Mumbai: A part of Kala Ghoda precinct beautification project, with redesigned streets, improved lighting, open-air café seating and landscaped public spaces, was inaugurated by CM Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday morning. The first phase covers five roads in the area. Every Saturday and Sunday from 6 pm to midnight, these streets will be vehicle-free and open…
The unusually weak monsoon has replaced cool July weather with blazing sunshine in Bengaluru Bengaluru: For the past few days, Bengaluru had been heating up under disappearing rain clouds and a faltering southwest monsoon. On Tuesday, the heat crossed a historic threshold, touching 33.6 degrees Celsius, beating a 112-year-old climate record and making it the…
Chennai: India’s small business lending continued to grow at a healthy pace in FY26, with the total outstanding credit portfolio rising 13.4% year-on-year to Rs 49.2 lakh crore as of March 2026, although the growth rate moderated from 17.3% a year earlier, according to the CRIF–SIDBI Small Business Spotlight Report.The sector added nearly Rs 5.9…
Hyderabad: The Telangana high court has directed the DGP, Telangana, to inquire whether the Cherlapally police station in the Malkajgiri commissionerate was operating from a private building without lawful authority and to take appropriate action in accordance with law within three months.Justice EV Venugopal passed the order while disposing of a writ petition filed by…
Haryana govt has introduced a councillor emergency fund for municipal corporations across the state Gurgaon: Haryana govt has introduced a statewide policy providing every urban municipal councillor with an annual emergency fund of Rs 6 lakh for “petty, urgent and essential” repair and maintenance work.The scheme will be implemented across all municipal corporations, councils and…
Kolkata: Brace for heavy downpour on Thursday as an impending low-pressure area is set to enhance the rainfall in Kolkata and the rest of South Bengal districts. While it is too early for Met officials to forecast if the system will intensify, they expect the system to be potent enough to trigger heavy rain on…
Only 8 km of the river’s course in Ghaziabad is embanked, leaving the remaining 58.5 km, including areas such as Karhera, Ator-Nagla and Kanawani, open to encroachment Ghaziabad: Three years after the National Green Tribunal directed UP irrigation department to demarcate the 850 square kilometre (sq km) Hindon floodplains in Ghaziabad and Noida following the…
Panaji: Confusion and differing views surround the rollout of the Mhaje App platform for motorcycle taxi operators, locally referred to as ‘pilots’ with sections of them expressing concerns over smartphone use and return fares.Some pilots questioned the need for opposition to the app, which has around 100 pilots signed up so far, while highlighting practical…
Varanasi: Both Hindu and Muslim sides in Gyanvapi dispute on Tuesday rejected the mediation initiative started by the Supreme Court to resolve the long-standing dispute.Plaintiffs in four cases from the Hindu side and also the Anjuman Intejamia Masajid — the Gyanvapi mosque management committee — appeared before the mediation centre at a Varanasi court on…
Ahmedabad: AMC officials raided Jay Mataji Traders in Madhupura on Tuesday, placing around 2,000kg of spices worth an estimated Rs 12.50 lakh under stop-sale orders and sealing the unit that manufactures chilli, turmeric, coriander-cumin powders and garam masala.The action followed testing of a gravy sample collected from Jay Ambe Bhojanalay. The sample was found to…
