Chennai: State finance minister Marie Wilson said on Wednesday that the previous DMK govt made an unrealistic projection of state’s own tax revenue (SOTR) in the interim budget presented by then finance minister Thangam Thennarasu in Feb this year. Thangam Thennarasu responded that they were ‘ambitious estimates’, not unrealistic projections.In his reply to the debate…
Hyderabad: Hyderabad: Taking a serious note of HYDRAA demolishing a compound wall belonging to Vani Cooperative Housing Society near RK Puram, without any instructions from the Medchal-Malkajgiri collector and without following due process, Telangana high court on Wednesday said that the agency acted in violation of court orders in the matter and issued a suo…
Only those projects which have been registered with the authority on or before July 31, 2026, will get the extension Gurgaon: Haryana Real Estate Regulatory Authority (HRera), Gurgaon, has granted an automatic four-month extension to the completion timelines of eligible real estate projects because of disruptions in supply of construction material arising from the West…
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed the cancellation of all the other backward classes (OBC) A and B certificates issued after 2010.The division bench of Justice Rajasekhar Mantha and Justice Anuj Singh gave the order after the state removed OBC B by a notification on May 18. They had also withdrawn from the…
Noida: A 17-year-old boy undergoing treatment at a de-addiction centre in Sector 108 allegedly died by suicide on Tuesday evening. The teenager was found hanging in a bathroom at the centre. He was rushed to a hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival.According to police, the teenager had been getting treatment for a smack…
Kavalekar, who belongs to the Dhangar community and lost Quepem to Congress’s Altone D’Costa in the 2022 polls, said he was confident BJP would consider his years of service to the party and society while deciding his political future Margao: With Quepem likely to be reserved for Scheduled Tribes (STs) ahead of the 2027 assembly…
The site where the safari park will come up Ahmedabad: A desert-themed drive-through night safari and zoological park at Deesa in Banaskantha district has received the Central Zoo Authority (CZA)’s approval, paving the way for the ambitious Rs 542.1 crore wildlife tourism and conservation project.The proposed Deesa Desert Zoological Park and Night Safari, to be…
A section of the main road collapses following heavy rainfall, in the Lower Vikas Nagar area of Shimla Shimla: More than 200 roads remained blocked across Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday, even as flash floods in Chamba and Lahaul-Spiti damaged agricultural fields and disrupted connectivity.On Tuesday, a flash flood in the Munshi Nallah and Chapaur Nallah…
An abstract illustration of a share-trading con Pune: Online fraudsters lured a retired medical researcher (78) by promising him handsome returns in share-trading and duped him of Rs 96.5 lakh between June 28 and Aug 3.The retired researcher, who headed several key medical organisations of the Indian govt and an international public health organisation, is…
Guwahati: As floods disrupt water supplies and contaminate local sources, access to safe drinking water has become a critical challenge in Assam’s flood-ravaged areas. To address the urgent need, CSIR–National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI), Nagpur, has introduced NEERI-ZAR Instant Water Filters in flood-affected areas of Jorhat district.Developed for emergencies, NEERI-ZAR can provide potable water…
