. A major fire broke out in an electric transformer spread to multiple residential buildings in east Delhi’s Laxmi Nagar area in the early hours of Saturday. . A major fire broke out in an electric transformer spread to multiple residential buildings in east Delhi’s Laxmi Nagar area in the early hours of Saturday. ….
Navi Mumbai: The general assembly of Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) approved the implementation of an amnesty scheme to recover long-pending water tax dues and encourage citizens to clear their outstanding bills. According to the decision taken in the meeting, the city currently has water tax arrears of around Rs 64 crore. Of this total,…
Bengaluru: Children across all schools will now be required to spend 10 minutes each morning reading newspapers during the assembly, following a directive issued by the department of school education and literacy.In Dec, Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights had written to the school education department proposing the initiative. The additional chief secretary…
Chennai: Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) plans to expand composting infrastructure to strengthen solid waste management across the city. A 1,000-tonne windrow compost plant will be set up on 20acres of biomined land at Perungudi dump yard under a public-private partnership model.In north Chennai, two additional composting plants, each with a capacity of 50 tonnes a…
Hyderabad: Residents of Telangana can now take charge of their participation in Census 2027, as self-enumeration for the national exercise begins on Sunday, April 26. This marks a notable shift towards a digital approach to household data collection and will be the first Census conducted since the formation of Telangana in 2014.Announcing the rollout on…
Gurgaon: Two unidentified bikers allegedly snatched an iPhone 16 mobile phone from a 25-year-old man travelling in an auto near a wine shop in Sector 44 on April 20.Abhishek Shukla, a resident of DLF Park Place in Phase 5, told police that the incident took place around 10.25pm while he was returning home from a…
Kolkata: Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday responded to CM Mamata Banerjee‘s threat to drag him to court for his “ulta latka denge (will hang upside down)” comments at public rallies, saying that a BJP victory in Bengal will put an end to the “fear of goons” after May 4.After the poll “success”, Shah…
Bicholim: The ‘kalas’ of Shree Devi Lairai returned to the temple at Shirgao after the four days of ‘kaulotsav’, marking the conclusion of the jatra on Saturday night.The five-day jatra this year was held with several safety measures in place to avoid any untoward incident similar to the last year’s stampede that killed six people.Temple…
Varanasi: At least five people, including a couple and their son returning after their daughter’s wedding in Ranchi, were killed in a road accident in Mau, while three persons died and five sustained injuries in a separate accident in Sonbhadra on Saturday.Mau ASP Anup Kumar said around 2.30 am, a speeding SUV veered off its…
Gandhinagar: More than 95% of the state’s voters will exercise their franchise in the local body elections on Sunday, a poll that will gauge the mood of voters in Gujarat before the next general election less than two years from now. While the BJP holds a stranglehold over the civic bodies going to polls, opposition…
