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Anant Goenka takes over as FICCI Prez for 2025-26

New Delhi, Nov. 29 -- Anant Goenka, Vice Chairman of RPG Group, on Saturday took over as FICCI President for 2025-2026. He has replaced Harsha Vardhan Agarwal, Vice Chairman and MD, Emami Ltd, a FICCI... Read More


Myanmar nationals 'misused' GST credentials of Indians for cross-border drugs trafficking: ED

New Delhi, Nov. 29 -- Investigation into a cross-border narcotics trafficking racket has found that Myanmarese nationals "misused" GST credentials of Indians to facilitate purchase of raw material req... Read More


Fisheries dept cracks down on illegal African catfish farming in Pune, destroys 2.4 tonnes stock

Mumbai, Nov. 29 -- The Maharashtra Fisheries Department seized 2.4 tonnes of illegally farmed African catfish from the backwaters of the Ujani reservoir in Pune district and destroyed the stock, offic... Read More


Abhishek flays ECI for 'recycling' 4-month-old BLO pay hike order

Kolkata, Nov. 29 -- After the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday doubled the remuneration for Booth Level Officers (BLOs) from Rs 6,000 to Rs 12,000 per election cycle, Trinamool Congress ... Read More


ECI asks Bengal top cops to ensure full security for BLOs as SIR enters final phase

Kolkata, Nov. 29 -- With West Bengal's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls entering its final stretch, the Election Commission of India (ECI) directed the state DGP and Kolkata Police ... Read More


Cyclone kills 150+ in SL; emergency declared

Colombo, Nov. 29 -- Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has declared a state of emergency throughout the island in view of the emergency situation that has emerged due to the devastation cau... Read More


Australian PM becomes 1st ever to marry in office; Dog Toto is ring bearer

Melbourne, Nov. 29 -- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese married his partner Jodie Haydon in a secretive and intimate ceremony on Saturday at his official residence in the national capital, Ca... Read More


Q2 GDP growth rate places India as world's fastest growing major economy: Andhra CM

Amaravati, Nov. 29 -- Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said the 8.2 per cent GDP growth rate in the second quarter of FY26 is uplifting news for every citizen and a pace which places ... Read More


Leadership row: Siddaramaiah, DKS share meal, put up united front

Bengaluru, Nov. 29 -- Seeking to put an end to the raging leadership row involving them, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy D K Shivakumar on Saturday put up a united front, assertin... Read More


Leadership row: Breakfast meet with CM Siddaramaiah 'productive', says Shivakumar

Bengaluru, Nov. 29 -- Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Saturday said he had a "productive" discussion over a breakfast meeting with CM Siddaramaiah in the midst of a leadership row in... Read More