HSRP plates being installed at a fitment centre in Pune Pune: Owners of vehicles without High Security Registration Plates (HSRPs), who have neither installed them nor booked an appointment for the same, will face repeated fines every time they are caught, senior officials from the local Regional Transport Office (RTO) have warned.Regional transport officer Archana…
Mumbai: Given poor public response, Mhada has announced a price reduction of 7.5% for the sale of 1,221 flats in Vikhroli for its upcoming lottery June 5.The rate effectively drops by Rs 10 lakh. The price of each flat in Kannamwar Nagar, Vikhroli, was Rs 1.45-1.48 crore which now settles at Rs 1.35-1.37 crore.Public response…
NEW DELHI: The Centre has widened its scrutiny of messaging platforms with username-based communication, with the ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) issuing notices to Telegram and Signal days after directing WhatsApp to justify its proposed username feature and pause its rollout in India.According to sources quoted by PTI, the notices to Telegram and…
Ghaziabad: A week after a dairy owner was shot at and forced into a car near an underpass in Loni by a group of five youths, police have arrested one of the main accused, a 21-year-old youth called Mohit Pandit.Pandit said Omkar died during the kidnapping and they dumped his body near a canal in…
Several district administrations in Kerala have declared a holiday for schools and colleges today, August 3, as heavy rain continues across the state. The decision comes after the India Meteorological Department (IMD) warned of more rainfall in the coming days.Most districts have announced a holiday for all educational institutions as a precaution. However, Alappuzha has…
The US Treasury Department‘s financial crimes unit has asked banks to watch for signs of identity theft, payroll tax fraud and money laundering linked to the employment of people living in the country illegally, marking the latest step in President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, AP reported.The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) on Friday issued an…
Office-goers and bike taxi riders are regularly seen leaving the main carriageway through a small opening in the road divider just before the Parthala bridge and riding across the unpaved green strip separating the carriageway from the service lane Noida: Scores of two-wheeler riders travelling from Greater Noida West to Sector 52 metro station are…
Telangana State Public Service Commission Hyderabad: The Telangana Public Service Commission (TGPSC) on Monday announced a series of reforms aimed at accelerating recruitment and improving transparency in the examination process. Addressing a press meet, chairman Burra Venkatesham said the Commission will release two to three recruitment notifications every month and has already scheduled three notifications…
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has launched a $10 billion fund facility to support member countries affected by the economic fallout of the ongoing Middle East conflict, PTI reported. India is the second-largest shareholder in the China-led multilateral lender after China.The Beijing-headquartered bank said the newly launched Energy, Food Security and Economic Resilience Facility…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the the Economic Advisory Council meeting. NEW DELHI: As govt gears to undertake a delimitation exercise in the coming month, a working paper by the Economic Advisory Council to Prime Minister (EAC-PM) has suggested India should split Lok Sabha’s 170 large constituencies using a “targeted criterion” instead of a uniform…
