall be regarded as the biggest reform since Independence, home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said they will shift the people's mindset from "what will happen if I file an FIR' to a strong belief that 'filing an FIR will lead to prompt justice".Addressing the programme 'A Golden Year of Trust in the Justice System' here to mark the successful completion of one year of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita ( ...Read More >
Bengaluru, July 1, 2025: Infosys has rolled out a fresh internal campaign encouraging its employees to avoid working overtime, especially while working remotely, and instead maintain a healthy work-life balance -- directly contrasting Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy's controversial call for a 70-hour workweek. In a series of personalised emails, the company's human resources department has been reminding employees to adhere to the company's standard of 9.15 working hours a day for five days ...Read More >
NewsVoir New Delhi [India], July 1: PNB MetLife India Insurance Company Limited (PNB MetLife), one of India's leading life insurance companies has been recognized by Great Place to Work among India's Best Companies to Work For 2025, securing the No. 1 position in the insurance sector. The company has moved up to the 6th position in this year's prestigious Top 100 list- a significant rise from its 9th place ranking in 2024. This marks second consecutive year PNB MetLife features in the list, hig ...Read More >
Pune: Two men on a bike robbed two women travelling in a private van of their ornaments worth Rs1.5 lakh and one of them sexually assaulted a 17-year-old girl, who was also in the vehicle that had halted in front of a tea stall on the outskirts of Swami Chincholi village near Bhigwan on Pune-Solapur highway around 4.15am on Monday.Superintendent of police (Pune Rural) Sandeep Singh Gill said, "A case of robbery, rape, abduction and criminal intimidation has been registered with the Daund police. ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Chief election commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Monday stepped forward to allay the opposition's fears regarding "disenfranchisement" on account of the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of the Bihar electoral roll, saying the objective of the exercise is to simply ensure that no eligible voter is left out, while also keeping the roll free of any ineligible voter.This is in line with the duty cast upon the Election Commission by Article 326 of the Constitution, which requires ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Three civil society organisations from Manipur, including Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI), held a round of dialogue with Centre's representatives led by interlocutor A K Mishra here on Monday, seeking preservation of territorial integrity of the state, steps to ensure free movement of people and phased resettlement of people displaced by ethnic violence by the end of this year.The three Meitei-dominated groups, COCOMI, All Manipur United Clubs' Organisation (AMUCO ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Despite their protests over the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of Bihar's electoral roll, the state's opposition parties have already joined the exercise in full strength, deploying over 56,000 booth level agents (BLAs) to monitor every stage of the process.RJD has appointed 47,143 BLAs, making it second only to BJP that has positioned 51,964 BLAs in the field. Congress has appointed 8,586 BLAs, CPI(ML) (Liberation) 233, CPM 76, and BS.BJP allies JDU, Lok Janshakti Party and ...Read More >
New Delhi: Indian expats in the U.S. may soon get some relief on money transfers back home. The final draft of the 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act', backed by former President Donald Trump, now proposes slashing the remittance tax to just 1 per cent. This is a major reduction from earlier versions which suggested a 5 per cent levy, later brought down to 3.5 per cent in the House proposal. The revised proposal is expected to benefit around 2.9 million Indians living in the U.S. -- the second-largest ...Read More >
Digha: A day after Rath Yatra, the festive fervour continues in Digha as the seaside town is now gearing up to host Ulta Rath or the return journey of the deities from the 'Masir Bari' or the old Jagannath temple. On July 5 -- the Ulta Rath day -- hotels are hoping for fresh tourist influx. Though the deities are currently in Masir Bari, a large queue of devotees visited the newly-constructed Jagannath temple on Saturday. They offered prayers to the stone idol permanently installed there. It is ...Read More >
NEW DELHI/PATNA: Disregarding opposition parties' protests against its move to conduct a special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar - requiring submission of citizenship proof by electors enrolled after 2003 - Election Commission has started the exercise in the state's 243 constituencies, with 98,450 booth level officers set to conduct door-to-door verification over the next one month.EC will treat the state's 2003 electoral roll - which has listed 4.9 crore electors - as proba ...Read More >
New Delhi, June 27: Panasonic layoffs are expected in India as the company restructures its operations to exit from certain product segments. Panasonic is reportedly planning a major shift in its India strategy and is likely to exit the refrigerator and washing machine segments. The development hints at the downsizing of the company's consumer electronics business in the country. The Panasonic job cuts in India may affect employees linked to the company's business related to the refrigerator an ...Read More >
New Delhi: Panasonic has decided to stop selling refrigerators and washing machines in India. This marked a big shift in strategy for the market. While its other products will still be available, this move has surprised many and could impact jobs. Interestingly, the exit has turned into a win for rivals Whirlpool and Voltas, whose shares jumped after the news broke on June 26. Panasonic struggled to gain a strong foothold in India's refrigerator and washing machine market, as per a report by Th ...Read More >
Hyderabad - Synchrony is a leading consumer financial services company providing customers with innovative savings and premium credit solutions. Synchrony has been ranked #2 among India's Best Companies to Work For™ 2025 by Great Place to Work®, the global authority on workplace culture. This prestigious recognition, revealed at the awards ceremony on June 25, 2025, solidifies Synchrony's standing as a top employer of choice in India, underscoring its ongoing commitment to creating a high-trust, ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: In a move aimed at 'cleaning the political space', the Election Commission on Thursday initiated proceedings for delisting 345 regisered unrecognised political parties (RUPPs) that had failed to fulfil the statutory obligation of contesting even a single election in the last six years and the offices of which could not be located at the address mentioned in their registration documents.These 345 RUPPs are registered in different states and Union territories across the country.The Comm ...Read More >
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