Construction of bridge over Darotha river is underway under Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train project, in Valsad, Gujarat Ahmedabad: The chief project manager of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Project has moved Gujarat High Court, citing fears of a sharp escalation in the Rs 1.1-lakh crore bullet train project cost following enhanced land compensation ordered by the Land…
Chandigarh: Acting on complaints from residents and shopkeepers, the municipal corporation (MC) Saturday launched a special anti-encroachment drive in Industrial Area Phases I and II to reclaim public land from unauthorised occupation.During the operation, enforcement teams removed and impounded a large quantity of material illegally placed on MC land, including plastic chairs, tables, mattresses, wooden…
Pune: Civic officials on Saturday revealed that an occupancy certificate had been issued only for the ground floor of the three-storey administrative building that collapsed at the PCMC waste-to-energy plant in Moshi on Wednesday, raising questions about possible building-rule violations as rescue operations entered their fourth day.Officials of the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation building permission…
Dhubri: State cultural affairs department has initiated steps to conserve a 450-year-old bell metal chariot at Ramraikuti Satra in Dhubri district, following a memorandum submitted to CM Himanta Biswa Sarma by the Heritage Conservation Society of Assam.According to sources, the department has begun the process for scientific preservation of the historic chariot. A proposal to…
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh govt has linked 4.25 lakh families — around 34% of identified beneficiaries — with all welfare schemes they are eligible for under the ‘Zero Poverty’ campaign launched in 2024, officials said.Officials said the coverage is expected to rise by nearly 30% once targets under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana are achieved.Among districts,…
Rajkot: The State Monitoring Cell (SMC) seized 4.3kg of suspected ambergris from the limits of Vartej police station in Bhavnagar district and detained four persons.The seized contraband is valued at Rs 4.30 crore in the international market.Acting on a tip-off, a team led by SMC inspector R K Karamta raided a salt-pan area close near…
Jaipur: Rajasthan Police’s State Cyber Crime Branch Saturday arrested a Nagpur man for allegedly supplying bank accounts used by an interstate cyber fraud syndicate that duped a Jaipur-based doctor of Rs 3.81 crore through a fake forex trading and online investment scheme. The accused was brought to Jaipur on a transit warrant for questioning.Additional director…
File photo: PM Modi with New Zealand PM Luxon (Picture credit: PTI) India and New Zealand upgraded their relationship to a strategic partnership as they signed defence agreements to boost maritime cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, facilitate reciprocal logistics support between the Indian Navy and the New Zealand Defence Force and strengthen hydrographic collaboration.The 18 agreements…
.DHS asks US employers to fire foreign employees who lost Temporary Protected Status. The Department of Homeland Security told US employers to fire all those foreign workers who are now losing their ‘Temporary Protected Status’. The direction came as the Supreme Court recently upheld the Donald Trump administration’s authority to end the TPS for Haiti…
Malayalam star Prithviraj Sukumaran was recently seen in the crime thriller film ‘I, Nobody’. The actor recently talked about the intense action sequences where he revealed that the film keeps changing its style and offers something new throughout its runtime. Why he no longer does risky stunts In a conversation with Indian Express, Prithviraj Sukumaran…
