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Paytm Mall set to hire 2,000 employees in 2017 to scale biz
Mumbai: Online shopping platform Paytm Mall is set to hire nearly 2,000 new personnel across various business and tech roles to effectively scale its operations. The shopping platform is under the wing of Paytm Ecommerce, a recently incorporated separate entity by the parent company One97 Communications, to address the potential in online commerce, Paytm said in a statement here.
Mehbooba inaugurates several key projects in Jammu
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today inaugurated several key development projects here including an Entrepreneurship Development Institute and upgraded an traffic system. The Jammu campus of EDI will be constructed at the Bari Brahmna Industrial Estate (BBIE) here. To be built over a cost of Rs 82.89 crore, the campus would be completed in four years and have facilities like incubation centres, hostels and libraries for budding entrepreneurs
1,104 licences suspended for traffic violation
Shimla: To check road accidents, the traffic regulator has suspended 1,104 driving licences of traffic rules violators, while the PWD has rectified over 200 accident-prone “black spots”. The PWD has decided to conduct audit of road safety and all road projects, whose cost exceeds Rs 10 crore, must provide 0.25 per cent funds for the road safely measures.
Modi to lay stone of CUHP campus at Dehra in August
Kangra: Clearing the decks for setting up of the part of Central University at Dehra the district revenue authorities are scheduled to demarcate 3,500 kanals land transferred to the Central University of Himachal Pradesh (CUHP) on July 10, 2017. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of the university next month.
Tejashwi Yadav will not resign, says RJD
Bihar's ruling RJD on Monday said that party leader and Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav will not resign and accused the BJP of conspiring to destabilise the state's ruling Grand Alliance
Delhi govt to put all info online to ensure transparency: CM
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said the Delhi government would put all relevant information online to ensure transparency in its functioning. Launching e-RTI portal at the Delhi Secretariat here, Kejriwal said the government also plans to upload all RTI replies on the portal to ensure there was no repetition of applications
Another ambulance denial incident shocked UP
Banda, Uttar Pradesh: A family in Banda district in Uttar Pradesh was forced to carry the body of their relative on a rickshaw for postmortem after health officials allegedly refused to provide an ambulance, in yet another incident of apathy to the poor.
'Unfortunate for mother to move court to seek relief from son'
It's unfortunate that a widow had to knock the doors of the court against her son and daughter- in-law, a city court said while dismissing a man's plea opposing the payment of monthly maintenance to his mother
SC allows counselling and admissions to IITs
The Supreme Court today allowed the counselling and admission into Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) across the country on the basis of the results of the IIT-JEE (Advance) 2017 results by vacating its stay on it
Police arrests five militants in Manipur
Five militants including a woman belonging to different separatist outfits were arrested from various places in the Imphal valley, a senior police officer said today. A police team along with women personnel arrested "an active member" of the proscribed outfit United National Liberation Front (UNLF) from her residence at Warukok Awang Leikai in Thoubal district on Saturday, the officer said