New Delhi: Souvenir shops offering curated merchandise inspired by India’s heritage have opened at five major monuments in the city, marking the first phase of a larger rollout across 55 sites nationwide under a public-private partnership (PPP) model.The stores, launched last week at Qutub Minar, Red Fort, Purana Qila, Safdarjung Tomb and Jantar Mantar, are…
Mumbai: In a shocking incident, a 39-year-old man was beaten to death with a bamboo stick on suspicion of mobile phone theft near Mahim Causeway on Sunday morning.Mahim police have arrested Naresh Singh a native of Samastipur in Bihar on the charges of murder.The deceased has been identified as Mohammed Jayabul Shah alias Anil (39),…
Bengaluru: The high court passed an interim order directing authorities to not enforce the revised Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) regulations against National Solar Energy Federation of India and others, including wind energy producers.Under CERC’s new Deviation Settlement Mechanism (DSM) regime, which came into effect from April 1, stakeholders are required to declare in advance…
Chennai: A five-year-old boy searching for his mother died after falling into a farm well in Chengalpet district on Tuesday morning.Yuvaraj, whose father was at work and mother was grazing goats in the fields nearby, had gone out to play with children as school was closed for summer vacation. After his friends returned home, the…
Hyderabad: The Central Crime Station (CCS) police have arrested M Srinivasulu, chief of projects at Transaction Analysts (India) Private Limited, for allegedly withholding govt data and attempting to divert it to a private application.The Electronic Service Delivery (ESD) wing of the IT & communications department filed a complaint against the company, its managing director and…
This is an AI image used for representation Gurgaon: In a bid to improve power supply during the summer months, DHBVN has added 24 new feeders to its distribution network in the city between Jan and April. With this, the total number of feeders has increased from 504 to 528.Officials said the move is aimed…
Kolkata: Of 4,200 residents of Sonagachhi, Asia’s largest red-light district, 1,300 were deleted from the poll roll, bolstering the argument that a large number of socially and economically deprived women failed to make the SIR cut.During judicial adjudication, cases for 850 women from Sonagachhi were heard. All but one were rejected. The deletions occurred despite…
Activists alleged Satyam Verma was arrested because he is a critic of govt policies Noida: Various civil rights organisations and trade unions have come forward to express solidarity with labour activists facing police action in Noida over the April 13 protest in the city seeking a hike in minimum wages.The protest turned violent, leading to…
Panaji: GFP chief and Fatorda legislator Vijai Sardesai, on Tuesday said, “Goa is completely ‘Ram bharose’ (at God’s mercy).”“There’s no vision, no policy, no roadmap. Govt is busy issuing taxi permits and rent-a-cab permissions, and creating chaos where locals and outsiders are forced to fight while tourism collapses,” he said.While those depending on tourism have…
Gorakhpur: In a courageous act, an 18-year-old girl chased and briefly overpowered a youth, who snatched gold jewellery from her family’s shop in Gola area on Monday evening. The entire incident was captured on CCTV.According to police, two youths entered the shop posing as customers and asked to see jewellery. When shown gold earrings, one…
