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Kolkata: Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) Ltd signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Army for the construction of a 130-foot-long Single Lane Modular Bridge (70R) in Arunachal Pradesh. In 2022, GRSE earned the distinction of being the only Indian company to...

Pune: A request for food and water from a house led to the arrest of a 37-year-old man on the run after allegedly raping a woman inside a bus at Swargate bus station in Pune, police said Friday. The accused, Dattatray Ramdas Gade, was apprehended...

New Delhi: In a relief to Isha Foundation, the Supreme Court refused to interfere with a Madras High Court order quashing notices of the TN pollution body over the alleged violation of environmental norms and ordered no against its yoga and meditation centre. A bench...

New Delhi: India's economic growth decelerated to 6.2 per cent in the third quarter of 2024-25, mainly due to poor performance by the manufacturing and mining sectors. The Indian economy recorded a growth of 6.2 per cent in the third quarter of the current fiscal...

Dehradun: Forty-one BRO labourers working to clear snow near the high altitude border village of Mana in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district were trapped under an avalanche on Friday. The snowslide had initially buried 57 men but 16 were pulled out safely. The avalanche buried a camp...

New Delhi: Retirement fund body EPFO has decided to retain the interest rate on employees' provident fund deposits at 8.25 per cent for 2024-25 - the same as the previous year. The decision was taken by the EPFO's Central Board of Trustees at a meeting...

Imphal: Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla Friday further extended by one week the time given for the return of looted and illegal weapons and ammunition to the security forces. He also warned that later, "strict legal action would be taken as per law for possession...

Kolkata: The Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, Friday wrote a letter to the Election Commission of India (ECI) accusing Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of tarnishing the image of the new Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Gyanesh Kumar, at a public meeting....

Thiruvananthapuram: He had waited for seven years to return home, but when Rahim arrived from Saudi Arabia Friday morning at the airport here, he broke down after seeing his relatives. Rahim’s elder son, 23-year-old Affan, is the sole accused in the killing of four of...

Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Finance Minister Payyavula Keshav Friday presented a Budget of Rs 3,22,359 crore for the financial year 2025-26. The outlay is about 9.48 per cent higher than the previous year. The budget size for 2024-25 was Rs Rs. 2,94,427 crore The revenue expenditure...