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...
NEW DELHI: The Chhattisgarh Police on Friday arrested two persons and recovered around 18.5 kg of gold and diamond ornaments stolen from a jewellery store in Delhi earlier this week.A joint team of anti-crime and cyber unit and civil line police station in Bilaspur district carried out the operation while it was investigating a series of thefts in Bilaspur city, Superintendent of Police (SP) Santosh...
GURGAON: Four persons, including a lawyer, were arrested for orchestrating a fraud in which they sold off an NRI's Rs 40 crore plot off the Southern Peripheral Road.An assistant sub-inspector of the economic offences wing was also arrested for negligence in his probe and not finding any wrongdoing even after weeks of sifting through documents. Police later formed an SIT, which eventually found out how...
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police's Special Cell has arrested three people and recovered opium worth around Rs 40 crore in the international market, police said on Friday. Those arrested have been identified as Amra Ram (34), Bhana Ram Choudhary (33) and Bhalla Ram (31).The opium was smuggled from the northeastern states and was meant to supply in Delhi and other nearby states, police said.The accused — all...
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin on Thursday announced compensation of Rs 560 crore to six lakh farmers affected by natural disasters like drought, flood, cyclone and unseasonal rains under the crop insurance scheme during last fiscal.The crop insurance scheme is implemented in 14 clusters comprising 37 districts by the identified insurance companies. “An area of 24.45 lakh acres was...
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