Surat: The city has reinforced its standing as a national leader in urban water management, securing over Rs 100 crore in incentives under the Union govt’s AMRUT 2.0 mission after its sewage treatment plants consistently delivered top-rated performance in the Jal Hi Amrit campaign.The city civic body achieved a major milestone as 17 sewage treatment…
Aizawl: Mizoram reshuffled senior IAS postings on Thursday, a week after CM Lalduhoma took charge of the department of personnel and administrative reforms (DP&AR) from home minister K Sapdanga.An order issued on Thursday said DP&AR and urban development and poverty alleviation secretary K Lalthawmmawia has been shifted to the school education and sports and youth…
Lucknow: A WhatsApp SOS from his “son” seeking urgent funds turned into a costly cyber fraud for a city-based businessman, who lost ₹18 lakh after fraudsters hacked his phone and impersonated the young man. Police arrested three members of an interstate gang from Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior and froze ₹5.5 lakh linked to the crime.The case…
Rajkot: A tip-off led police to a roadside room in Satapar village of Anjar where they found an chemical-based counterfeit liquor factory. The raid led to the arrest of Sunil Mata and Ramzan Juneja, who were allegedly running the factory. Police also seized spurious alcohol, chemicals and manufacturing equipment worth Rs 8.8 lakh. Two persons…
Jaipur: City police Thursday arrested four persons and detained a juvenile in connection with the murder of a 28-year-old man who was allegedly beaten to death after objecting to a group of youths consuming liquor outside his family’s grocery shop in the Sanganer Sadar area earlier this week.Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Rajarshi Raj Varma…
Can BJP spring a Bengal-style surprise in Punjab? NEW DELHI: Mission 2027 in Punjab would mean different things to different stakeholders. For the ruling AAP, it is a do-or-die battle to retain the only state it governs. For the Congress, it is a fight to reclaim the political ground it lost in 2022. For the…
Indian student shares F-1 student visa rejection experience. An Indian student shared the experience of an F-1 visa denial at the Delhi consulate, at a time when visa officers have become extremely stringent in their approvals. The student, a graduate of 2025, wants to pursue an MS in Computer Science at Columbia University. The interview…
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has been with the company since 1997 and moved into his current role five years ago. On his first visit to India as chief executive, Jassy announced a further scale up in its investment and a ramp up of the quick commerce business to 300 cities. He also took time out…
Akshay Kumar has often spoken about how his wife, author and former actor Twinkle Khanna are like chalk and cheese. They are very different from each other and the actor also says that she is his harshest critic. The actor recently opened up on it more while promoting his upcoming film ‘Welcome To The Jungle’,…
Ted Lasso was a rare silver lining during the dark days of COVID. As the world went into lockdown, an American football coach managing a soccer team had the enviable job of not just coaching a team in a sport that he did not know, but also uplifting the world’s spirits in its gloomiest days….
