August 15 set as deadline to complete survey to acquire land for Kochi Bypass

August 15 set as deadline to complete survey to acquire land for Kochi Bypass

Serpentine traffic snarls are the norm on the Edappally-Aroor NH 66 bypass that caters for a whopping 1 lakh passenger car units daily. The proposed Kochi Bypass is expected to decongest the corridor.  | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO The survey for the much-delayed Kundannur-Angamaly NH 544 Bypass corridor (Kochi Bypass) has got a shot in […]

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Kochi metro to operate special services for ‘Karkidaka Vavu’

Kochi metro to operate special services for ‘Karkidaka Vavu’

The Kochi metro will operate special services on Wednesday for those visiting the Siva Temple in Aluva as part of ‘Karkidaka Vavu’. The trains will thus operate from the Thripunithura terminal station until 11.30 p.m. (instead of the last train from the terminal station at 10.30 p.m.) for them to reach Aluva. One train will […]

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Kochi metro to operate special services for ‘Karkidaka Vavu’

Eternal stock soars 10.34% despite plunge in Q1 net profit

Food aggregator Zomato’s parent firm Eternal’s stock price rose 10.34% to ₹299.8 on Tuesday, despite a 90% plunge in Q1FY26 net profit to ₹25 crore. The last time the stock was up the same quantum was on July 26, 2021, three days after it got listed. The stock’s performance assumes significance as among the 993 […]

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Corporate tax revenue foregone at ₹99,000 crore in FY24: MoS Finance

Corporate tax revenue foregone at ₹99,000 crore in FY24: MoS Finance

Union MoS for Finance and BJP MP Pankaj Chaudhary speaks in Lok Sabha during the Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi | Photo Credit: ANI The government is estimated to have forgone around ₹99,000 crore in revenue in the 2023-24 fiscal on account of tax incentives extended to corporates, Minister of State for Finance […]

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Hyundai Motor India gets ₹517.34 crore tax, penalty demand from GST authority

Hyundai Motor India gets ₹517.34 crore tax, penalty demand from GST authority

File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Hyundai Motor India Ltd on Tuesday (July 22, 2025) said it has received a demand of ₹517.34 crore from tax authorities, along with penalty, for alleged short payment of GST compensation cess on its certain SUV models. The company has received an order from Commissioner (Appeals), CGST Dept, Tamil Nadu, […]

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Kochi metro to operate special services for ‘Karkidaka Vavu’

Colgate-Palmolive India Q1 profit drops 12% to ₹321 crore on weak urban demand

FMCG major Colgate-Palmolive India Ltd on Tuesday (July 22, 2025) reported a decline of 11.9% in its net profit at Rs 320.62 crore for the first quarter ended June 2025 on account of subdued urban demand and elevated competition intensity. The company had posted a net profit of ₹363.98 crore in the April-June quarter a […]

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Kochi metro to operate special services for ‘Karkidaka Vavu’

National meeting of Chief Information Commissioners

A meeting of the board of governors of the National Federation of Information Commission of India will be held in Thiruvananthapuram from July 25 to 27.   Heeralal Samariya, Chief Information Commissioner of the Central Information Commission, and Chief Infromation Commissioners of eight States will take part in the meeting, Hari V. Nair, Chief Information Commissioner […]

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Kochi metro to operate special services for ‘Karkidaka Vavu’

‘Argentina football team in talks to play in Kerala’

A press release here quoted Leandro Petersen, marketing officer of the Argentine Football Association (AFA), as saying that the Argentina football team was in talks with the government with a view to playing in Kerala before the next world cup. The statement was reportedly made during the official signing ceremony of the sponsorship agreement with […]

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Another case of massive tree-felling reported from CHR

Another case of massive tree-felling reported from CHR

Large-scale felling of trees has been reported from Uchilukuth, near Santhanpara, in the Cardamom Hill Reserve area in Idukki. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Another case of massive tree felling has been reported from the Cardamom Hill Reserve (CHR) area in Idukki. The present case was reported from Uchilukuth, near Pethotty, in Santhanpara. Sources said […]

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