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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday distributed over 51,000 appointment letters to recruits under his government's Rozgar Mela drive, though video-conferencing.The Rozgar Mela will be held at 37 locations across the country. A statement said recruitments are taking place across central government departments as well as in those states and UTs supporting the initiative.Recruits will join...

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...

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has stressed on the need to expedite the saturation of all welfare schemes announced by his government in the next six months, ANI reported quoting official sources.PM Modi said this at a recent meeting with top officials. Later, in a Cabinet meeting, the Prime Minister exhorted all the ministers to work harder and ensure that the schemes reach all...

CHENNAI: Open network for digital commerce (ONDC) along with its partners, SellerApp and Delhivery, is helping Kanjeevaram saree weavers tap into a broader audience base through the digital marketplace, bringing them greater visibility on a nationwide platform translating into increased sales.The ONDC onboarding facilitated by SellerApp has brought the weavers a significant increase in visibility across...

ULHASNAGAR: Two teenagers, one of them a minor, died after the car the two collegians were in had an accident in Ambernath late Tuesday evening. The younger teen, Manav Tharwani (17), was at the wheel, the police said, adding that he had gone for a late-night drive with his friend Kushal Thawani (18). Manav's parents have claimed that they were not aware that their son had taken the car, the police...

CHENNAI: The Avadi Municipal Corporation on Tuesday launched a waste cleaning drive under the Swachh Bharat Mission. The corporation will cover all the 48 wards during the drive. The drive was launched by Swachh Bharat Mission state director Sivarasu and Avadi Corporation commissioner Tharpagaraj.Sanitary workers will identify spots where garbage corners have been created and also spots where monitoring...

NEW DELHI: Delhi's environment minister, Gopal Rai, has launched a month-long campaign aimed at curbing dust pollution in the capital. Strict actions will be taken against individuals or entities found in violation of relevant regulations.Delhi Pollution: CM Arvind Kejriwal's 15 pointer plan to tackle pollution in National CapitalThis move comes in response to deteriorating air quality in the capital,...

MUMBAI: As part of the nationwide 'Swachhata Hi Seva' initiative, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) held a mass cleanliness drive across 178 locations spanning all 24 civic wards in Mumbai on Sunday morning. The drive witnessed prominent figures like politicians, bureaucrats, film actors join hands with civic laborers devoting their morning to cleaning the city.Speaking at Girgaon Chowpatty,...

Construction of the 1,382 km Delhi-Mumbai Expressway has been going on under full-swing, once completed, the project is designed to cut travel time down to just 12 hours between the two major cities. In February 2023, the first phase of the expressway between Delhi and Rajasthan’s Jaipur was opened to the public. The new stretch of expressway, led to a reduction of 2 hours travel time between Delhi...