New Delhi: Chief minister Rekha Gupta on Friday announced a series of welfare measures for construction workers, including the deployment of mobile health vans at labour chowks and construction sites across the capital.The announcements were made at a labour welfare event organised by Sant Nirankari Mandal in Dhirpur. The package also includes financial assistance for…
Mumbai: Shock and anxiety gripped restaurants as well as roadside eateries in Mumbai on Friday as the Central govt effected the single highest hike of nearly Rs 1,000 in commercial LPG prices. Industry experts say petrol and diesel could be next in line. A 19 kg gas cylinder which earlier sold for Rs 2,031 now…
Bengaluru: What was initially feared to be a fallout of searing summer heat has taken a more serious turn, with laboratory reports confirming that the deaths of 44 peacocks in Tumakuru were caused by H5N1 strain of avian influenza. The deaths were reported between April 16 and April 24 in Bommanahalli and Machenahalli villages of…
Chennai: Affan Shehroz Umer, from Alwin Memorial Public School in Tambaram, is one among the one lakh-plus students who has been preparing for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) exam scheduled for Sunday. Having studied for the past two years, he exuded confidence of scoring more than 600 marks in the test and securing a seat…
Hyderabad: A 51-year-old private employee from KPHB Colony fell victim to an online forex trading scam, losing over 1 crore. Following his complaint, the Cyberabad cybercrime police registered a case on Thursday. The victim, who lives in KPHB IX Phase, alleged in his complaint that, on March 9, he received a message on the Telegram…
A police escort vehicle assigned to former Punjab cabinet minister and All-India Anti-Terrorist Front (AIATF) chairperson Maninderjeet Singh Bitta was rammed by a car allegedly driven by a drunk man in the city on April 29 — and as his cavalcade crossed into Delhi later that night, a second incident occurred near Mahipalpur, where a…
While other children moved behind the bus to cross the road, the girl walked in front of the vehicle Noida: A 7-year-old schoolgirl died after she was allegedly run over by her school bus in Greater Noida on Thursday. The child had just deboarded the bus at Roshanpur in Dankaur and was crossing the road…
Jamshedpur players try to stop FC Goa’s Muhammed Nemil on Friday Panaji: Manolo Marquez was left fuming after Jamshedpur FC defender Pratik Chaudhari was only shown the yellow card, despite, in the eyes of the FC Goa coach, denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity to Muhammed Nemil early in the first half.“It’s a very clear red…
Ahmedabad: The porter’s number tag became a blockbuster badge of honour after adorning Amitabh Bachchan in superhit movies, but a recent Gujarat high court ruling has affirmed that the ‘coolie’ badge must follow the prosaic script of railway rules.The term ‘coolie’, though still in neutral use in India, has been flagged as offensive by both…
Ludhiana: Two masked assailants fired upon a popular eatery in Khanna early on Friday. Police believe an international syndicate led by a former agent of slain singer Sidhu Moosewala is behind this intimidation tactic to extort ₹50 lakh. The shooting occurred at Prem Dhaba around 6.45 am, moments before the business opened for the day….
