The civic body was constituted as the Surat Municipal Corporation on Oct 1, 1966, Surat: As the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) marks its 60th anniversary on Thursday, the civic body has set its sights on transforming Surat into a world-class city by 2047, building on decades of rapid growth and resilience through successive challenges.The civic…
Dhubri: Police have arrested a 51-year-old lodge owner in connection with an alleged hawala network and are probing his suspected links with Bangladesh and communications with a hawala operator arrested in the case.The accused has been identified as Sahad Ali Sk, a resident of Netaji Subhash Road in Dhubri town and owner of Afrin Lodge.Police…
Lucknow: LMC is among six urban local bodies in Uttar Pradesh selected under Centre’s ‘PRAGATI 50’ initiative for focused monitoring and improvement of sanitation and urban services.The other selected urban local bodies are Agra, Ayodhya, Mathura-Vrindavan, Prayagraj and Varanasi.The initiative, launched under Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0, was discussed at a video conference chaired by Union…
Udaipur: Police arrested two men in Dungarpur and recovered counterfeit Rs 500 notes with a face value of Rs 4,95,500, a laptop and a colour printer, SP Manish Kumar said. A third accused fled.Police raided Mada School ground in Ramsagada police station area after receiving information about counterfeit currency transactions inside a car. Ramsagada SHO…
NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday issued an apology after an ambulance was halted to make way for his convoy in Silchar.In a social media post on X, Sarma said that no CM should ever take precedence over a life in need of a urgent care.“Today in Silchar, an ambulance was…
An Iowa developer has bought the 58-acre Valley West Mall site for $11 million (£8.2 million). The company is now starting a major redevelopment project, but it must first deal with complex lease agreements and get support from the city. Brian Martin, president and chief executive officer of Threshold Capital and Threshold Development, completed the…
While filing his return for AY 2022-23, he mistakenly treated Rs 25.42 lakh in interest from the bonds as taxable income. (Image for representative purpose only) What if you end up paying taxes on a tax-free income? Will you be refunded? In one such case a senior citizen man erroneously ended up paying tax on…
The wait is over for fans of Rajinikanth’s Jailer 2, as the much-awaited fourth single ‘Bindaas’ is now out. The high-energy track brings together Nora Fatehi’s dance performance and Anirudh Ravichander’s peppy music, adding another celebratory number to the Nelson Dilipkumar directorial. The song has already become a talking point among fans, who have been…
Image: Pennsylvania Game Commission Website Beside the Schuylkill River in Pennsylvania, a major clean-up is being prepared to turn old mining waste into living river habitat. The Pennsylvania Game Commission has reported plans to remove about 247,000 cubic yards of coal silt from State Game Land 286 and to restore a floodplain there. Around 19…
General:Luck seems to remember your address today. Mercury stays alert, and Jupiter adds a kind push from behind, so things can work out better than expected, especially where money and family pride are concerned.The day is mostly good, though your thoughts may flutter like birds before rain. Too many what-ifs. Too much replaying. Even while…
