Mumbai: CM Devendra Fadnavis said on Wednesday that the BMC, which has Rs 78,000 crore saved in banks, should use part of the deposits to finance projects in the city where it will earn a much higher return.He said BMC’s deposits earned an interest of just 3% in banks, while the same money could earn…
Kolkata: Three persons were arrested after a violent clash in Kadapara, under Phoolbagan Police Station, on Tuesday night. The clash involved an attack on a local resident, Ashok Yadav. In his police complaint, Yadav said around 30 men, led by a local youth named Hindol, attacked him. He alleged that the group came from the…
PANAJI: The Bombay high court on Wednesday sought replies from the Kadamba Transport Corporation (KTC), department of social welfare, and other authorities in a PIL by a 32-year-old blind man, seeking directions to make Kadamba buses accessible, including providing audible announcement systems in all such buses and bus stands.A division bench of justices Valmiki Menezes…
Ahmedabad: An AMTS bus driver was booked for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol after the bus hit a road divider near the riverfront road below Ellis Bridge late on Tuesday night. According to a complaint filed by a lawyer who witnessed the incident, the bus was coming from the Sarangpur side around 11.50pm….
Chandigarh: Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Wednesday announced that the state will constitute ‘Prakriti Shree Anna Prerak Kisan Committees’ in every district to promote natural farming. These panels will be tasked with motivating farmers, visiting villages and acting as a bridge between cultivators and the govt.The announcement came during the ‘Prakritik Kheti Samvad’…
Pune: Maharashtra has succeeded in bringing the dropout rate in Stds I-VIII down to zero, but Stds IX-X remain its biggest challenge, with the secondary-school dropout at 9% in 2025-26, latest UDISE+ report has revealed.The dropout rate is the proportion of students from a cohort enrolled at a given level in a specific school year…
FSDA cracks down on suspected counterfeit drug network, raids 25 firms Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Food Safety and Drug Administration (FSDA) has uncovered an alleged counterfeit supply of anti-inflammatory and antibiotic medicines during a statewide drive against spurious drugs, seizing suspected fake stocks of Chymoral Forte and Gudcef Plus.FSDA officials said a raid conducted near…
NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu govt has moved Supreme Court challenging a Madras HC order that quashed the state’s decision to allow individuals from reserved categories who embraced Islam to continue getting benefits under the Backward Class Muslim category.The state had passed an order in March 2024 to the effect that a convert to Islam from…
FILE – Visitors take photos at a sign outside Meta headquarters March 26, 2026, in Menlo Park, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File) France’s competition watchdog Wednesday accused Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, of causing “serious and immediate harm” to French media by failing to compensate it for content it republishes.It ordered the US tech…
MUMBAI: Even as IPO-bound startups are pitching their high growth models to investors to seek higher valuations, the latter are in no rush to buy into their proposals. In fact, investors are increasingly becoming choosy on the valuation front, said bankers, a dampener for startups such as Zepto which had been targeting a valuation of…
