Caste info optional in Gruha Jyothi survey: Bengaluru power utility | Bengaluru News

Bengaluru: Amid controversy over the collection of caste details during the ongoing verification of beneficiaries under the Gruha Jyothi free electricity scheme, Bescom Friday clarified that furnishing the information is purely optional.The clarification comes a day after widespread criticism on social media and concerns raised by beneficiaries over the inclusion of a “category” column in…

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Avg home-buyers in Kol spend a quarter of monthly income in EMIs | Kolkata News

Kolkata: The city emerged as India’s second-most affordable housing market among eight major cities in Jan-June 2026, according to Knight Frank India’s Affordability Index. The city recorded an EMI-to-income ratio of 25%, indicating that an average homebuyer spends one-fourth of household income on home loan EMIs. This is comfortably below the 50% affordability threshold, beyond…

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Codewords, nicknames, emojis: Cops to decode Siya Goyal’s ‘secret chats’ to unravel Ketan Agarwal murder plot | Pune News

Pune police investigating realtor Ketan Agarwal’s (M) murder recovered coded chats from accused Siyal Goyal’s (R) phone, decipherable only by her PUNE: Investigators probing the murder of Pune realtor Ketan Agarwal have recovered digital chats containing coded language, nicknames and emojis from the mobile phones seized from the alleged accused, Siyal Goyal.Police have said that…

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Fine show by Rajasthan at 21st National Ice Skating Championship 2026; Jaipur’s Twisha Sharda wins silver medal; four skaters picked for Asian Open selection trials | Jaipur News

Jaipur’s Twisha Sharda wins silver medal, while four skaters selected for Asian Open trials as Rajasthan perform well at the 21st National Ice Skating Championship Jaipur: The Ice Skating Foundation of Rajasthan, under the aegis of the Ice Skating Association of India, proudly participated with 46 skaters in the 21st National Ice Skating Championship 2026…

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Sonowal unveils first Made in India EXIM shipping container, Maersk orders 1,000 of them | India News

Sonowal unveils first Made in India EXIM shipping container, Maersk orders 1,000 of them NEW DELHI: In a move aimed at reducing India’s dependence on other countries for export-import (EXIM) containers due to any global disruption, shipping minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday launched India’s first EXIM grade container. Global shipping major AP Moller–Maersk placed an…

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