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CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin on Friday urged Union minister Giriraj Singh to release total wage liability of Rs 2,697 crore under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) immediately.In a letter to the minister, a copy of which was released to the media, the chief minister recalled the representations made by the public and public representatives in...

MUMBAI: Enforcement Directorate (ED) provisionally attached assets worth Rs 70.4 crore of erstwhile DHFL promoters Kapil Wadhawan and Dheeraj Wadhawan, including paintings, sculptures and two flats at Bandra in Mumbai. The attached assets are in the form of paintings, sculptures worth Rs 28.58 Crore, watches worth Rs 5 Crore, diamond jewellery worth Rs 10.71 crore, 20% stake in a helicopter to the tune...

KOLKATA: Bengal’s Durga Puja economy could well have touched the Rs 50,000-crore mark this year with puja organisers, advertisers, retailers and restaurants registering a 20% hike in businesses over 2022. Kolkata is expected to account for around 20% of the pie at Rs 10,000 crore. Last year, total transactions were estimated to be around Rs 40,000 crore, up from Rs 32,377 crore in 2019.The 2019 figure...

MUMBAI: The air intelligence unit (AIU) of customs arrested a 20-year-old man for smuggling 3.5 kg of gold worth Rs 1.67 crore in Mumbai. On specific intelligence, the officer of AIU intercepted Alsiban Majed who arrived from Bahrain and walked the green channel without disclosing that he had brought dutiable goods.Officials said that due to festival season, the huge differences of price as compared to...

The Madras Export Processing Zone (MEPZ) at Tambaram was the third SEZ to be established in India, in 1984. Now, the facility spread over 262 acres is set for vertical redevelopment of 10 lakh sq m (more than 1 crore sq ft) that will bring in more companies and boost value of its exports to ₹30,000 crore and create another 1 lakh jobs, Alex Paul Menon, development commissioner, MEPZ SEZ, tells TOI in...

THANE: The Thane police have managed to seize drugs worth Rs 3.77 crore in the last 10 months. Out of the seized contraband, 739kg is ganja or marijuana worth Rs 1.16 crore. While total 137 drug pushers have been arrested for peddling various types of drugs, 53 have been held in 39 cases of peddling ganja in 2023, statistical data by the Thane police has revealed.Apart from this a total of 577 cases of...

THANE: Investigators booked four persons linked to the hacking of the software of a payment gateway company and siphoning of Rs 25 crore. Officials have found that the accused set up a fake firm using forged documents to transfer money. The police said that two persons were already arrested in the crime and both are from Gujarat. In the offence registered, the investigation revealed that from the Rs 25...

THANE: The Ambernath Municipal Council (AMC) has approved a tender of Rs 107 crore to beautify and restore a 11th century Shiva temple. The temple will be rebuilt akin to Kashi's Vishwanath temple. The contract for work has been given to Savani Heritage Conservation Pvt. Ltd. The AMC implemented the beautification work after it received an NOC from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). The 11th...

NEW DELHI/GURGAON: The Gurgaon Police has arrested an employee of a private company providing ticketing and customer services to Air India for allegedly committing a fraud of about Rs 1 crore by transferring the money to his own account. Roshan Mishra alias Radhe Mohan alias Raja, a native of Gopalganj district in Bihar, was arrested on Wednesday. Another accused in the case was arrested...

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the aspirational districts programme changed the lives of more than 25 crore people in 112 districts of the country and its success will now form the basis of the aspirational blocks programme.PM Modi made the remarks as he launched a unique week-long programme for aspirational blocks called 'Sankalp Saptaah' at the Bharat Mandapam here.The prime...