New Delhi: Two months after a devastating fire at a bed and breakfast in south Delhi claimed 23 lives, tourism minister Kapil Mishra Friday introduced a Bill in assembly to withdraw a nearly two-decade-old law governing such set-ups in the city as Delhi govt seeks to bring in a more “flexible and facilitative policy”.Delhi Bed…
BMC’s Universal Footpath Policy 2023 modified Mumbai: To push forward with its ‘Pedestrian First’ campaign launched earlier this week to remove all encroachments from footpaths, BMC has dropped certain provisions of Universal Footpath Policy 2023 that allowed some structures to be set up and vehicles to be parked on pavements on a temporary basis “in…
Bengaluru: Bengaluru hoteliers have pushed their planned Swiggy switch-off from Aug 15 to Sept 1, giving the food delivery platform time till Aug 31 to address concerns over promotional campaigns, payout deductions and multiple platform charges.The decision followed a nearly four-hour meeting on Thursday between restaurant associations and Swiggy executives. The discussions were led by…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu’s major Dravidian parties DMK and AIADMK will not participate in the all-party-MPs meeting convened by Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Saturday to discuss Union govt’s proposed delimitation of Lok Sabha constituencies, sources in the two parties told TOI.DMK MPs staying away from the meeting indicates the party is moving…
Hyderabad: Claiming that a rape-accused IPS trainee failed to cooperate during police custody, the Hyderabad police have sought an additional two days of custody to recover crucial evidence. The court posted the matter for arguments on Tuesday and remanded the accused to judicial custody at Chanchalguda prison.After completing the initial two-day police custody, Attapur police…
Kolkata: Several developers in Kolkata have started calling back labourers to construction sites after Thursday’s meetings with the chief minister and urban development minister and were assured of 190-odd stalled projects getting a go-ahead to resume work within next week. There are also indications that around 150 other projects, also stalled for six weeks, will…
The pit filled with water was left unbarricaded by the contractor Noida: Sessions court rejected a bail application of the contractor arrested for criminal negligence after a six-year-old boy drowned in a pit dug up for installing a borewell and left uncovered inside Kaladham Society in Knowledge Park on June 25.Additional sessions judge Mayur Jain…
Panaji: To reduce dependence on flower imports from other states, the zonal agriculture office (ZAO) in Sattari is set to distribute one lakh hybrid marigold saplings from Aug 20 under the state sector scheme.The initiative aims to increase the area under marigold cultivation in Valpoi from 5 hectares to 7 hectares this year.“We are optimistic…
Gorakhpur: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath will lead a grand Tiranga Yatra in Gorakhpur on Aug 10 as part of the nationwide Har Ghar Tiranga campaign ahead of Partition Horrors Remembrance Day (Aug 14) and Independence Day (Aug 15).The yatra will begin from the statue of Rani Lakshmibai on the Nagar Nigam premises and culminate at…
The process combines online self-assessment and external evaluation Ahmedabad: In line with the New Education Policy (NEP), the Gujarat Council of Educational Research and Training (GCERT) has initiated a accreditation process for govt, grant-in-aid, and private schools across the state. The evaluation will be conducted under the G-SQAAF (Gujarat School Quality Assessment and Accreditation Framework),…
