Day: December 3, 2020

Flipkart expands benefits for sellers under 'Growth Capital' programme

Flipkart partially spins off PhonePe, Binny Bansal to join board of fintech co

11:43 pm December 3, 2020

New Delhi: E-commerce major Flipkart on Thursday announced a “partial spin-off” of PhonePe as the digital payment firm raises USD 700 million in funding, valuing it at USD 5.5 billion. Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal will join PhonePe’s board of directors, along with the fintech company’s co-founders Sameer Nigam and Rahul Chari. In this financing round, PhonePe is raising USD […]

Gunshots fired during quarrel over accident, 1 injured

11:41 pm December 3, 2020

New Delhi: A man sustained a bullet injury during a quarrel between two parties after their vehicles brushed past each other, police said on Thursday. The incident took place in Uttam Nagar area on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday. According to police, a quarrel broke out between a car driver, Kallu Singh, and a […]

Man kills two minor daughters before endling his life

11:38 pm December 3, 2020

Mumbai : A 45-year-old man allegedly killed his two minor daughters on Thursday before hanging himself to death in suburban Kandivali here apparently due to financial woes, a police official said. The incident took place at his metal workshop in Lalji Pada locality in Kandivali (West), he said. “The body of the man, Asgar Ali […]

Woman, her five-yr-old son dead as truck hits motorcycle in UP’s Shamli

11:35 pm December 3, 2020

Muzaffarnagar: A woman and her five-year-old son died while her brother-in-law sustained critical injuries on Thursday when their motorcycle was hit by a truck near Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh, police said The accident took place on the Karnal-Meerut highway here, they said The bodies of 26-year-old Salma and her son Ayan have been sent for post-mortem […]

Mamata presents vote on account for Rs 2.99 lakh cr in House, oppn parties boycott speech

Mamata to hold TMC meeting on Friday to assess poll readiness

11:28 pm December 3, 2020

Kolkata: Amidst rumblings of discontentment within the party, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has called a virtual meeting of state and district level leaders of the ruling TMC on Friday to assess its preparedness for the approaching state poll, party sources said. The state is set to witness stiff fight between TMC and opposition BJP, which has made deep […]