Get clearances in a week, Capt tells NRI investors

Get clearances in a week, Capt tells NRI investors

Chandigarh : Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has welcomed NRIs to invest in the state, assuring them of his government’s full support in ensuring a hassle-free business environment with all necessary clearances within a week of application. He said this during the London launch of his authorised biography titled “The People’s Maharaja”. During an interactive session […]

State to press arhtiyas to cap interest rate at 16%

State to press arhtiyas to cap interest rate at 16%

Chandigarh : The state government plans to press private moneylenders, mainly arhtiyas (commission agents), to limit the rate of interest they can charge from farmers seeking crop loans at around 16 per cent. As of now, the rate of interest charged by these arhtiyas is 18 per cent. Recent studies have shown that over 20 […]

No ‘sexual assault’ on Gurugram schoolboy

No ‘sexual assault’ on Gurugram schoolboy

Gurugram : The seven-year-old boy, found murdered in his school, was not sexually assaulted and he died of excessive bleeding, the doctor who conducted the post-mortem said today. Dr Deepak Mathur said there were two cuts on the boy’s body and a nerve was slashed, due to which he could not cry out for help when […]