File picture of a petrol bunk in Bengaluru Bengaluru: Pressure is mounting on the state govt to reduce VAT on petrol and diesel as fuel prices continue to rise, but the Siddaramaiah administration is unlikely to provide immediate relief citing mounting financial pressures and dependence on fuel taxes for revenue.Karnataka levies 29.84% sales tax on…
Chennai: A 40-year-old woman died after suffering head injuries when the motorcycle on which she was travelling after seeking a lift from an unidentified man skidded and fell near Chengalpet on Sunday.The deceased was identified as Shakila, wife of Sampath, from Sappudiyamman Koil Street in Anjoor village near Chengalpet.Police said Shakila was walking near her…
Hyderabad: Two alleged cocaine peddlers linked to the drugs seized during the March raid at former BRS MLA Pilot Rohith Reddy’s farmhouse appeared before police following high court directions, with SIT investigators claiming to have traced the cocaine supply chain.SIT officials, who questioned Abhishek Singh and Rakesh Varma multiple times since May 20 after issuing…
Gurgaon: Residents of new sectors in Gurgaon and Delhi’s Dwarka have sought extension of the proposed Kirti Nagar-Palam Metro corridor till Dwarka and Dwarka Expressway, citing growing traffic pressure and lack of reliable public transport between the two cities.A joint delegation of Dwarka Forum and Dwarka Expressway Gurugram Development Association (DXP-GDA) met West Delhi MP…
Kolkata: Panihati MLA Ratna Debnath, mother of the RG Kar rape-murder victim, met CM Suvendu Adhikari at Nabanna on Monday, while BJP state president Samik Bhattacharya told Mousumi Koyal, the face of the Kamduni protests, that he would arranging to take the victim’s mother to meet the CM during the Janata Darbar next Monday.Debnath announced…
Noida: Two years into marriage, Ankit Verma’s life had curdled into resentment. Repeated taunts over his thin build, especially his skinny legs, and friction at home with his wife appear to have fed a deep sense of insecurity in the Khoda resident.That bitterness slowly hardened into a general hatred towards women — and then spilled…
Margao: Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Monday pledged to secure political reservation for Scheduled Tribes in the state legislature ahead of the 2027 assembly elections.Sawant made the commitment while addressing a gathering of tribals at the ‘Prerana Din’ function in Quepem, organised in memory of Dilip Velip and Mangesh Gaonkar, who laid down their lives…
Varanasi: As the scorching nine-day period of ‘Nautapa’ commenced on Monday with temperatures soaring across eastern Uttar Pradesh, devotees at Shri Kashi Vishwanath Dham sought spiritual solace amid the blazing heat by offering cooling fruit juice abhishek to Bhagwan Shri Vishweshwar.Varanasi reeled under intense heatwave conditions as the mercury touched 44.9 degrees Celsius — 4.1…
Ahmedabad: Fuel prices were raised for the fourth time in just 11 days on Monday, pushing petrol rates in Ahmedabad beyond the Rs 100-per-litre threshold. State-run oil marketing companies revised retail fuel prices with effect from 6am on May 25. Petrol prices in Ahmedabad rose by Rs 2.60 per litre from Rs 99.23 to Rs…
Police teams checked 4,932 vehicles across Panchkula during the week-long enforcement drive Panchkula: Panchkula police have issued 1,299 challans in a week-long crackdown on vehicles plying without number plates or with tampered registration plates, as part of a special enforcement drive from May 18 to May 24.During the campaign, police teams checked 4,932 vehicles across…
