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BPCL has appointed Sanjay Khanna as its Chairman & Managing Director, effective April 9, 2026, until his superannuation on May 31, 2029. Khanna, a Chemical Engineering graduate with over three decades of experience, previously served as Director (Refineries) and held additional charge as CMD. He has been instrumental in commissioning key projects and BPCL's significant investment plans. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited on Thursday said the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has app ...Read More >
MUMBAI: Sandeep Ghosh has decided to swipe out of Visa after more than four years of steering the payments giant's operations across India and South Asia. Visa Inc. has announced that Sandeep Ghosh is stepping down from his role as group country manager for India and South Asia. The company confirmed that a successor has already been identified and will be announced shortly. Ghosh joined Visa in March 2022 and played a key role in expanding the company's digital payments footprint and strengthe ...Read More >
Visa Inc. has seen a leadership transition in its India and South Asia business, with Sandeep Ghosh stepping down from his role as Group Country Manager. Ghosh, who led the company's operations across India and neighbouring South Asian markets, is exiting the organisation after more than four years. The company confirmed that a replacement has already been identified and will be announced shortly. A Visa spokesperson told ET, "After over four years with Visa, Sandeep Ghosh, Group Country Manag ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 6 (ANI): Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday exuded confidence that Edappadi K Palaniswami will be elected as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu if the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam-led (AIADMK) alliance comes to power. While adressing a press conference here, he urged the people to support the AIADMK-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alliance. Also Read | Sikkim State Lottery Result Today 6 PM Live: Dear Legend Monday Lottery Result of April 6, 2026 D ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 6 (ANI): Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday exuded confidence that Edappadi K Palaniswami will be elected as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu if the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam-led (AIADMK) alliance comes to power. While adressing a press conference here, he urged the people to support the AIADMK-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alliance. "All the BJP candidates across Tamil Nadu have today filed their nominations. And I seek the support of the p ...Read More >
Mumbai: Urdu lovers gathered at Hajj House in the city on Saturday evening to pay tribute to Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, the founder of the educational institution that became the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), for his contribution to the cause of higher education among south Asia's Muslims. The programme, organised by the Ahtesaab Foundation, MLA Rais Shaikh, Urdu Caravan, and the AMU Old Boys (Alumni) Association, Mumbai branch, also felicitated the annual awardees of Maharashtra State Urdu Sahity ...Read More >
MUMBAI: A day after three masked college students stormed into a jewellery shop in Ghatkopar, slashed the store owner's throat and fled with gold worth ₹3 lakh, a preliminary probe has revealed that the trio, all in their early 20s, are gaming addicts who allegedly turned to armed robbery to fund their obsession. So far, the police have arrested two suspects, while the third accomplice, who had allegedly procured a pistol for the crime, is still at large. According to the Ghatkopar police, the ...Read More >
IMAGE: Dr B R Ambedkar gives Dhamma Deeksha to lakhs of his followers in Nagpur, October 14, 1956. Photograph: Kind courtesy Wikimedia Commons October 14, 1956 marks one of the largest religious conversions in history sans any bloodshed. Dr B R Ambedkar, born a Hindu 'untouchable', converted to Buddhism along with five lakh of his followers, mostly from the Dalit community, in Nagpur on this historic day. Dr Ambedkar, on the Deekshabhoomi ground in Nagpur clad in a white silk dhoti, kurta, an ...Read More >
MUMBAI: Proceedings at the Bombay High Court were stalled for two hours on Friday after an email sent to the court's official email address threatened the iconic court building would be blown up. All court staff, lawyers and litigants were asked to vacate the court premises around 1pm, and proceedings resumed at 3pm, after the police thoroughly checked the court complex and found nothing suspicious. "A thorough search of the entire high court premises was carried out and it was found that the t ...Read More >
