Within the Manufacturing sector, 17 out of 23 industry groups recorded positive growth. The top three positive contributors for the month of April are Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (12.7%), Manufacture of electrical equipment (19.2%) and Manufacture of machinery and equipment (12.9%).
With Karnataka set for a leadership transition on June 3, Chief Minister-designate D K Shivakumar and caretaker Chief Minister Siddaramaiah spent Monday in New Delhi engaged in crucial consultations with the Congress high command as the party moved to finalize the contours of a new government that could reshape the political balance within the state unit.
As many as 49 national highway projects worth ₹1,721 crore, recently completed across Odisha, will be inaugurated shortly, Works Minister Prithviraj Harichandan said on Monday.
In a landmark move aimed at transforming Ladakh into a globally competitive and sustainably managed tourism destination, Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena on Monday approved the constitution of the Ladakh Tourism Development Society (LTDS), a first-of-its-kind institutional mechanism dedicated to the holistic development of the Union Territory’s tourism sector.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday formally commenced the nomination process for elections to 27 seats in the Rajya Sabha and 17 seats in State Legislative Councils, setting in motion a key electoral exercise that will determine representation in the Upper House of Parliament and legislative councils in Bihar and Karnataka.
The curtains have fallen on one of the gentlest and most enduring voices of Indian music.
Ahead of the meeting, former chief minister Nitish Kumar has been holding a series of one-on-one meetings with his close associates and senior JD(U) leaders.
The Kerala High Court on Monday reserved its verdict on an appeal by the Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited (CMRL) challenging a single bench order that dismissed its plea seeking to quash proceedings initiated by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against them in an alleged case of misappropriation of public funds.
The development comes a day after 61 of 80 TMC MLAs skipped the Legislative Party meeting in Kolkata.
The IMD had earlier forecast an early onset of the southwest monsoon around May 26, with a model error margin of ±4 days
