Chandigarh: The Chandigarh administration has sanctioned a Rs 300 crore grant-in-aid (GiA) to the MC for the first quarter of the 2026-27 financial year (April to June). Sources said the civic body is expected to receive the amount by Monday.The UT administration has earmarked a total grant-in-aid of Rs 850 crore for the MC for…
CM Suvendu Adhikari speaks at a programme in Kolkata on Wednesday Kolkata: Stressing on the need for a politically neutral administration, CM Suvendu Adhikari assured West Bengal Civil Service officers that his govt would not use the bureaucracy for political purposes.He was speaking at a meeting at Dhana Dhanya auditorium on Wednesday. This was his…
Not every day feels sunny, even for you. The Moon sits awkwardly for Leo today, and it can bring expenditure, low mood, or that heavy feeling that nothing is going your way, even when you try.Take it as weather, not fate. Clouds pass. Keep your plans simple, avoid overloading your calendar, and don’t judge your…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court issued a notice to the state govt over AAP MLA Chaitar Vasava’s appeal seeking the suspension of his seven-year prison sentence in an assault and extortion case.Justice V K Vyas on Friday admitted his appeal and sought the govt’s response by Aug 5.As the MLA is looking at disqualification on account…
Varanasi: A massive fire that broke out in pipes in the storage yard of GAIL, about 50 meters away from its CNG pump at Karkhiyaon industrial area along Varanasi-Lucknow highway under Phulpur police station area, led to chaos on Friday night.Due to the high intensity of fire, vehicular movement was stopped in one lane of…
Chennai: Students and working professionals staying in hostels and paying guest (PG) accommodation across the state may now have to pay more, as operators have increased rents by around 10%, citing a steep rise in commercial LPG cylinder prices and cooking costs.The Tamil Nadu IT hostel & PG owners welfare association has issued a circular…
Jaipur: A Class 10 student died allegedly by suicide in Bharatpur’s Nagla Bhavra village Monday, police said.Police have registered a case of abetment to suicide against four villagers following a complaint by his father. In his FIR, the boy’s father alleged that the four accused had repeatedly harassed and threatened his son.According to police, the…
Abraham Alvarez is one of five co-conspirators in a drone attack plot targeting the UFC event at the White House A Mexican national who entered US as a child and later received protection under a programme introduced during Barack Obama’s presidency has been identified by authorities as the alleged ringleader of a foiled attack plot…
Kolkata: The Hastings Police started a criminal case involving charges of defamation, criminal intimidation and wrongful restraint after a road-rage incident on Vidyasagar Setu on April 24. The case was registered on Sunday.According to the complainant, an advocate, a cab driver endangered his life and launched a malicious social media campaign to tarnish his professional…
Lucknow: A 26-year-old man was allegedly abducted at knifepoint and assaulted by a group of men over a loan dispute in the Saadatganj area, police said on Sunday.According to a complaint lodged by the victim, Mohammad Sadaf Siddiqui, a resident of Karim Ganj, Amberganj, he had borrowed ₹1.5 lakh from an individual named, Shami Ahmad,…
