A nice word from your mother or a simple prayer, will set the mood for today. The Moon is in your home and you’ll be craving the comfort of cleanliness, peace and the feeling that everything is in order.Property matters look favourable. If you’ve been thinking of buying a flat, booking a plot, or even…
New Delhi: On a day Delhi Gymkhana Club opposed the Centre’s move to take over its premises, Delhi High Court cleared the decks for the eviction of another landmark establishment on Lok Kalyan Marg — the Delhi Race Club (DRC).The court on Tuesday lifted an interim stay against a show-cause notice issued to DRC –…
Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis Mumbai: The Centre has raised the minimum support price for onions by Rs 3.50 and fixed it at Rs 15 per kg, said chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, even as farmers continued protests in the state.Speaking to the media after the weekly cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Fadnavis said the state govt requested…
Bengaluru: Karnataka got a boost in its long-pending Mekedatu project Tuesday after the Supreme Court dismissed Tamil Nadu govt’s review petition challenging the proposed balancing reservoir across Cauvery river.Hours after the order, Tamil Nadu CM C Joseph Vijay wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, objecting to the Centre and the Central Water Commission considering Karnataka’s…
Presidency College, Chennai Chennai: Of the top five most preferred colleges in Tamil Nadu, four colleges are from Chennai. Presidency College came on top among 181 govt colleges, with the highest number of applications so far — 32,808 applications for 2,380 seats. The other four are Govt Arts College in Coimbatore, Dr Ambedkar Govt Arts…
Hyderabad: After years of driving Telangana’s paddy boom, policymakers are now preparing for a major course correction. In a significant policy shift, the Centre has asked the state to gradually reduce paddy cultivation and promote crop diversification, even as the Congress govt continues to encourage paddy farming through a Rs 500 bonus for cultivators.Under the…
Gurgaon: A 26-year-old grocery shop owner suffered severe head injuries after an unidentified speeding vehicle hit his moped near Sector 37 late on May 21 and fled the spot.The victim, Laxman Mandal, a native of Bihar who runs a grocery shop in Anjana Colony, has remained unconscious since the accident and is undergoing treatment at…
Kolkata: The engineers who drew up a river-training scheme for the lower Hooghly in 1981 — to keep the approach to Haldia port navigable for large cargo vessels — knew that part of their plan would intensify erosion along the shores of three islands downstream — two of them inhabited. So they included a protective…
Ghaziabad: Roads across 112 km of the city lie dug up, dust hangs in the air, but repairs are nowhere in sight as a global bitumen shortage, fuelled by the West Asia crisis, has stalled all work under the Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation.Officials said around 20 contractors, awarded road repair work worth Rs 200 crore under…
Panaji: The Goa State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (Goa-SEIAA) has imposed a penalty of Rs 31.2 lakh on a residential-cum-commercial project at Odxel in Taleigao for environmental violations.The project proponents had applied for environmental clearance in March 2023 before the Goa State Expert Appraisal Committee (Goa-SEAC). However, the committee did not recommend the proposal after…
