Day: January 6, 2019

Two persons were arrested following complaints that they tried to sexually harass a 19-year-old girl at Taramani MRTS railway station last night. Search is on for a third culprit who was also involved, the police said.

Cyclone Pabuk is now over the Andaman sea and its neighbourhood and it has moved north-northwestwards at a speed of 20 kmph in the last six hours.

With general elections round the corner, political parties are busy finalising alliances. DMK president M K Stalin announced recently that he would face elections in UPA alliance.

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Farm cooperative major Nafed has announced setting up 100 bio-CNG manufacturing facilities using agri-waste such as stubble through public-private partnership (PPP) with an estimated investment of Rs 5,000 crore.

Under the pact, UBI would leverage its low-cost loans with Srei to enable purchase of equipment and vehicles in a seamless manner, a statement by the State-run lender said.

In a filing to the BSE, Punjab and Sind Bank said the central government on 1 January, after consulting the sponsor banks of the three RRBs, felt that in the interest of the banks and the areas served by them, they should be amalgamated into a single RRB.

“The 800 MW set has been commissioned at Kothagudem Thermal Power Station (KTPS) of Telangana State Power Generation Corporation (TSGENCO),” Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) said in a statement.

Promoted by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Indian Highways Management Company (IHMCL) has been mandated to implement the National Electronic Toll Collection Programme (NETC) in the country under the brand name ‘FASTag’.

The six-member Group of Ministers (GoM) on MSME, headed by Minister of State for Finance Shiv Pratap Shukla, would deliberate on the problems faced by micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) under GST and scope for hiking exemption threshold for such units.