The Akhil Sarvajanik Utsav Samiti has urged the government not to ban plaster of Paris idols outright, rather to insist on the use of eco-friendly paints for the idols Mumbai: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday held a stakeholders’ meeting to consider PM Narendra Modi’s appeal to use clay idols during the Ganesh festival.Hitesh Jadhav,…
Karnataka’s chief minister (L) urged Tamil Nadu’s counterpart (R) to postpone a planned visit BENGALURU: Amid escalating tensions over the Cauvery water-sharing dispute, Tamil Nadu CM C Joseph Vijay’s proposed visit to Bengaluru Monday to iron out differences is likely to be deferred.Karnataka chief minister DK Shivakumar Friday urged his counterpart to reconsider the trip,…
Chennai: Aptus Value Housing Finance on Friday reported a 19% growth in net profit at Rs 261 crore in the quarter ended June 30, 2026, against Rs 219 crore in the corresponding quarter last year. Its net income margin grew by 19% to Rs 441 crore in Q1 FY27 from Rs 370 crore during the…
Hyderabad: Fear of losing a breast, social stigma, misconceptions about cancer and poor awareness continue to prevent many Indian women from undergoing breast cancer screenings despite a national screening programme being in place for nearly a decade, a pilot study by Hyderabad-based Ushalakshmi Breast Cancer Foundation has found.Presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology…
Muskan Balhara, wife of international kabaddi player Sheelu Balhara, allegedly died by suicide (Image Credit:X) ROHTAK: Muskan Balhara, wife of international kabaddi player Sheelu Balhara, allegedly died by suicide at her residence in Bahu Akbarpur village of Rohtak district on Friday evening.Rohtak SP Gaurav Rajpurohit said an investigation is underway and family members’ statements are…
Hamim Mondal’s ancestral village in Monteswar Monteswar: Hamim Mondal’s ancestral village in Monteswar, barely an hour’s drive from where he was arrested, learnt that the 24-year-old was a suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) operative at 10 am on Friday. The family has been in the rice trade for several generations.Speaking to reporters in Dirghanagar village, Mondal’s elderly…
Jamshedpur’s senior team is currently participating in the Durand Cup Panaji: Nine years after successfully bidding for Jamshedpur to have its own franchise in the Indian Super League (ISL), Tata Steel has withdrawn its team, Jamshedpur FC, from the top tier football league.The steel giants won the bid with Jamshedpur in 2017. Since then, the…
Rain red alert in Ahmedabad Ahmedabad: Amdavadis were bracing for a repeat of the July 23 deluge on Friday, with a red alert issued by India Meteorological Department (IMD), but the relieved city recorded only 45mm of rain till 10pm.Several city areas experienced moderate to heavy rain at night.IMD on Friday reiterated its red alert…
Mohali: Police arrested a 30-year-old man after an incident of alleged cruelty and sexual abuse of a cow was reported in Baltana in the early hours of Friday. Acting on a complaint by local resident Ravinder Kumar, police apprehended the accused, identified as Shiv Ram, a native of Gonda district in Uttar Pradesh currently residing…
State chief information commissioner Rahul Pande Pune: State chief information commissioner (CIC) Rahul Pande has directed the public works department (PWD) to overhaul disclosure of project details on its web portal, after finding out that two near-identical orders regarding updating the website issued by earlier chiefs in 2015 and 2022 had been ignored.Pande passed the…
