Ascendas India Trust (a-iTrust) will acquire 1.65 million sq. ft area at an IT park in Bengaluru for an estimated deal value of ₹1,441 crore, according to a statement.Ascendas Property Fund Trustee Pte. Ltd., the Trustee-Manager of a-iTrust, has entered into a forward purchase agreement with Gardencity Realty Pvt. Ltd. to acquire two buildings in an IT Park with a total net leasable area of up to 1.65 million sq. ft located at Hebbal, Bengaluru. a-iTrust will provide funding for the development of the project as part of the arrangement, the company said in a statement.It will subsequently acquire a…
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Campaigning for the DMK candidate for Anna Nagar M.K. Mohan, he said though Narendra Modi was heading a BJP government, the actual control was in hands of the RSS Alleging that the AIADMK government in Tamil Nadu is a “slave government” of the BJP government at the Centre, CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Prakash Karat on Monday warned that any vote for the AIADMK in the Assembly elections will be a vote for the BJP and the RSS.Campaigning for the DMK candidate for Anna Nagar M.K. Mohan, he said though Prime Minister Narendra Modi was heading a BJP government, the actual…
The protest came shortly before the start of opening arguments in Chauvin’s murder and manslaughter trial. Relatives and lawyers for the family of George Floyd knelt in protest on Monday outside the courthouse where the trial is being held for the white police officer accused of killing the 46-year-old Black man.They took a knee for eight minutes and 46 seconds, the amount of time police officer Derek Chauvin was seen on video kneeling on Floyd’s neck.Also read: George Floyd killing | Minneapolis to pay $27 million to settle lawsuitThe protest came shortly before the start of opening arguments in Chauvin’s…
Sajad Lone says Article 370 can be reinstated only by engaging with the people of Indian and clearing the misunderstandings about the residents of the valley. The Sajad Lone-led Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conference received a shot in the arm as three former legislators from the National Congress (NC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) joined the party in Srinagar on Monday.Former minister Syed Basharat Bukhari, who recently left the National Conference; former MLA Peer Mansoor, who was associated with the Peoples Democratic Party since its formation; and former MLC Khurshid Aalam, who had joined the PDP after retiring from…
“There is no unanimity among the BJP leaders on the number of seats they are expected to win as they want to mislead people and hide their failure,” says Assam Congress chief Ripun Bora Launching a scathing attack on the BJP, Assam Congress chief Ripun Bora on March 29 questioned the need for the saffron party to spend crores of rupees on a newspaper advertisement if it’s confident of winning all the Assembly seats in Upper Assam that went to polls in the first phase on March 27.The Congress has lodged an FIR against Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, BJP chief…
During his visit, Mr. Jaishankar is also expected to meet leaders of other participating countries on the sidelines of the conference. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar arrived in Tajikistan’s capital on Monday to attend a key conference on Afghanistan, where representatives from around 50 countries and international organisations would discuss building regional consensus around the peace process in the war-torn country.“Touchdown in Dushanbe. Look forward to my bilateral visit and attending the Heart of Asia Conference tomorrow,” Mr. Jaishankar tweeted.The 9th Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process (HoA-IP) Ministerial conference is part of the Istanbul Process – a regional initiative on security…
H&M, Nike, Adidas and other brands are caught in a conflict over Xinjiang after Western governments imposed sanctions on officials accused of abuses. China stepped up pressure on Monday on foreign shoe and clothing brands to reject reports of abuses in Xinjiang, telling companies that are targeted by Beijing for boycotts to look more closely and pointing to a statement by one that it found no forced labour. H&M, Nike, Adidas and other brands are caught in a conflict over Xinjiang after Western governments imposed sanctions on officials accused of abuses. State media called for a boycott of H&M for…
‘Pleased with the active interactions’ between Delhi and Islamabad, says Beijing. China on Monday said it was ‘pleased’ with “recent positive interactions” between India and Pakistan and was ‘ready to work with Pakistan to inject positive energy’ into promoting regional peace in South Asia.The comments from Beijing came in response to Pakistan President Arif Alvi last week describing China as the country’s ‘closest’ friend, and in the wake of recent developments on the India-Pakistan front following the ceasefire agreement.“China cherishes its all-weather strategic partnership of cooperation with Pakistan,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said. “We are ready to take the…
China on Monday donated 8,00,000 doses of anti-COVID-19 vaccines to Nepal. The Indian Army has gifted one lakh doses of India-made anti-COVID-19 vaccines to the Nepal Army as part of the efforts of the militaries of the two neighbours to enhance bilateral cooperation.The vaccines were handed over by the Indian Army officials to their counterparts from the Nepal Army at the Tribhuvan International Airport on Sunday, the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu tweeted.”1,00,000 doses of #MadeInIndia COVID-19 vaccine gifted by Indian Army to the Nepali Army were received at Tribhuvan Airport,” the mission tweeted.India has previously gifted one million doses of…
In an Instagram post, he said that two reprimands were technically enough to be sent to a punishment cell and that a prison tribunal considers such cases. Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said on Monday he could be locked up in solitary confinement in a punishment cell after being accused of numerous minor infractions.Mr. Navalny, one of President Vladimir Putin’s most prominent critics, said he had been given six reprimands in the space of two weeks at Russia’s IK-2 corrective penal colony 100 km (60 miles) east of Moscow.In an Instagram post, he said that two reprimands were technically enough…