Varanasi: As part of widening the 650-meter Dalmandi road to improve access for Kashi Vishwanath Dham, authorities on Wednesday demolishing the parts of five mosques demarcated in the plan, amid tight security.Among 187 buildings demarcated for complete or partial demolition after purchase by PWD for this Rs 224-crore project are Langde Hafiz Masjid, Nesaran ki…
Tax officials attribute the performance to sustained compliance and an expanding taxpayer base Ahmedabad: A sharp rise in post-settlement GST receipts has placed Gujarat at the top of the national growth chart in the first quarter of FY27. The state’s collections increased to Rs 24,896 crore, up 30% from a year earlier, according to finance…
The intersection beneath the Patiala Chowk flyover on the Chandigarh-Ambala national highway was heavily inundated, trapping commuters, pedestrians, and local shopkeepers. Mohali: Wednesday’s brief pre-monsoon shower brought Zirakpur and Mohali’s Airport Road to a standstill, exposing structural flaws in the region’s multi-crore drainage infrastructure and triggering widespread traffic snarls.The intersection beneath the Patiala Chowk flyover…
Pune: A three-year-old son of a farmworker drowned after allegedly falling into a farm pond at Inamgaon village in Shirur taluka, around 70km from Pune, on Tuesday evening.The incident occurred around 4pm while the boy’s parents were working on the farm. The Shirur police registered a case of accidental death.The deceased was identified as Sarthak…
Silchar: District units of Congress and the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) on Thursday took part in a two-hour sit-in protest in Assam’s Sribhumi district over alleged irregularities in the NEET examination, demanding the resignation of the Union education minister and an impartial probe.The demonstration was held on Bridge Road near the district Congress…
Rajeev DikshitVaranasi: The widening work of 650-metre-long Dalmandi Road for improving access to the Kashi Vishwanath Dham reached a crucial phase on Wednesday when authorities of five mosques began demolishing portions of their structures marked for acquisition.The mosques are among 187 properties identified for complete or partial demolition under the Rs 224-crore road-widening project. The…
Sangh president Nandkishore Dandoriya with workers after calling off the strike Wednesday Jaipur: Waste disposal services across Rajasthan started returning to normal Wednesday evening after Valmiki sanitation workers withdrew their statewide strike following assurances from the state govt on their key demands.The strike, which began Saturday, disrupted waste collection across Jaipur and several other cities,…
NEW DELHI: The Centre has issued an eviction notice to the Delhi Gymkhana Club, saying that the club is in “unauthorised occupation of public premises” since the land lease ended on May 22. The Land and Development Office (L&DO) under the housing and urban affairs ministry, in the show-cause notice to the club, has sought…
CHENNAI: Private equity and venture capital (PE-VC) investments fell 5% year-on-year during the Jan-June period of CY2026 to $17.5 billion, compared with $18.4 billion in the corresponding period of CY2025. PE-VC investments, excluding those in the real estate sector, remained flat at $1.9 billion in June 2026, according to data released by research firm Venture…
Actor and activist Danny Glover, best known for starring as an easygoing police officer in the “Lethal Weapon” franchise, has revealed he has Alzheimer’s disease. Danny Glover reveals he has Alzheimer’s disease The four-time Emmy Award nominee, who turns 80 on July 22, told “Today” and People magazine that he was diagnosed with the progressive,…
