NEW DELHI: Delhi-NCR will get four new greenfield cities, named ‘Namo Cities’, under the Regional Plan 2041 as part of efforts to promote balanced regional growth and decentralised urban development, following a decision taken on Tuesday.The decision was taken during a meeting of the NCRPB chaired by Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal.Addressing…
Mumbai: The BMC has proposed appointing infrastructure consultancy firm AECOM Asia Company Limited to prepare a comprehensive redevelopment plan for a stretch of Powai Lake along Adi Shankaracharya Marg at a consultancy cost of Rs 1.85 crore while seeking exemption from the mandatory public tender process.This comes almost 18 years after the 1.8-km-long promenade along…
AIMIM supremo Asaduddin Owaisi (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: Asaduddin Owaisi, the president of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), is all set to do a Bihar in Uttar Pradesh.Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh are nearly 8-9 months away and all key stakeholders are busy firming up their strategies for the high-stakes contest. But the AIMIM…
A 16-year-old boy accused of fatally stabbing nine-year-old Aria Thorpe claimed the fatal injury occurred during what he described as “playfighting”, BBC reported. The teenager denies murder and manslaughter charges over Aria’s death at a house in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, on December 15 last year.Prosecutor Ray Tully KC told Bristol Crown Court that the defendant…
NEW DELHI: In late 2020, during a pandemic-induced gap period before starting their freshman year at Stanford, Aadit Palicha and Kaivalya Vohra incorporated Kiranakart Technologies in Mumbai. After a pivot from a traditional grocery aggregator model to a hyper-local dark store network in mid-2021, they chose to officially drop out of their deferred university seats…
Ian McKellen recalls expressing his disdain for Donald Trump during the ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ shoot Ian McKellen is currently prepping for his return as Magneto in the upcoming ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ film, which is set to be released in December this year. During one of his latest appearances, while the veteran actor was sharing updates about filming…
HTET 2025 revised schedule The Board of School Education Haryana (BSEH), Bhiwani, has released the shift timings along with the revised schedule for the Haryana Teacher Eligibility Test (HTET) 2025. The examination is being conducted on July 4 and July 5, 2026.Earlier, the HTET 2025 examination was scheduled to be held on June 13 and…
India’s Nitish Kumar Reddy (PTI Photo) Nitish Kumar Reddy’s growing value to India’s ODI setup earned high praise from Sunil Gavaskar after the all-rounder’s impactful display in the opening ODI against Afghanistan in Dharamsala on Saturday.In the rain-shortened 25-over contest, India captain Shubman Gill opted to bowl first after winning the toss. Afghanistan made a…
Mumbai: The police have registered an FIR against the principals, secretaries and directors of 35 primary schools operating without recognition in the jurisdiction of Shivaji Nagar police station in Govandi, following a complaint by a BMC education official.The education department found that 164 primary schools across Mumbai were operating without authorisation during the academic year…
CHENNAI: In another setback for AIADMK, former health minister and Viralimalai MLA C Vijayabaskar resigned from the Tamil Nadu Assembly on Tuesday.Vijayabaskar is the fifth AIADMK MLA to resign since the 2021 Assembly election. With his resignation, the party’s strength in the House has come down to 42.He submitted his resignation to assembly speaker JCD…
