Mumbai records minimum temperature of 12.5 degree Celsius

Mumbai: The city recorded the lowest minimum temperature of 12.5 degrees Celsius on Wednesday morning for the month of January since the year 2014. The lowest minimum recorded last year (2016) in January was 12.6 degrees Celsius. Weathermen have forecasted that minimum temperatures would either be in the same range or would drop further in the next two days. The minimum […]

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Welspun to invest Rs 4,000 crore on textile projects in Gujarat

Diversified Welspun Group has said it would invest Rs 4,000 crore on three large textile projects in Gujarat. Welspun India said in a BSE filing that three MoUs are being signed with the state government at the ongoing Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2017. The group, which has presence in home textiles, line pipes and infrastructure, will invest Rs 2,000 crore in […]

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Petition seeks government takeover of Jayalalithaa’s properties

A public interest litigation (PIL) petition has been filed in the Madras High Court Bench here seeking a direction to the Centre and the State government to nationalise the assets of the former Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, and appoint a retired High Court judge to administer the properties. Tamil Nadu Centre for Public Interest Litigation, a non-governmental organisation based here, filed […]

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Kerala State Haj Committee Chairman and Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama joint secretary Kottumala Bapu Musliar passed away

Kerala State Haj Committee Chairman and Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama joint secretary Kottumala Bapu Musliar, 65, died at a private hospital at Kozhikode on Tuesday. A member of the Samastha Mushawara, Bapu Musliar was general secretary of the Samastha Kerala Islam Matha Vidyabhyasa Board and president of the Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Mufathisheen. He was ailing for the past few weeks.He […]

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Petroleum dealers says, will not accept debit/credit cards from tonight

The petrol bunks across the country will stop accepting debit cards and credit cards for filling fuel from midnight on Sunday as banks will now debit a Merchant Discount Rate of 1 per cent from petroleum dealers, said President of All India Petroleum Dealers Association Ajay Bansal. Talking to reporters after a two-day State-level convention of petroleum dealers here on […]

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Panneerselvam writes to Modi after Lanka arrests 10 fishermen

Ten more fishermen from the state were today arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy for allegedly fishing in the island nation’s waters, taking the total number of those held in the past one week to 20, as the state government sought the Centre’s intervention to secure their release. The fishermen from Rameswaram and Pudukottai district were apprehended and their boats […]

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