August 2021

NEW DELHI: Bharti Airtel on Friday announced the closure of its agreement with Reliance Jio Infocomm to transfer the 'Right to Use' of Airtel's 800 MHz spectrum in three circles to Jio. Airtel said it has received Rs 1,004.8 crore (net…

NEW DELHI: India's armed forces are ready to deal with any security challenge, and measures taken to increase synergy among the three services will enhance their overall capabilities, Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat said on Friday.…

Sri Anandpur Sahib, Aug 13 (UNI) The Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker Rana KP Singh said that all the Gram Panchayats were being given grants of crores of rupees to accelerate the pace of development in Sri Anandpur Sahib Constituency. He…

AMRITSAR: A day before the arrival of Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, police recovered a hand grenade from the Ranjit Avenue area here. The CM is scheduled to visit Amritsar on Saturday to dedicate Jallianwala Bagh Centenary…

KOLKATA: West Bengal MLA Mukul Roy, who had joined the Trinamool Congress days after winning the assembly election seat on BJP ticket, stirred fresh controversy on Friday by saying for the second time within a week that the saffron party…

BHOPAL: A major controversy has erupted in BJP ruled Madhya Pradesh after a senior priest alleged that he was denied entry into garbhgriha (sanctum sanctorum) of the world-famous Mahakal Temple on Friday owing to the presence of ruling…

MADURAI: The 77-year-old pontiff of the Madurai Aadheenam, Arunagirinatha Gnanasambantha Desika Paramacharya Swamigal, breathed his last at a private hospital here at 9.15 pm on Friday. He was undergoing treatment for respiratory illness.…

Kolkata, Aug 13 (UNI) Adi Godrej will step down as Chairman and from the Board of Directors of Godrej Industries Limited (GIL). However, he will continue to serve as Chairman of the Godrej Group and Chairman Emeritus of GIL. Godrej…

New Delhi, Aug 13 (UNI) Launching the long-awaited vehicle scrappage policy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that the scheme would fetch Rs 10,000-crore fresh investment and create thousands of jobs. Under the Voluntary…

New Delhi, Aug 13 (UNI) Led by key items such as petroleum products, gems & jewellery and engineering goods, merchandise exports in July 2021 rose 50% to US$ 35.43 billion as compared to US$ 23.64 billion in the same month last year.…

Hyderabad, Aug 13 (UNI) A graduation ceremony for 692 students of its Hyderabad (481) and Mohali (211) campuses was organized here on Friday by the Indian School of Business (ISB). Students of PGP (class of 2021), FPM (Fellow Program in…