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Small-town entrepreneurs are increasingly looking for modern office interiors, much like large corporates in metro cities, leading to a surge in demand for workspace interior companies, said industry executives. From local builders to garment traders and exporters, small-town businesses are investing heavily in renovating their offices with collaboration areas, modern ceilings and open chambers, they said. Lightspeed-backed workspace interiors platform OfficeBanao said 70% of its business comes from smaller cities as the next generation is investing in improving the office ambience.

bomb threat call was received at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in the national capital on Tuesday, which later turned out to be a hoax, Delhi Police said. According to official, the hoax call of bomb threat was received at the airport at around 5.15 am regarding a flight from Delhi to Kolkata, which was scheduled to depart from IGI Airport After an inquiry, the call was found to be bogus, Delhi Police said.

Lok Sabha polls, Trinamool Congress is set to hold a mega «Janajagaran» Brigade rally in Kolkata with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as the main speaker on March 10 with a focus on the plight of MGNREGA workers in the central scheme for the last two years, which will be a poll plank of Trinamool in coming Lok Sabha polls. «This Janagarjan rally is for the people to highlight their plight as the Centre has stopped the money of the people. More than 730 days have passed and the BJP government at the Centre has stopped all the funds,» Trinamool National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee said. «The party which is lecturing, I dare them to hold a counter meeting at Brigade...it will be clear how much organization strength they have. These BJP leaders could not be seen after 2021,» the West Bengal CM said. She added that there is an ongoing conspiracy to deprive Bengal of its rightful dues for the past two years. Funds under MGNREGA, Awas Yojana, Gramin Sadak Yojana and other schemes have been stopped.

Gold And Silver Prices Today: Gold prices experienced a marginal decrease on Saturday. The price of 24 carat gold is Rs.6399.2 per gm, down by Rs.214.0, while the cost of 22 carat gold is Rs.5861.7 per gm, down by Rs.196.0.

Bank Holidays in February 2024: Today, February 24 which is a Saturday and there might be confusion among people regarding if Banks will be open today. However, as it is a fourth Saturday, banks will remain closed today. Saturdays are typically not designated as bank holidays, except for the second and fourth Saturdays of each month.

bade bade deshon mein aisi choti choti baatein hoti rehti hain". The King of Bollywood also ensured that he met every single player, greeted them and struck a chord, leaving the likes of Jemimah Rodrigues, Taniya Bhatia, Shafali Varma and Pooja Vastrakar starstruck. Shah Rukh even met his old friend Sourav Ganguly as a heartwarming video of the two hugging each other was throwback to the old days.

India vs England 4th Test: Indian cricket coach Rahul Dravid's speech for Akash Deep went viral on social media, as the debutant received his "India Test Cap No 313" on Friday. During a huddle ahead of the fourth Test between India and England in Ranchi, Dravid recalled Akash Deep's inspiring journey from Ranchi to Delhi to Kolkata and back to Ranchi. Follow India vs England Live Score Updates, 4th Test Day 1, here The "memorable and motivating moment" was recorded and shared by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on X.

Gold And Silver Prices Today: Gold prices experienced a slight decrease on Thursday. The price of 24 carat gold in Delhi is Rs.6319.2 per gm, a decrease of Rs.3.0, while the cost of 22 carat gold is Rs.5788.3 per gm, down by Rs.4.0. The price change in 24 carat gold over the last week has been -2.17%, whereas in the last month it has shown a decrease of -0.05%.

India will allow foreign airlines to operate non-scheduled cargo flights from all international airports in the country for three years, lifting 2020 curbs that had restricted them to six — Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Chennai. This followed lobbying by exporters against the restrictions. While India had an open sky policy in air cargo that allowed unhindered movement by foreign airlines, the government amended it in 2020 to give Indian carriers a boost. However, exporters have been protesting that goods capacity had shrunk as Indian carriers failed to deploy enough aircraft to meet demand.

BJP is set to release a documentary on Sandeshkhali on Thursday with the party intensifying its attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government over the alleged incidents of atrocities and sexual assault on women there. The «exclusive» documentary titled 'The Sandeshkhali Socker — The Big Reveal' will be released Thursday morning at 9 am, the BJP said in post on X, asking Banerjee in Bangla, «Didi ke bolo aaro koto 'Sandeshkhali' (Tell didi how many more Sandeshkhali like incidents)». This comes amid a raging war of words between the BJP and the TMC over alleged incidents of rape and harassment of women in Sandeshkhali in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. The riverine Sandeshkhali area — situated on the borders of the Sunderbans, about 100 kilometres from Kolkata — has been witnessing protests after the local women accused absconding Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sheikh Shahjahan and his supporters of land grab and sexual assault under coercion.

quoted Tiwary as saying during a press conference at the Kolkata Sports Journalists' Club. “If I hadn't fought with Gambhir in 2013, maybe I would've played for another two or three years, which would have increased my contract amount and strengthened my bank balance. But, I never thought about that." Tiwary then spoke about the reason why his next team, Delhi Capitals, had released him.

RP Sanjiv Goenka Group, with revenue exceeding USD 4 billion, has expressed interest in exploring investment opportunities in the Northeast, including renewable energy. The group officials had a preliminary one-on-one meeting with the Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), B L Verma. He was in Kolkata for an investment roadshow for the northeast and met a few business houses from the region to understand the sectors and how the government can assist in taking forward the projects. According to sources, the RP Sanjiv Goenka Group has expressed willingness to explore hydropower opportunities besides evaluating other sectors.

Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday expressed surprise that Shajahan Sheikh, the main accused and «core» of the Sandeshkhali issue, has not been arrested by the state police so far, and said it does not know «whether he is being protected». The division bench, headed by Chief Justice T S Sivagnanam, also refused to interfere with a single bench order on Monday that allowed BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari and another party MLA Shankar Ghosh to visit the Sandeshkhali village. Adhikari was earlier in the day stopped by police, citing prohibitory orders in the area. «If one person can hold the entire population to ransom, then that person should not be encouraged by the ruling dispensation,» the court observed.

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited (BCML), a leading integrated sugar mill company on Monday announced a Rs 2000 crore forward integration project which will be the first-ever "industrial bioplastic" plant in India. The Kolkata-based company said this diversification with its upcoming PLA (Polylactic Acid) manufacturing venture is well-aligned with the sustainability goals envisioned in India, to combat climate change. «The new project aims to propel India towards net zero emissions by 2070 with an estimated investment of Rs 2,000 crore in phases over the next 30 months,» Balrampur Chini Executive Director Avantika Saraogi said. «Expected to be completed within 30 months, the new venture will mark the establishment of the first-ever industrial bioplastic plant in India. The state-of-the-art PLA factory will command a whopping capacity at a global scale of 75'000 tonne per annum,» the company said.

central government has invested Rs 5 lakh crore in the North East since 2014, while Rs 11 lakh crore more will be pumped into the region for its all-round development. This part of the country holds immense investment potential, said the Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER). «Already Rs 5 lakh crore has been invested by the government since 2014. While another Rs 11 lakh crore is underway for the region on developmental projects to improve infrastructure,» Verma told PTI on the sidelines of the North East Investors Summit. FICCI was the industry partner for the summit.

India Tourism Development Corporation Ltd is looking for new business opportunities besides strengthening its existing verticals as it seeks to carry forward the momentum of record financial performance of last fiscal, according to its Managing Director M R Synrem. The company which offers hospitality, travel and tour, events and engineering related consultancy services, plans to strengthen its offices in Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata with an aim to develop these as regional hubs for its businesses. «We want not to only expand but whatever we have now to take it a notch further ahead, take it much higher and look at new business opportunities also for ITDC as a company,» Synrem told PTI on the sidelines of the launch of the company's new mascot 'Adyant' and a fresh tagline. On the new business opportunities, he said, «We have won a bid for a new duty free shop at the Vizag (Visakhapatnam) airport. We participated in the competitive bid and we have won it. It is a new thing which is coming up very soon.»

civil aviation security regulator has asked airlines to deploy adequate manpower within 10 days to ensure passengers don't have to wait more than half an hour to collect their luggage. The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) wrote to airlines on Friday, directing them that the first bag should arrive at the carousel within 10 minutes of the aircraft shutting down the engine and the last bag no later than 30 minutes. In January, BCAS monitored baggage arrival time of all airlines at six metro airports — Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Chennai — on a weekly basis and found they did not adhere to the standards set in the Operation, Management and Delivery Agreement. Contractual agreement was signed by Airports Authority of India with Delhi and Mumbai airports during their privatisation in 2006. It defines standards of service that the airports have to provide to passengers. «The above monitoring is currently being done at six major airports, However, BCAS has directed the airlines to ensure that the mandated levels are achieved in all airports where they fly,» the regulator said in a statement.

India on Sunday crushed the visiting England team in the third test. In the process, several records were broken, from most number of sixes to India's biggest win in terms of runs. 1) First of all, India broke its own record for most sixes in a Test series by any team, touching a total of 48 big hits in the ongoing three-match series. The team went past its own tally of 47 sixes in three Tests against South Africa at home back in 2019, a series which had three Test matches. With two matches left, India could score a lot more sixes and outdo its previous record by a huge margin. 2) Debutant Sarfaraz Khan also created a record. He had a memorable debut in the international arena during the third Test against England, becoming the only fourth Indian to score twin half-centuries on Test debut. In the match, Sarfaraz played a highly-attacking game, taking the spinners to attack. In the first innings, he scored 62 in 66 balls, with nine fours and a six. In the second innings, he scored 68* in 72 balls, with six fours and three sixes.

₹40 crore and offer for sale of 2.61 crore shares. Around 50 percent of the issue is reserved for QIB, not less than 35 percent of the issue reserved for retail investors and not less than 15 percent of the offer is reserved for NII.

Civil aviation security regulator Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has asked airlines to deploy adequate manpower in 10 days so that passengers don’t have to wait at airports for their luggage. The regulator on Friday wrote to airlines saying that the first bag should arrive at the baggage belt in 10 minutes of the aircraft shutting down the engine whereas the last bag within 30 minutes. In January, BCAS monitored baggage arrival time of all airlines at six metro airports- Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Chennai on a weekly basis and found that they were not according to the standard set in Operation, Management and Delivery Agreement (OMDA).

Gold And Silver Prices Today: Gold prices experienced a slight decrease on Sunday. The price of 24 carat gold is Rs.6273.1 per gm, down by Rs.679.0. The cost of 22 carat gold is Rs.5746.2 per gm, down by Rs.622.0.