Ameet Satam, a three-term MLA, has been appointed as the new president of the Mumbai BJP unit, as announced by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. This decision precedes the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections. Fadnavis expressed confidence that Satam's leadership will enable the BJP to regain control of the BMC, building on the party's recent successes in Mumbai. Three-term MLA Ameet Satam has been chosen as the new president of the Mumbai Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) uni ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced on Monday that Ameet Bhaskar Satam, a 49-year-old MP with three terms, ahead of the December or January Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) election. This will be its next Mumbai unit chairman. According to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Ameet Satam understands Mumbai's problems and is capable of putting creative ideas into practice. Mumbai residents' safety and security are Satam's main priorities. "As Mumbai develops furt ...Read More >
MUMBAI: Rising gold prices seems to have led to a shift in long-standing academic traditions. A prominent charitable organisation, which has been instituting gold medals at 14 leading institutions in the country for two decades, recently decided to discontinue the practice and replace the medal with a cash prize of Rs 25,000, which, it is felt, will also go a long way in helping in the students' education.The organisation, Nani A Palkhivala Memorial Trust, has been awarding gold medals to top LL ...Read More >
Mumbai: A case was registered on Friday against professor Deepak Pawar of the University of Mumbai and some 250 others who had staged a protest against government resolutions (GR) introducing Hindi as a third language in schools in Maharashtra, police said.Copies of the GR introducing Hindi as a third language from Class 1 had been burnt during the event on June 29.Sena UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, some other opposition leaders and a few Marathi actors had also attended the protest, but their na ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 3: Social media is abuzz with Indian techie Soham Parekh, who has been accused of duping several Tech companies with moonlighting and a fake resume. The "Soham-Gate" began when Suhail Doshi, founder of Mixpanel and Playground AI, publicly accused Parekh of simultaneously working for multiple startups using a fake resume. In a post on X, which has now gone viral, Suhail Dosh went on to call Soham Parekh a "scammer" and alleged that the Indian techie duped multiple companies, includin ...Read More >
MADURAI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who arrived in Madurai on Saturday night, will be taking part in the BJP's state core committee meeting during the day on Sunday, and address party functionaries at Velammal Global Hospital Ground in the evening. BJP sources said Shah will be visiting the Meenakshi Amman Temple on Sunday morning, where he is expected to spend around 30 minutes. He will then hold a meeting with the state's core committee, which includes union minister for state L Murugan, ...Read More >
New Delhi: One of the most richest men in the world Mukesh Ambani has recently donated a hopping whopping amount of Rs 151 crore to the prestigious Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), making it the biggest donation in the history of the institute. Notably, the chairman of the country's most valuable company - Reliance Industries - studied at the institute. Earlier known as the University Department of Chemical Technology (UDCT), the ICT was established in the year 1933 by the University of B ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The sessions court recently increased the compensation given to a woman in a domestic violence case from ₹5 lakh to ₹1 crore after noticing that her husband and in-laws were multimillionaires. Setting aside the order of a magistrate court, the additional sessions judge said that the compensation amount had to be substantially enhanced so as to compensate her for 20 years of torture and economic abuse. The woman had approached the court claiming she was subjected to years of domestic vio ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Thursday took strong action against the police officers allegedly responsible for the Bengaluru stampede, suspending several high-ranking officials, including the city's police commissioner. Addressing a press conference, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah also announced a one-man commission to probe the lapses that triggered the deadly stampede. "Cubbon Park Police Station police inspector, station house master, station house officer, ACP, Central Division DCP, ...Read More >
Bihar OFSS 1st Merit List 2025 Released: Candidates can check the merit list available on the official website at ofssbihar.net. Students who have been selected in the first merit list must report to their allotted +2 school or college between June 4 and June 10, 2025, to complete the admission formalities. Bihar OFSS 1st Merit List 2025: The Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) has released the first merit list for Class 11 admissions (2025-27 session) under the Online Facilitation System for ...Read More >
Mumbai: The University of Mumbai (MU) on Wednesday announced a revised schedule for pre-admission online registration for undergraduate admissions for the academic year 2025-2026. This decision comes after three merit lists were already published under the original schedule and is aimed at giving an opportunity to students who failed to complete their registration in time. Students will now be able to register online for admission between 6 and 10 June 2025 through the university's official web ...Read More >
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