A family enjoys Diwali on the terrace of an Amherst Street house Kolkata: The city reeled under one of its worst noise assaults in recent times on Diwali night, as banned high-decibel crackers were burst across neighbourhoods well beyond the permitted 8pm-10pm window, with violations continuing into the early hours.Many localities had endured a similar…
Kolkata: The Bengal cabinet on Wednesday decided to offer jobs to family members of those who died in poll-related violence over the past 25 years.Sources, however, said officials who would steer the implementation of the job scheme in districts have been told to focus primarily on the families who lost loved ones in political violence…
China is tightening export controls on construction equipment, including tunnel-boring machines, in a move that could affect India’s infrastructure projects and add to concerns over its dependence on Chinese machinery.The new restrictions cover specialised equipment used to build tunnels for roads, railways and metro networks, as well as machines designed to spray concrete at high…
Among the key decisions was the approval of four link expressway projects aimed at strengthening road connectivity across the state LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at his official residence in Lucknow on Tuesday, approved 22 proposals, including the development of four link expressways, cashless medical treatment for non-teaching staff…
Russia hails diesel deal with US (representative image) Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has said an agreement allowing Russia to resume diesel exports to the United States and global markets is already being implemented and has helped bring prices down.In an article published in Moscow daily Kommersant on Tuesday, Lavrov said the arrangement was an…
Office-bearers from 12 states skipped eventNEW DELHI: Indian Youth Congress has suspended over 300 office-bearers from the organisation for not showing up for the ‘Chalo Delhi’ rally of INDIA bloc Sunday – a significant step to drive home the message that the outfit is serious about mass mobilisation in future.IYC sources said organisational office-bearers from…
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RAIPUR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday warned that the end of armed Maoist insurgency did not mean the threat had disappeared, alleging that what he called ‘Dimagi Naxals’ had infiltrated political parties and organisations and were inciting people against the Constitution and democracyContinuing his long-standing tradition of celebrating Diwali with security forces, this time…
MUMBAI: The rupee strengthened 57 paise to close at 93.91 a six-month high against the US dollar, extending its recovery on sustained foreign fund inflows, falling crude oil prices and easing concerns over the global concentration of investments in artificial intelligence. The currency has emerged as the second-best performer against the dollar this month after…
Thane: Motorists navigating Thane, including local commuters and those travelling between Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Nashik and Gujarat, could see relief from chronic traffic congestion over the next two years as major infrastructure projects, including Metro 4 and the coastal road, ease pressure on the city’s overstretched road network, Transport minister Pratap Sarnaik said on Monday.“The…
