Motorists have been warned of “serious disruption throughout the day” on motorways from protesters taking action over spiralling fuel prices. Police said there could be traffic jams in various parts of the UK caused by demonstrators demanding a cut in fuel duty. Organisers are expected to block the Prince of Wales Bridge crossing on the […]
Real typical household disposable income growth for working age families has slumped to just 0.7 per cent a year in the 15 years leading up to the Covid-19 pandemic. This has left households, particularly those in rented accommodation and with young children, brutally exposed to the current cost-of-living crisis, according to new research published today […]
Amid tight security, the sixth batch of over 7,200 pilgrims left from here on Monday for the twin base camps of 3,880-metre-high cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said. A total of 7,282 pilgrims left the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas here in a convoy of 332 vehicles amid heavy security of CRPF, […]
Japanese automaker, Nissan India has appointed Mohan Wilson as Director Marketing, Product & Customer Experience, for Business Transformation for the India market. Mohan Wilson replaces Sriram Padmanabhan and will take over the role effective July 1 2022. Mohan has worked across geographies in Japan, HongKong, Germany and India with cross functional experience of over 20 […]
Bhavish Aggarwal, founder and chief executive officer of Ola, has said granting special incentives to Tesla in India will not be in the best interests of the country. “Tesla is free to come in and put up shop here and sell its cars,” Aggarwal told the Financial Times in an interview. Tesla wants to be […]
NEW DELHI — India will only withdraw its windfall tax introduced last week for oil producers and refiners if global prices of crude fall as much as $40 a barrel from present levels, Revenue Secretary Tarun Bajaj told Reuters on Monday. Read More
By Asim Kamal Expressing concern over the current state of the judiciary, Rajya Sabha MP and senior advocate Kapil Sibal on Sunday said some members of the institution have “let us down” and “I hang my head in shame” for what has happened in the recent past. In an interview with PTI, Sibal also said […]
A private bus fell into a gorge in Himachal Pradesh’s Kullu district on Monday, leaving 16 people, including some school children, dead, a senior official said. Kullu Deputy Commissioner Ashutosh Garg said the Sainj bound bus fell into the gorge near Jangla village at around 8.30 am. District officials and rescue teams have reached the […]