Day: June 1, 2020

MSMEs: New definition, criterion notified; will come into effect from 1st July

PM launches portal to help, hand-hold MSMEs

11:34 pm June 1, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched a web portal to help solve grievances of micro, small and medium enterprises, and work as a “one-stop place” for them. Champions — Creation and Harmonious Application of Modern Processes for Increasing the Output and National Strength — has been described by the MSME Ministry as […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Chennai bizman sends home UP-based workers by flight

11:23 pm June 1, 2020

Chennai: Anxious to return home after being stuck here with no work due to COVID-19 lockdown, seven workers from Uttar Pradesh boarded a flight for the first time in their life and reached Varanasi on Monday, thanks to the humanitarian gesture of their employer running a packers and movers firm in the city. In a […]

Woman jumps in front of train with nine-month-old son

Railway employees stop workmen special train

11:16 pm June 1, 2020

Mumbai: Railway employees stopped a workmen special shuttle service at Vidyavihar station here on Monday evening, said a Government Railway Police (rpt Police) (GRP) official. The employees waiting at Vidyavihar, a suburban station on the Central Railway, jumped on the tracks and stopped the Karjat-bound workmen special shuttle service to protest lack of space for […]

Sensex rallies 377 pts; Kotak Bank zooms 12 pc

Uday Kotak to sell 2.8 pc stake in Kotak Mahindra Bank

11:11 pm June 1, 2020

Mumbai: Billionaire banker Uday Kotak, who had a long run-in with the Reserve Bank over his excess personal holding in Kotak Mahindra Bank, will sell 2.8 per cent stake in the lender for at least Rs 6,800 crore. The move would bring the curtains down on a long standoff between the regulator and the bank […]

4,070 new coronavirus cases in Pune district, 73 deaths

Light showers in Mumbai; Goa prepares for heavy rainfall

11:06 pm June 1, 2020

Mumbai/Panaji: Reeling under sweltering heat, Mumbai and its surrounding areas experienced a spell of light showers coupled with thunder and lightning on Monday morning following the formation of a low pressure area in the Arabian Sea. Residents of these areas woke up to a cloudy sky and light showers ahead of the arrival of the […]