Led by Bhavish Aggarwal, the e-mobility business is a follow-up to ride-hailing startup Ola, which is expected to make its debut on public markets next year. Ola Electric Mobility Pvt's new electric-scooter factory aims to build 10 million two-wheelers annually, or 15% of the world's e-scoote

Gandhinagar, Sep 12 (IANS): Senior BJP leader Bhupendra Patel was on Sunday elected the new Gujarat Chief Minister, replacing Vijay Rupani, who abruptly resigned on Saturday. The MLA from Ahmedabad's Ghatlodia, Patel was earlier Chairman of the Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority. Rupani, wh

Leaving only ‘Ford Business Solutions’ operational in the country, Ford India’s decision to cease manufacturing vehicles for sale in India immediately will affect thousands of employees directly and hundreds of others in related sectors, they said. Days after Ford announced its decision to st

Pilot error and failure to follow safety guidelines probably led to the crash of an Air India Express plane in August last year, investigators say. The passenger plane with 190 people on board crashed at the Calicut airport in the southern state of Kerala, killing 21 people. Th

Gujarat CM Resigns: Sources have said Mansukh Mandaviya, who was just sworn in as the Union Health Minister in July, and Nitin Patel, Mr Rupani's deputy, are possible replacements New Delhi: Vijay Rupani resigned as Chief Minister of Gujarat on Saturday in an unexpected turn of events ahead of an

The sale of alcohol and non-vegetarian food will now be banned in these areas. The Yogi Adityanath government issued a notification Friday declaring 22 wards under the jurisdiction of the Mathura-Vrindavan Municipal Corporation a “Pavitra Teertha Sthal (pious place of pilgrimage)”. The sale o

The Ministry of Civil Aviation has now started special flights to 18 countries under an Air Bubble arrangement from September. Tickets to sanctioned destinations can only be booked through the Air India airline. Any person willing to purchase the ticket can get it through the official website, Air I

The weekly has made these allegations in the context of glitches in the new Income Tax e-filing portal developed by Infosys. The website went online on June 7 but has since continued to pose problems for taxpayers. Software major Infosys is seen as one of the key blue-chip homegrown pioneers

The US has conveyed that India is not a priority, but the BJP govt is keeping up the ‘happy marriage’ pretense. The “horses for courses” mantra of the US foreign policy is badly hurting India’s strategic and security interests in Afghanistan today. But India’s External Affairs Minis

The renovation of a historical monument in India's Punjab state where British troops once killed hundreds of men, women and children has sparked furious debate and concerns over the "Disneyfication" of history. On April 13, 1919, British troops fired without warning on a peaceful protest of thousan

Shooter Avani Lekhara has created sporting history after becoming the first Indian woman to win a Paralympics gold medal. The 19-year-old won with an impressive score of 149.6 in the final event of women's 10m air rifle standing at Tokyo on Monday. With this, Lekhara has se

NEW DELHI: The farmers on Saturday blocked national and state highways after the police 'lathicharged' protesters in Haryana's Karnal. The farmers were protesting against a meeting on the upcoming municipal polls chaired by chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar. Several farmers sustained injuries

The special Vistadome train service between Guwahati and New Haflong will initially run two days a week -- on Wednesdays and Saturdays -- with stops at Manderdisa and Maibong stations. It has huge windows and transparent roofs, thus allowing an obstruction-free view of the surroundings.(HT Fi

With the Taliban having an air arm and in possession of surface-to-air missiles, airlines are likely to give Afghanistan a wide berth, increasing travel time to Central Asia The weekly flight between Tashkent and Delhi took two-and-a-half hours to reach Delhi on August 10. The same flight

Investors will be watching US Fed chairman Jerome Powell’s speech at Jackson Hole, which will offer a guidance on when emergency support will be scaled back.bloomberg Investors wait for Fed chairman’s signal on taper before making next move Foreign flows into Indian markets are being dra

It is probably the first time that nine names have been recommended for the Supreme Court and all have been approved by the government. New Delhi:  The President today approved all nine names, including three women, recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium and accepted by the governm

NEW DELHI: Olympic silver medalist Ravi Dahiya says he has decided to give the upcoming wrestling World Championship a miss since he did not get time to prepare for the selection trials that WFI is organizing next week to pick the Indian team for the prestigious tournament. The Wrestling Federati

KEY HIGHLIGHTS RIL's New Energy Council to be chaired by R Mashelkar, National Research Professor and Independent Director at Reliance Industries RIL green council members include Alan Finkel, Rachid Yazami, Robert Armstrong, Martin Green, David Milstein, Geoffrey Maitland, H