Kolkata: ITC has concluded the acquisition of Century Pulp and Paper (CPP), marking the formal integration of the business into ITC Paperboards & Specialty Papers portfolio. The completion, announced through a regulatory filing, makes ITC India’s largest integrated paperboards and paper business. The total installed capacity will rise by over 50% to approximately 1.5 million…
Mirabai Chanu, Neeraj Chopra, Tejaswin Shankar, Preeti Pawar (left to right) India signed off from the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow with 39 medals — 13 gold, 17 silver and nine bronze. The contingent fell short of the 50-medal mark that India had reached at every Commonwealth Games since 2002.With several medal-rich sports missing from…
File Pic: FIFA President Gianni Infantino (AP Photo) Six Arab football federations have thrown their weight behind Gianni Infantino, declaring their “full support” for the embattled FIFA president as opposition to his controversial World Cup investment plan continues to grow.The backing came from Morocco, Qatar, Egypt, Mauritania, Lebanon and Sudan on Thursday, with four of…
Tamil Nadu has Rs1 lakh crore of annual fiscal headroom, enough, on paper, to more than resolve state’s current revenue gap while freeing up fresh room for investment Nithin Chandra & Sriram AnanthapadmanabhanTamil Nadu walks into budget day carrying a curious contradiction. It is India’s second-largest state economy, with an estimated ₹35.29 lakh crore GSDP,…
The Delhi high court has refused to grant bail to Olympic wrestler Sushil Kumar in the alleged murder of former junior national wrestling champion Sagar Dhankar.Justice Purushaindra Kumar dismissed Kumar’s bail plea on August 6, citing concerns about his ability to influence witnesses, his conduct before his arrest, the seriousness of the alleged offence and…
The IMD said active monsoon conditions are likely to persist over most parts of the country during the next three to four days, with widespread rainfall continuing across northwest, central, east, northeast and peninsular India. NEW DELHI: Heavy rainfall is likely to continue across large parts of the country on Friday, with the India Meteorological…
Frank Jayasinghe: A man the world needed Corleigh StixrudFrank Jayasinghe, a great influence of mine, indeed of many in the field of international education, passed away on Friday, July 31, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He was 93.He will deservedly be remembered and celebrated for his role in bringing the International Baccalaureate curriculum to India as…
A preliminary enquiry suggests plumbing work involving the drilling or cutting of columns and beams may have triggered the collapse. NEW DELHI: Two under-construction buildings collapsed in northwest Delhi’s Rohini on Wednesday, killing a 42-year-old man and leaving four-five labourers feared trapped beneath the debris.A preliminary enquiry suggests plumbing work involving the drilling or cutting…
Eviction drive outside Shalimar station on Tuesday Kolkata: Demolition began on Tuesday at the Shalimar rail slum area in Howrah, known locally as Nepali Basti, as railway authorities and police started the first phase of a major eviction drive outside Shalimar station.The operation was carried out by the South Eastern Railway with Howrah City Police,…
Director Gautham Vasudev Menon has suffered a legal setback after the Supreme Court upheld an earlier Madras High Court order in a long-pending financial dispute involving producer Elred Kumar of RS Infotainment. The apex court dismissed the director’s appeal, making it clear that there was no reason to interfere with the High Court’s findings. Thus,…
