State-owned NBCC has bagged a Rs 300-crore contract to develop a commercial complex in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.

In a regulatory filing on Friday, the company said it has secured a Rs 300-crore order for "development of Jawaharlal Nehru Commercial Complex (JLNCC), Englishya Lines, Varanasi on self-sustainable model".

The opposition party in Andhra Pradesh, YSRCP, on Friday took out statewide protests and rallies opposing power tariff hikes in the southern state under the TDP-led NDA government.

YSRCP leaders and cadres protested at several places across the state, including Nellore, Chittoor, Krishna, Tirupati, Visakhapatnam, Kakinada, Kurnool and others.

Manmohan Singh death: The Union government has declared a seven-day mourning in honour of former prime minister Manmohan Singh, officials said. They said the Cabinet will meet at 11 am on Friday to pay tributes to him. Singh's last rites will be conducted with full state honours, the officials added. Manmohan Singh, the architect of India's economic reforms, died in Delhi on Thursday night at the age of 92. He was the prime minister during 2004-14.

The Delhi High Court has sought Patanjali Ayurved's stand on a lawsuit by Dabur over advertisements allegedly disparaging its product Chyawanprash.

On December 24, Justice Mini Pushkarna issued summons on the lawsuit to the defendants -- Patanjali Ayurved and Patanjali Foods Ltd -- for a reply in the matter.

The BJP alleged on Thursday that the Congress, ahead of the CWC meeting in Karnataka's Belagavi, put up welcome banners with a distorted map of India, and asked the party whether it is following a "signal" from anti-India forces like US-based billionaire investor George Soros.

The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) charge came after its Karnataka unit posted on X pictures of a banner and a welcome flex allegedly put up by the Congress in Karnataka ahead of its working committee meeting.

In a landmark move aimed at promoting transparency and research, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has released the world's largest electoral dataset unveiling 42 statistical reports on 2024 Lok Sabha elections and 14 reports each on four state assembly elections.

The Election Commission said that these 100 statistical reports will be a treasure trove for academicians, researchers, and election watchers worldwide for in-depth analysis and policy insights.

The Supreme Court has directed the Telangana government and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) to submit original files concerning allegations of financial irregularities in the Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (PRRLIS), a project valued at Rs 35,000 crore, ThePrint reported on Thursday. The decision comes in response to a public interest litigation (PIL) accusing officials and contractors of corruption.

Actors from the Telugu film industry, including producer Allu Aravind, the father of Allu Arjun, met with Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy on Thursday amid controversy surrounding Allu Arjun’s arrest in connection with a stampede at a Hyderabad theatre during a screening of his film Pushpa 2: The Rule.

E-scooter manufacturer Ola Electric Mobility Ltd on Wednesday announced the opening of 3,200 new stores over the past month, bringing its total number of showrooms and service centres to 4,000. The milestone was revealed by Ankush Aggarwal, group head of financial services and retail auto business at Ola Electric, during an event streamed live on the company’s social media platforms.

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