New Delhi: AAP Monday announced that its MLAs and functionaries would start an indefinite fast on Oct 15 at the party’s headquarters against alleged irregularities during Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and the party would continue to demand the resignation of chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.Meanwhile, Delhi Police detained AAP’s Rajya Sabha member,…
Mumbai: Criticising Rahul Gandhi on the decision to march to the Supreme Court, CM Devendra Fadnavis termed the move as “unconstitutional.”Speaking to the media in Mumbai and Nagpur on Monday, Fadnavis said instead of marching to meet the Chief Justice of India, Rahul should approach the court to address grievances.“The Constitution was authored by Bharat…
Accused Basavaraj Kannale Bengaluru: Karnataka high court has granted six-day interim bail to self-styled political activist Basavaraj Kannale, a prime accused in the high-profile Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) veterinary officer recruitment scam.Justice Vishwajith Shetty ruled Monday that Kannale be released on interim bail from Oct 15 to Oct 20, explicitly to allow him to…
Hyderabad: In a chilling case of murder for gain, a housemaid and her husband were arrested for allegedly strangling a 66-year-old woman to death at her residence in Kamareddy and robbing her of gold jewellery weighing about eight tolas.Kamareddy town police arrested Bose Rajitha (40) and her husband Bose Narsing (48), residents of Bathukamma Kunta…
Traffic jam at Gariahat. photo by Debobrata Shome. Kolkata: Office-goers heading home on Monday evening found themselves caught in a traffic mess as shoppers and early pandal-hoppers hit Kolkata’s streets on Dwitiya, giving the city a taste of the festive rush well before the actual puja days.A combination of reasons — office-goers leaving early, school…
Panaji: The state coordination committee for turtle conservation met to review the standard operating procedures for sea turtle protection by Supreme Court. The panel decided to intensify night patrolling along turtle-nesting sites between Oct and May.Goa has four notified Olive Ridley nesting beaches – Morjim, Mandrem, Agonda and Galgibag, with Morjim and Galgibag declared turtle…
Varanasi: Police arrested a person, Sahab Ram (43), after an exchange of fire near Pasipur culvert under Kaptanganj police station early Monday for duping women of their jewellery on the pretext of providing benefits under govt schemes.CO (Budhanpur) Vijay Kumar Singh said acting on a tip-off, Kaptanganj station in-charge Pradeep Kumar and his team were…
Ahmedabad: A Unesco team told AMC that the safety of the city’s heritage crown depended on the redesign of the facade of the Danapith fire-station-cum-multilevel-parking facility, among other factors. The civic body has heeded Unesco’s suggestion.A proposal to modify the facade will be tabled in the Roads and Buildings Committee meeting on Oct 21. The…
Mohali: The Special Intensive Revision (SIR)-2026 of electoral rolls in Mohali district has concluded with the final voter list containing 7,47,569 electors, down by 1,06,854 from the initial figure of 8,54,423.The final electoral rolls, released on Oct 12, also show an addition of 46,850 voters over the draft rolls published on Aug 13. However, despite…
Pune: A once-weekly water cut will begin in the PMC areas from Thursday as authorities move to protect dam reserves and brace for a potentially severe summer water shortage. The four dams in the Khadakwasla circle held 26 TMC (89%) of water on Monday as compared with 29 TMC (99%) at the same time last…
