New Delhi: Chief minister Rekha Gupta on Wednesday directed all Delhi govt departments to accelerate implementation of budget 2026-27 announcements and public welfare schemes, and also warned officials during a high-level review meeting that departments failing to properly utilise allocated funds could face cuts budgetary allocations in future. CM asked the department heads to regularly…
MUMBAI: A 55-year-old fisherman died after a boat capsized off the coast near Khar Danda on Wednesday evening.According to officials, the incident took place near the lighthouse at Warin Pada in Khar (West) at around 6.15 pm while the victims were out fishing in the sea. The mishap was reported to authorities at 8.28 pm…
Bengaluru: Three men have been arrested by VV Puram police for going on a rampage in the early hours, threatening and assaulting passers-by with wooden logs and smashing parked two-wheelers in a shocking display of hooliganism.The incident happened on Magadi Venkatappa Road on May 20. CCTV footage capturing their acts went viral on social media,…
Chennai: Will the state govt give sovereign guarantee to temple funds invested by the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) dept in the Tamil Nadu Power Finance Corporation (TNPFC), Madras high court asked on Wednesday.A vacation bench comprising Justice G R Swaminathan and Justice V Lakshminarayanan raised the query when a public interest writ petition…
Hyderabad: In view of the orange alert issued by the meteorological department for several districts, chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Wednesday instructed officials to remain vigilant, especially against the backdrop of ongoing paddy procurement operations.He directed officials to make additional arrangements at paddy procurement centres and expedite procurement operations. The chief minister emphasised that…
DTCP said despite the land’s development licence expiring in 2006, it has been occupied by several commercial structures Gurgaon: The department of town and country planning (DTCP) has initiated action against unauthorised shops built on a long-disputed licensed colony land in Chakarpur village, following an intervention by Supreme Court.In a speaking order issued on May…
Kolkata: The spate of resignations by Trinamool office-bearers rocked the KMC on Wednesday, when Borough XII chairman Sushanta Ghosh resigned and party spokesperson and councillor Arup Chakraborty stepped down from his post of a KMC accounts committee member.Barasat MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar continued her tirade, shooting off a fresh letter to Trinamool president Subrata Bakshi,…
Noida: Three people were arrested for the murder of a 15-year-old boy from Jewar on Wednesday after a brief gunfight with a police team. Officers said two of them were injured in retaliatory firing while the third man surrendered.On May 21, a family from Banwaribans village filed a complaint at the local police station alleging…
Panaji: The future of the Vande Bharat sleeper train programme is quietly taking shape at the Pilerne-based Kineco Group. The firm has bagged a multi-year contract to supply the interiors for the train’s sleeper cubicles, including doors and vacuum toilet systems.The contract takes the company’s consolidated order book to more than Rs 3,000 crore. Kineco…
Varanasi: Tension gripped the Banaras Hindu University campus on Wednesday after students allegedly discovered a lizard in food prepared for lunch at the Dalmia Hostel mess, triggering protests and chaos inside the hostel premises.Soon after receiving information about the incident, dean of students Prof Ranjan Kumar Singh, administrative warden Prof Rajiv Bhatla and chief proctor…
