Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 29 (ANI/NewsVoir): HUL's Pureit announced the launch of its new range - Pureit Vital Series, a new range of RO + UV + Minerals based water purifiers with FiltraPower Technology, which is proven to remove toxic substances like industrial chemicals, pesticides, pathogens, and provide safe drinking water.

New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): Soon after the government announced the reduction in windfall tax on crude oil, the share prices of major oil companies have gone up.

New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): The central government on Wednesday cut the windfall tax on crude oil to Rs 17,000 per tonne from earlier Rs 23,250 per tonne. This move comes amid the latest decline in global crude oil prices.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 19 (ANI/PNN): Mumbai-based Mitsu Chem Plast Ltd has filed the draft red herring prospectus for proposed further public offering ("FPO") with SEBI. The Further Public Offering of equity shares (to be finalised at the time of allotment) of Rs. 10 each for cash at a price to be decided at the time of issue at a premium aggregating up to 12,500 lakhs is proposed to be brought for repayment/pre-payment, in full or part, of certain borrowings availed by Company, funding working capital requirements and general corporate purposes. The book running lead manager to the said FPO is IDBI Capital Markets and Securities Ltd.

Patiala (Punjab) [India], July 14 (ANI): Patiala district court on Thursday sentenced Singer Daler Mehndi to two years of imprisonment in a 2003 human trafficking case.

New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): The reduction in excise duty on petrol and diesel by the Central government coupled with the delayed arrival of the monsoon has led to robust demand for fuels in the month of June.

New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): The Centre has imposed a special additional excise duty to the tune of Rs 6 per litre on petrol and Rs 13 per litre on diesel on exports, a move that could help meet the country's energy demand.

Thiruvananthapuram Apr 20 PTI The revised rates for bus auto-rickshaw and taxi fares would come into effect from May 1 in Kerala According to a state cabinet decision on Wednesday the minimum fares for ordinary bus services including city town city-circular and city-shuttle would be Rs 10 from the earlier Rs 8 Besides that minimum bus fares of city fast services would be hiked from Rs 10 to Rs 12 for fast passenger and limited stop fast passenger the minimum rates would be increased from Rs 14 to Rs 15 and for superfast from Rs 20 to Rs 22 the cabinet decided Express super express super air express super deluxe semi sleeper bus services luxury high-tech and air conditioned AC bus services single axle services multi-axle services and existing low-floor AC bus services will not see any increase in fares it said The minimum fare of low floor non-AC bus services would be reduced to Rs 10 from the existing Rs 13 and that of AC sleeper services has been fixed at Rs 130 The cabinet also decided to appoint a commission to look into the issue of hiking the student fares The cabinet decision also said the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation KSRTC would be authorised to issue season tickets for a period of one month or more with discounts of up to 30 per cent of the general fare Besides bus services revised fares of auto-rickshaw taxi and quadricycles would also be in effect from May 1 the cabinet decision said The minimum auto-rickshaw fares from May 1 would be Rs 30 for 15 kilometres as against the existing rate of Rs 25 and thereafter Rs 15 would be charged for every subsequent km as against the existing Rs 12 per km it said Regarding taxi fares the cabinet decision said that for cabs with engine capacity of less than 1500 cc the minimum rate would be Rs 200 for the first 5 km as against the existing rate of Rs 175 and thereafter Rs 18 would be charged for every subsequent km as against the prevailing rate of Rs 15 per km For cabs with engine capacity of more than 1500 cc the minimum rate would be Rs 225 for the first 5 km as against the existing rate of Rs 200 and thereafter Rs 20 would be charged for every subsequent km as against the prevailing rate of Rs 17 per km it said The minimum fares of quadricycles would be Rs 35 for 15 km and thereafter Rs 15 for every subsequent km it said PTI HMP KH HDA HDA

New Delhi Apr 18 PTI The CBI has taken over the probe into the case of coins worth Rs 11 crore going missing from the vaults of the SBI branch in Mehandipur Balaji in Rajasthan officials said on Monday State Bank of India SBI had approached the Rajasthan High Court seeking a CBI probe into the matter as the missing amount was higher than Rs 3 crore the threshold for seeking a probe by the agency On the high courts directions the CBI has taken over the FIR earlier registered by the Rajasthan Police The matter came to light after the SBI branch decided to carry out counting of money after a preliminary enquiry indicated discrepancy in the cash reserve at the bank A Jaipiur-based private vendor was roped in to carry out the counting of coins worth over Rs 13 crore according to branch account books The counting revealed that over Rs 11 crore worth of coins were missing from the branch Only 3000 coin bags carrying about Rs 2 crore could be accounted for and were transferred to the RBIs coin holding branch It is also alleged that the employees of the private vendor who was doing the counting were threatened in the night on August 10 2021 at the guesthouse where they were staying and were asked to refrain from the counting the FIR has alleged PTI ABS SMN

Mumbai [India], January 15 (ANI): HDFC Bank said on Saturday its net profit for the third quarter of the current financial year rose to Rs 10,342.2 crore, posting an increase of 18.1 per cent over the corresponding quarter of last year.