GCC collects ₹103 cr property tax in 14 days Chennai: Greater Chennai Corporation has collected ₹103.03 crore in pending and current property tax dues in just 14 days, with officials attributing the sharp rise to a special intensive collection drive being held across the city. The collection was recorded between July 3 and 16, during…
New Delhi: BJP president Nitin Nabin offered prayers at Kalibari in Chittaranjan Park on Tuesday, a day after the party registered a massive victory in the West Bengal and Assam assembly elections.“People compensated us this time for the 2024 Lok Sabha results, which fell short of our expectations,” said Nabin, who was accompanied to the…
NEW DELHI: A total of 10,546 people involved in the farming sector (comprising 4,633 farmers/cultivators and 5,913 agricultural labourers) died by suicide during 2024, accounting for 6.2% of total suicide victims (1,70,746) in the country, says the latest report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). The number of such suicides, however, declined by more…
UK MP Rupert Lowe (Picture from X) UK MP Rupert Lowe has read out testimonies from victims of the UK’s alleged grooming gang scandal, claiming that several survivors said race and religion played a role in the abuse they suffered.Speaking about the testimonies, Lowe read out one victim’s account: “Comments were constantly made suggesting that…
New Delhi: A man and his brother-in-law were killed, while two others sustained critical injuries, following a violent scuffle between two families in North Delhi’s Sarai Rohilla on Saturday. Police have arrested a woman and apprehended a minor in connection with the incident.According to police, a preliminary investigation suggests that the confrontation was triggered by…
A video of the incident showed, Sahu collapsed while climbing the stairs leading from platforms 2 and 3 at around 9 am after alighting from the train. LUCKNOW: A 55 year old man travelling from Lucknow suffered a heart attack moments after getting off a train at Bareilly Junction on the morning of July 10,…
Kolkata: The engineers who drew up a river-training scheme for the lower Hooghly in 1981 — to keep the approach to Haldia port navigable for large cargo vessels — knew that part of their plan would intensify erosion along the shores of three islands downstream — two of them inhabited. So they included a protective…
What a heartening day this looks to be. You may feel as if several knots begin to loosen at once. The Moon, your ruler, supports confidence today, and Jupiter adds a broad blessing that helps matters move from many directions. Work, family, study, romance, even simple errands, all seem to answer with less resistance. Days…
Pune: Doctors have found that a herbal powder taken for a facial white patch contained high levels of mercury, triggering severe hypertension and a rare brain condition in a nine-year-old girl in the city.Specialists at Sahyadri Manipal Hospital, Nagar Road, pointed out that the case highlights the risks of using unsupervised medication. The herbal powder,…
The action follows allegations of irregularities in enforcement action against illegal constructions in Bhondsi Gurgaon: MCG on Wednesday suspended a junior engineer (JE) following directions from the chief minister’s office (CMO) over alleged irregularities in enforcement action against illegal constructions in Bhondsi.The suspension order, issued by MCG commissioner Pradeep Dahiya, states that the JE has…
