Kolkata: The state govt has announced a revised minimum wage structure for workers employed across 31 scheduled industries and services sector, effective from July 1. The new structure classifies Bengal into two wage zones — Zone A and Zone B. The minimum wage increase will be Rs 172 per month in Zone A and will…
Panaji: Power minister Ramkrishna ‘Sudin’ Dhavalikar on Tuesday said the electricity department has begun correcting power bills and will correct all bills within a year. He said the penalties of Rs 43.9 crore imposed on consumers for eight months will be credited and adjusted in future bills.Chief electrical engineer Stephen Fernandes said penalties have been…
Gorakhpur: Calling for major changes in the Ayodhya Ram temple trust’s functioning, BJP MLC Devendra Pratap Singh wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, demanding a fair and transparent investigation into the alleged theft from the donation box. Speaking to TOI on Tuesday, he said he mailed and posted the letter on X. Singh said the…
The incident occurred on June 27 when a 43-year-old medical wholesaler from Nikol and his nephew collected Rs 50 lakh from an angadia firm in Bapunagar. Ahmedabad: Surveillance, deception, and speed formed the backbone of a gang that allegedly stole Rs 50 lakh from a car in Krishnanagar. The gang allegedly shadowed people collecting cash…
Sonipat: Sonipat police have launched a special district-wide crackdown against vehicles fitted with illegal black films, dark or invisible sunshades, tampered High Security Registration Plates (HSRPs), and those misusing temporary registration numbers.As part of the drive, traffic police teams, along with other field units, are conducting intensive vehicle inspections at multiple locations across the district….
Pune: When booth level officer (BLO) Sunita Parate knocked on the door of a family in Parvati’s Janata Vasahat on Tuesday afternoon, it marked more than just another house visit. Within minutes, the anganwadi worker-turned-BLO had verified the details of all five family members, helped them fill their enumeration forms and submitted them to the…
Lucknow: A surgeon helping abandoned patients reunite with their families, a chest physician who is also a bodybuilder and dancer, an interventional radiologist who unwinds with championship badminton, a trauma surgeon who writes poetry and penned his university’s anthem, and a cardiologist who is also a fiction novelist — doctors in the city are redefining…
Tragedy struck the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Dausa as a private bus veered off the road into a gorge after colliding with a trailer, claiming at least seven lives and injuring over 15. DAUSA: At least seven passengers were killed and over 15 others injured after a private bus travelling from Haridwar to Indore collided with…
J&K imposes odd-even rule in Gulmarg to ease traffic pressure SRINAGAR: The J&K govt Tuesday announced an odd-even traffic system in famous tourist destination Gulmarg to reduce congestion and ease pressure on the hill resort that has a parking capacity for about 1,500 vehicles but has been receiving more than 6,000 vehicles a day.Officials said…
MUMBAI: Commodity inflation driven by the West Asia war has been ‘significant’ in the June quarter and it will take a while for things to come to normalcy, said Nitin Paranjpe, chairman at Hindustan Unilever (HUL), projecting short-term growth to be hit by volatility and challenges. The conflict that dragged on for months disrupted energy…
