BMC hopes to begin construction next month Mumbai: BMC plans to integrate the city’s first seawater desalination plant at Manori with Mumbai’s existing water distribution network through a 7.2km underground tunnel to Charkop and further to Mahavir Nagar in Kandivli.A proposal seeking approval to award the contract at Rs 2,241.3 crore to Afcons Infrastructure Ltd…
Techie J Kenneth, 25, was arrested last month with his live-in partner Shwetha following the deaths of her parents and sister in a brutal triple murder Bengaluru: When Bengaluru police questioned 25-year-old techie J Kenneth for several hours, investigators found him unusually composed despite being accused in one of the city’s most gruesome triple murders.Kenneth…
Chennai: Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) is targeting to raise $1 billion under Foreign Currency Non-Resident (Bank) (FCNR (B)) deposits and Overseas Foreign Currency Borrowings (OFCBs). Of this, $650 million would be sourced through FCNR (B) deposits by Sept 2026. The public sector lender is betting on its overseas branches and NRI customers base.IOB MD and…
Skyroot raises bar, sets sight on commercial flights from next year The unprecedented success of Vikram-1 on its maiden flight is yet to sink in for Skyroot Aerospace and its founders, Pawan Kumar Chandana and Naga Bharath Daka, but the company is not pausing to bask in the glory. In an exclusive interview with Swati…
Gurgaon: A 22-year-old delivery executive died after his scooter was hit by a speeding water tanker inside DLF Alameda Society in Sector 73.The victim, Damodar, was a native of Sambhal district in Uttar Pradesh. According to a complaint filed by his father, Ramveer, Damodar came to Gurgaon just a week ago for work and joined…
Rain in Kolkata on Monday A waterlogged street in north Kolkata Rain in Kolkata on Monday A waterlogged street in north Kolkata Rain in Kolkata on Monday Kolkata: The city received a few spells of rain for most part of Monday, but the rainfall pattern was marked by a massive north-south divide. While Dum Dum…
Ahmedabad: A consumer commission in Ahmedabad ordered an insurance company to reimburse expenses for ayurveda treatment after firm refused to pay for treatment other than allopathy.A woman from Chandlodiya underwent ayurvedic treatment as an inpatient for internal haemorrhoids in Feb 2022 from a private ayurveda hospital. She incurred an expenditure of Rs 15,800. As she…
Mohali: The Mohali Congress Monday staged a protest at Jawahar Nagar to express solidarity with Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring and leader of opposition Partap Singh Bajwa, while alleging a deterioration in law and order and civic services in the city.The demonstration was led by former minister Balbir Singh Sidhu and former mayor…
Pune: Consumer activists have questioned MahaRERA’s commitment to transparency after its online dashboard tracking recovery warrants against defaulting developers remained frozen for nearly six months, despite the regulator continuing to issue fresh orders during the period.The “Recovery Warrants District Wise” section on the MahaRERA website was last updated on Jan 20. While individual recovery warrant…
Itanagar: Thousands of people, mostly youths, on Monday took out a protest march here against the wrongful detention of activist Sonam Wangchuk and demanding accountability over alleged examination paper leak scams.The rally, organised under the banner ‘Youth for Change’, began at Akashdeep and concluded at IG Park. Participants carried placards, raised slogans and expressed solidarity…
