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New Delhi: GST Council is likely to consider this week a sweeping rewrite of GST enforcement that would take arrest powers away from tax officials and require a court order for any arrest, people familiar with the proposal said, in what could become the next...

New Delhi: Food regulator FSSAI has directed Everest Food Products to recall 'pre-packed cumin powder' from the market after sample tests found it "unsafe for consumption". The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) also suspended the license of Creative Bakers and Confectioners. In...

New Delhi: India's top IT companies are likely to report muted revenue growth and broadly steady margins for the July-September quarter as clients keep discretionary budgets tight, with focus on how quickly strong bookings turn into revenue and how far AI is deflating traditional services,...

New Delhi: RBI's interest rate decision, TCS' earnings, crude oil prices and global bond yields will be important factors to determine stock market movement this week, analysts said. Macroeconomic data announcements and foreign investors' trading activity will also guide market trends, they added. "RBI's monetary...

New Delhi: The government's industrial output data, which showed robust growth in August this year, buoyed by the overall manufacturing sector's performance, indicated a prolonged contraction in apparel production, even as the upstream textile industry logged firm upward momentum. According to the Index of Industrial...

Bhubaneswar: To promote green mobility and accelerate the transition towards sustainable transportation, the state government has extended the validity period of the Odisha Electric Vehicle Policy, 2021 till December 31, 2026, an official notification said. A notification in this regard has been issued by the...

New Delhi: Apple has officially removed the offline messaging application, Bitchat, from its India App Store after a demand from the country's IT ministry, Jack Dorsey said in an X post Saturday. "Government of India officially removes Bitchat from the App Store," the app's developer...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is moving beyond conventional rice production towards a value-driven and farmer-centric rice economy, Deputy Chief Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo said Saturday. This will play a key role in meeting future food security needs, he said at the 'Odisha Healthier Rice Business Summit...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday launched the 'Odisha Tourism Investment Incentive Management System' and a new 'Odisha Tourism Portal' to facilitate investors and called for transforming the state into a global tourism destination. Inaugurating the seventh edition of the 'Odisha Travel Bazaar' in...

New Delhi: Air Chief Marshal A P Singh said Saturday that India is likely to finalise the much‑awaited multi‑role fighter aircraft (MRFA) deal by the end of this financial year if plans materialise in time. At a press conference ahead of Air Force Day, Singh...