The number of vehicles in the convoys of ministers, including that of the CM, are being reduced by half with immediate effect Mumbai: All ministers and bureaucrats in the state should travel by public transport, including Metro, at least once a week initially, CM Devendra Fadnavis said on Wednesday. The push to use public transport…
Bengaluru: Hundreds of students of National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, staged a night-long protest on campus over lack of amenities in women’s hostels, second-class treatment of girl students and “blatant misogyny” in the room-allotment process.They gathered at the basketball court around 10pm Tuesday, and protested till 4am Wednesday. Male students came out in…
CHENNAI: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami and rebel leader C Ve Shanmugam traded charges of ‘anti-party activities’.While EPS accused Shanmugam and S P Velumani of supporting TVK’s confidence motion in exchange for ministerial berths, the rebel leaders shot back saying EPS had attempted to become CM with the support of DMK. Hours after a…
Union minister of state (home) Bandi Sanjay Kumar’s son, Bandi Sai Bageerath, on Tuesday moved the Telangana high court seeking anticipatory bail in connection with a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) case registered against him for allegedly sexually harassing a 17-year-old girl. The case is expected to come up before the vacation bench…
Vehicles from all zones will be assembled at designated locations at 8am on May 15 for verification Gurgaon: MCG will conduct a physical verification of all door-to-door garbage collection vehicles on May 15. The move follows concerns over discrepancies in the number of sanitation vehicles deployed across the city.MCG commissioner Pradeep Dahiya issued the directions…
Nandigram: It’s been five decades that a CM has represented a Midnapore constituency, and people of Nandigram are alittle disappointed with CM Suvendu Adhikari picking Bhowanipore over his old bastion. However, in people of the constituency that saw the defeat of then-chief minister Mamata Banerjee at the hands of Adhikari in the 2021 polls, there…
GNIDA additional CEO Sumit Yadav appealed to people to check all land records before investing in land parcels Noida: Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) on Tuesday conducted an anti-encroachment drive and freed 40,000 square metres of land in the notified area of Bhanauta village. The land is estimated to be worth Rs 80 crore.The…
Panaji: Health minister Vishwajit Rane has announced a compensation of Rs 25 lakh from his personal trust for the 11-year-old boy whose leg was amputated following medical negligence at the Valpoi community health centre.The public health department on Monday indefinitely suspended Dr Yavanti Gawade, medical officer at the Valpoi community health centre. The action follows…
Varanasi: A special health camp was organised on Wednesday at the under-construction terminal site of Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport as part of the state govt’s 100-day Special TB Patient Detection Campaign.The camp was set up at the site operated by Ahluwalia Contracts, where a large number of construction workers underwent health screening. Doctors conducted…
To prevent waterlogging, AMC has started work on cleaning catchpits and stormwater drains Ahmedabad: To address waterlogging, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has initiated a pre-monsoon action plan in which the city’s catchpits and stormwater manholes are being cleaned. AMC has identified 72,586 catchpits across the city of which 9,891 catchpits are in the North…
