New Delhi: Amid concerns over possible impact of evolving El Nino conditions on monsoon rains, the Centre on Wednesday advised states to be prepared for “worst situation” and ensure adequate availability of seeds for kharif sowing season in case of less rainfall. India is expected to get normal rainfall during the southwest monsoon season despite the…
New Delhi: A small Ahmedabad-based chartered accountancy firm, whose appointment was questioned by a US short seller in its scathing report against the conglomerate run by billionaire Gautam Adani, has resigned due to “pre-occupation”, Adani Total Gas Ltd said. Hindenburg Research in its January 24 report that levelled allegations of fraud, stock manipulation and money laundering…
New Delhi: The CBI has arrested former chairman and managing director of WAPCOS Rajinder Kumar Gupta and his son Gaurav after it recovered more than Rs 38.38 crore cash from their premises making it the biggest seizure of cash by the agency in its history, officials said Wednesday. WAPCOS, previously known as Water and Power…
Shillong: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Wednesday said that ruling alliance partner People’s Democratic Front (PDF) will merge with his National People’s Party (NPP) on May 6. The PDF has two MLAs in the Meghalaya Assembly and the merger will increase the NPP’s strength to 28 in the 60-member House. By-election to Sohiong Assembly…
Hyderabad: An exciting battle is on the card as top stars such as Kidambi Srikanth and Lakshya Sen clash with the young brigade, led by Orleans Masters champion Priyanshu Rajawat, at BAI’s selection trials for the Asian Games beginning here on Thursday. Srikanth, the 2021 World Championship silver medallists, and Lakshya, the Commonwealth Games champion,…
New Delhi/ Mumbai: One scheduled airline on an average has gone out of business every year since private airlines took to the skies nearly three decades ago, with Wadia group-owned Go First being the latest carrier battling financial turbulence for survival. The first private airline to go belly up was East West Travels & Trade Link…
New Delhi: Connaught Plaza Restaurants, the licensee of McDonald’s restaurants for North and East India, plans to hire up to 2,000 people from underprivileged communities in the next three years, according to company’s Managing Director Rajeev Ranjan. This will be part of the company’s plan to hire 5,000 people in the next three years as it…
Mumbai: Benchmark indices ended lower on Wednesday, halting their eight days of rally, ahead of the US Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision and mixed global market trends. Robust equity buying by foreign institutional investors failed to stop the downward movement as fall in index heavyweights Reliance Industries, Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys and Larsen & Toubro weakened…
Singapore: Indian Navy chief Admiral R Hari Kumar on Wednesday called on the Defence Minister of Singapore Dr Ng Eng Hen, and reaffirmed the strong and long-standing bilateral defence ties between the two nations. They also discussed the regional security developments and the importance of leveraging multilateral platforms for confidence building, Singapore’s Defence Ministry said in…
London: The arrest of a man at the gates of Buckingham Palace in London on Tuesday evening is not being treated as terror-related, the Metropolitan Police said on Wednesday. UK Security Minister Tom Tugendhat, meanwhile, stressed that he is “very proud” of the police response to the incident, which came just days before King Charles and…
