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Bengaluru: Snabbit, India’s fastest-growing quick home services platform, today announced a $56 million Series D round co-led by Bertelsmann India Investments, which is doubling down on its investment in the company, along with Susquehanna Venture Capital and Mirae Asset Venture Investments’ Unicorn Growth Fund. Existing investors Nexus Venture Partners and Lightspeed also participated, alongside new investor FJ Labs Inc., a leading global marketplace investor. Coming just six months after its Series C, this fundraise…

Mumbai - Westland Books recently marked the Mumbai launch of Love, Sex and India: An Agents of Ishq Anthology, edited by Paromita Vohra, with an evening at Title Waves Bookstore in Bandra. The event brought together a room full of readers, contributors, and longtime followers of Agents of Ishq for a warm, wide-ranging celebration of the book. The evening's centrepiece was a conversation between Paromita Vohra and actor Richa Chadha, who has long been an outspoken voice on questions of gender, cinema,…

Pune: The Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India (CREDAI) Pune successfully hosted its annual Construction Safety Awards at the Sheraton Grand hotel on Monday, 27th April, 2026 . The event was graced by Chief Guest, Hon’ble Shri Adv. Akash Pandurang Fundkar, Minister of Labour, Government of Maharashtra; Guests of Honour, Shri Devendra P. Pothphode, Chief Fire Officer (PDRF & Fire), PMRDA, and Shri Bharat Jaisinghani, Joint Managing Director, Polycab India Ltd. The Construction Safety Awards,…

New Delhi : Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi arrived in Sikkim yesterday on a two-day visit to participate in the closing ceremony of the State’s 50 years of statehood celebrations and other official engagements, scheduled to be held at Paljor Stadium on 28 April. Upon his arrival in Deorali from Libing Helipad, the area was marked by colour and energy as a large, jubilant crowd gathered to extend a warm and heartfelt welcome. The air was filled with excitement, with people lining the route, waving and cheering, creating…

India’s industrial activity recorded a year-on-year growth of 4.1% in March 2026 (provisional), as measured by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP). The expansion was primarily supported by sustained performance in the manufacturing sector (4.3%) and mining (5.5%), while electricity generation registered modest growth of 0.8%. The overall IIP index rose to 173.2 in March 2026, compared to 166.3 in March 2025, reflecting continued industrial momentum despite a slight moderation from February’s 5.2% growth. “The…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reached his parliamentary constituency, Varanasi, this evening. He will participate in Mahila Sammelan and inaugurate various development projects worth around 6,350 crore rupees in Varanasi. Women from various walks of life, including doctors, social workers and homemakers, are attending the Mahila Sammelan being organised at the Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW) ground in Varanasi. The event is being planned as a women-led programme, with party workers from the women’s wing handling all…

A close aide of gangster Dawood Ibrahim and notorious drug trafficker Mohammad Salim Dola was brought to India early this morning. Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that Narcotics Control Bureau has made a breakthrough in securing the return of Salim Dola from Türkiye. He said, the arrest of Salim Dola reflects the Narendra Modi government’s firm resolve to bring all narcotics fugitives and members of organised crime syndicates to justice. In a social media post, Mr Shah said that under the Modi government’s mission…