MUMBAI: Weeks after municipal commissioner Ashwini Bhide began her weekly early morning inspections to review Mumbai’s solid waste management and cleanliness situation, the BMC has identified 162 garbage hotspots and garbage vulnerable points (GVPs) across the city where open dumping is being repeatedly reported.Civic officials said these locations were identified over the past few weeks…
NEW DELHI: A light-hearted exchange between Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and a mutual fund distributor who described himself as a long-time BJP supporter has gone viral on social media, drawing widespread reactions from users across the political spectrum.The interaction began after X user Muthukrishnan Dhandapani claimed in a detailed post that Gandhi had been his…
KL Rahul and Nitish Rana (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: Delhi Capitals batters KL Rahul and Nitish Rana produced a batting masterclass, dismantling Punjab Kings in their IPL 2026 clash at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.Rahul, who was handed an early lifeline after being dropped on 12 by Shashank Singh off Arshdeep Singh, made…
Delhi Police crime branch nabbed six alleged shooters linked to gangsters Rashid Cablewala and Hashim Baba at a Karol Bagh lounge. NEW DELHI: The crime branch of Delhi Police has arrested six shooters allegedly linked to gangsters Rashid Cablewala and Hashim Baba after tracing them to a party at a lounge on Pusa Road in…
New Delhi: An incident of custodial violence in Tihar jail is under judicial scrutiny after CCTV footage played before a Delhi court showed some jail officials “pulling a group of undertrial prisoners out of their cell and beating them with dandas” on March 24.The footage, produced in court by the jail superintendent, prompted additional sessions…
Hyderabad: BJP Telangana chief N Ramchander Rao has stated that the recent joining of minority community members from Kukatpally demonstrates that the walls of misinformation are crumbling. Certain parties deliberately spread false propaganda, claiming that BJP is against specific religions in order to alienate minorities, he said, clarifying that the saffron party is not opposed…
Ahmedabad: A 55-year-old nursing staffer at Asarwa Civil Hospital lost Rs 7 lakh from her salary account in a cyberfraud after unknowingly downloading a malicious APK file sent via WhatsApp, stated a police complaint filed on Sunday.According to the complaint filed with the cybercrime police of the city, the victim, a resident of Naroda, maintained…
Panaji: State recorded 28.5 lakh tourists between Jan and March, with events continuing to drive arrivals, said the tourism department on Thursday. However, the war in West Asia has taken a toll on the industry, with hotels and travel agents seeing a decline in arrivals.The department said that the India Energy Week, which brought more…
LUCKNOW: A 29-year-old man accused of abducting, sexually assaulting and murdering a seven-year-old boy after demanding ransom was killed in a police encounter in Hardoi district on Wednesday, police officials said.The accused, Mahnoor alias Shahnoor alias Mehnuddin, carried a reward of Rs 50,000 on his arrest and was wanted in connection with the sensational kidnapping…
Panaji: State govt on Thursday notified the Goa Municipalities (Amendment) Ordinance, 2026, which will delay the elections for 11 municipalities in the state scheduled to be held next month.MLAs wanted the municipal elections postponed till the assembly elections are held in 2027.A political observer said that since there are three to four aspirants in each…
