New Delhi: In a push for transparency, chief minister Rekha Gupta has rolled out a first-of-its-kind lottery-based posting system for GST officers and inspectors in the city, breaking away from conventional transfer practices criticised for opacity. Through self-drawn lots, 87 GST officers in the trade and taxes department have been allotted wards.Gupta said govt would…
Mumbai: The Mumbai Police have registered a case against a man for allegedly posing as the son of a former Gujarat MP and cheating a businessman along with others of lakhs of rupees on the promise of good returns on their share market investments, officials said.The accused was identified as Vicky Vajubhai Barejia alias Vicky…
Bengaluru: Public transport took a hit as flooding choked key transit points across Bengaluru. In the south, waterlogging around Jayadeva Hospital Metro station on the Yellow Line, left roads toward Silk Board partly non-motorable, forcing traffic into a single lane. Silk Board Metro station premises were also inundated, worsening congestion, especially with the double-decker flyover…
Chennai: Patients and attendants at Govt Kilpauk Medical College and Hospital are being forced to endure unsanitary conditions, as washrooms in the hospital’s new tower block frequently run dry for hours. With no regular water supply, patients and caregivers have no option but to share poorly maintained toilets, risking infections. Despite repeated complaints, attendants said…
Hyderabad: Dr Reddy’s Labs said Wednesday that Health Canada has approved its generic semaglutide injection, making it the first company to secure marketing authorisation for the generic product in Canada.The approval, granted through a Notice of Compliance, covers the 2 mg per pen and 4 mg per pen presentations, both at 1.34 mg/mL.The company said…
GURGAON: A woman was injured after being attacked by a group of monkeys in the NIT area of Faridabad on Monday morning, triggering panic among residents and renewing concerns over the growing monkey menace.The incident took place around 10am on April 28 when the woman was walking through a residential lane towards her home. According…
Kolkata: Polling booths a few steps down, gated communities woke up to ‘Duare vote’ on Wednesday when the state went to poll in its second phase. For a majority of residents, it was the first time that they got to cast votes on their own campuses. With the convenience of polling at doorsteps, the residents,…
Panaji: Tuesday night was Goa’s third-hottest summer night in half a century, as metereorological data has revealed a temperatue of 28.6°C, just short of the all-time April high of 29.2°C, recorded 30 years ago in Goa on April 27, 1995.This is also the third-consecutive hottest night this month, with temperatures of over 28°C being recorded…
Gandhinagar: Special ‘tourist police stations’ will be set up at Gir Somnath, Dwarka and Dang with the aim of enhancing the safety and convenience of tourists, said the state govt on Wednesday. DGP K L N Rao chaired a meeting on Wednesday to work out modalities for operationalising the police stations in key destinations visited…
Rohtak: The property ID issue has emerged as a key flashpoint in the Sampla municipal committee chairperson election, shaping voter sentiment ahead of the May 10 polling.The contest has turned multi-cornered, with BJP’s Parveen Coach and independents Rakesh Sarpanch, Sudhir Ohlyan, Ankit Ohlyan and Anil Sharma in the fray. With no Congress candidate, the campaign…
