Major cigarette manufacturers including ITC, Godfrey Philips and VST have decided to shut all their factories and stop manufacturing with effect from Friday in the wake of larger pictorial warnings covering 85 per cent of the packaging space coming into force. The companies, which are members of Tobacco Institute of India, who account for more than 98 per cent of […]
» Read moreMehbooba Mufti, president of the Peoples Democratic Party, will take oath as the first woman CM of Jammu and Kashmir on April 4, ending 11 weeks of political uncertainty. The date was forwarded to the Raj Bhavan on Thursday after last-minute consultations between the PDP and the BJP. Sources said Ms. Mufti got in touch with the BJP brass “to […]
» Read moreAmid growing clamour for recovering over Rs. 9,000 crore dues to banks by now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines, Vijay Mallya-led United Breweries (Holdings) Ltd. On Friday said its non-executive, non-independent director Sidhartha V Mallya has vacated the office of director with effect from March 31. This development comes days after Mallya, who is believed to be in the U.K., took to Twitter […]
» Read moreThe Airports Authority of India (AAI) has drawn up plans for constructing a new integrated terminal building complex at Vijayawada (Gannavaram) airport in about five years to accommodate larger volume of passengers and cargo. It will be spread in nearly 81,000 square meters and have facilities on a par with international airports. A master plan for it has been drawn […]
» Read moreLow-cost carrier GoAir today announced direct daily flights to Leh from the commercial capital from April 13, making the Wadia group-promoted airline the first to offer non-stop daily flights to the northernmost tip of the country from the city. As part of the summer schedule, the airline has also announced more frequencies on the Mumbai-Patna and Mumbai-Lucknow routes effective April […]
» Read morePrime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Washington early on Thursday to attend the two-day Nuclear Security Summit where world leaders from over 50 countries are expected to share their assessment of the threat from nuclear weapons and materials. During his two-day stay in Washington, Mr. Modi is scheduled to interact with a number of world leaders including the host President […]
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