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Kanye West, the famous rapper, refuses to accept a recent court loss over his gutted Malibu mansion, filing to overturn a jury’s decision that ordered him to pay a former contractor USD 140,000. The rapper’s legal battle with project manager Tony Saxon has dragged on since 2023, exposing chaotic renovation work on the USD 57…
NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: Continuing its administrative and police shake-up in assembly poll-bound states, Election Commission on Tuesday replaced additional directors general (ADGs) of South Bengal and North Bengal regions, four police commissioners, a deputy commissioner and a dozen SPs in West Bengal. In Kerala, it directed the appointment of an IAS officer and two Kerala Administrative…
Tirupur, a major hub for undergarment manufacturing with an annual turnover of around Rs 10,000 crore in both export and domestic markets, depends heavily on elastic as a key accessory. TIRUPUR: The Tirupur Elastic Manufacturers and Traders Association has announced a 25% increase in elastic prices starting March 18, citing a sharp rise in raw…
NEW DELHI: The All India Trinamool Congress on Tuesday announced its list of candidates for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections. Party supremo and chief minister Mamata Banerjee declared that the party will contest 291 of the 294 seats in the state. The remaining three seats in the Darjeeling hills will be contested by Anit…
The IPS officers were transferred as ordered by the Election Commission of India. NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday ordered the transfer of 19 senior police officers in West Bengal, marking the third consecutive day of such reshuffles in the poll-bound state.The poll body replaced the ADG/IGPs of the south and…
Mumbai: Walmart-backed PhonePe has paused its IPO amid volatility in the markets which have fallen by about 7% since the start of the West Asia conflict. In a statement on Monday, the fintech firm said that it will resume the listing process once there is some stability in global capital markets. “We sincerely hope for…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday released its first list of candidates for 144 seats in the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal, fielding several key leaders, including Suvendu Adhikari and Dilip Ghosh.While Dilip Ghosh has been fielded from Kharagpur Sadar, Suvendu Adhikari will contest the elections from two seats — Bhabanipur and…
IAS officer Dushyant Nariala (left) has replaced Nandini Chakravorty as chief secretary. KOLKATA: In a major administrative reshuffle ahead of the West Bengal assembly elections, the Election Commission (EC) has removed two of the state’s top bureaucrats — chief secretary Nandini Chakravorty and home secretary Jagdish Prasad Meena — citing a review of poll preparedness.The…
MUMBAI: India’s choc-a-block equity-raise calendar is shifting gears, with many companies pushing back fundraises amid West Asia-driven market volatility. Deals remain on hold, not off. “The immediate impact is that investors are less willing to add risk through new deals in the near term. This isn’t so much a pricing issue but a case of…
NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has allowed Air India wide body pilots to fly for longer hours through a temporary flight duty time limitation (FDTL) relaxation due to the much longer routes the airline is forced to take on its flights between India and Europe, UK and North America amid the…
