ICICI Bank Taps Global Debt Market for Fifth-Year Dollar Funding
ICICI Bank, India’s second-largest private sector lender, has raised $750 million through a five-year US dollar bond, taking its total dollar debt fundraising to $2.05 billion in about a month. The latest issue, raised through the bank’s International Financial Services Centre Banking Unit, was priced at a spread of 105 basis points over the five-year…
Zubeen Garg Death Was Not Accidental, Conspiracy Involved: Assam Govt Tells Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Assam government to diligently proceed with the trial against Northeast Festival organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta, an accused in the Zubeen Garg death case.A Bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and R Mahadevan passed the direction while hearing a bail plea filed by Mahanta.Mahanta, who has organised the Northeast Festival since 2013, was arrested after…
CM Sangma Lays Foundation for ₹140-Crore Road Project to Boost Connectivity and Growth in Meghalaya’s Remote Districts
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma on Monday emphasised on the transformative role of road infrastructure in unlocking growth across remote districts, as he laid the foundation stone for the upgrade of the Weiloi–Mawkyrwat–Rangthong road in South West Khasi Hills. The Rs 140-crore project, funded entirely from the state’s own resources, is a milestone in…
Assam set to resume eviction of 59 families along Nagaland border
The Assam government is preparing to resume an eviction drive against 59 families living at No. 2 Negheribil along the Assam-Nagaland border after the Supreme Court cleared the way for the Golaghat district administration and Forest department to proceed with the action. A team comprising officials from the district administration and the Forest Department visited…
TCS Brings Agentic AI to Highly Regulated Pharmaceutical Research
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India’s largest IT services company, has launched its agentic AI platform, TCS ADD™ AgentHub, aimed at scaling the use of artificial intelligence in drug development. According to the company, the platform is designed to transform clinical trials and pharmacovigilance services while maintaining regulatory and audit requirements. TCS said pharmaceutical companies face…
Assam Rifles Promote National Integration In Manipur With Sports, Music & Medical Camps
Assam Rifles, along with affiliated units and other security forces, has intensified a series of community outreach and patriotic programmes across Manipur ahead of the 80th Independence Day. As part of the nationwide ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign and programmes marking 150 years of ‘Vande Mataram’, the forces have organised sporting events, cultural and artistic competitions,…
CRPF Holds Bike Rally, Mass ‘Vande Mataram’ Singing in Tura Ahead of Independence Day
As part of the nationwide ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign, the 120th Battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on Friday organised a series of patriotic programmes in Tura on the eve of Independence Day celebrations.The day began with a bike rally organised by 120 Battalion CRPF, Tura, from the Battalion Headquarters to Super Market,…
Central Bank Moves to Streamline Major Shareholding Process for Institutional Investors
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has proposed a streamlined, one-time approval mechanism allowing eligible institutional investors to increase their stakes in commercial banks without seeking fresh regulatory clearance for every transaction. Under current rules, mutual funds, insurance companies, and pension funds must get prior RBI approval whenever acquiring a major shareholding of 5% or…
Meghalaya HC Panel Slams Delays in Action Against Illegal Coal Mining
The Meghalaya High Court-appointed Single Member Committee headed by Justice (retd) B.P. Katakey has strongly criticised the state government over continued delays in implementing key measures to curb illegal coal mining, warning that rat-hole mining remains a persistent concern while the legality of coal supplies to coke oven plants is yet to be fully established….
L&T Expands AI Infrastructure Push with Gigawatt-Scale Chennai Project
Larsen & Toubro (L&T) is set to establish what is described as India’s largest Nvidia B300 AI factory at Vyoma’s data centre campus in Chennai for AI company Together AI. The facility will house 10,000 Nvidia B300 GPUs and is designed to support Together AI’s AI-native cloud platform for large-scale artificial intelligence training, fine-tuning and…
