Some days ask for polish, others ask for grit. This one wants grit, Virgo. Mars is a force that increases the effort required, Saturn adds pressure, and you might feel each result you see today is only after pushing twice as hard.Stress and anxiety can sneak into your life if you stare at your entire…
New Delhi: Delhi Police commissioner Anurag Kumar Tuesday appointed 1996-batch IPS officer Ajay Chaudhary as the city’s new traffic chief as part of an overhaul of the force’s senior leadership.Forty-three officers were reshuffled, restructuring core divisions including crime, traffic, special branch, vigilance, intelligence, operations and district policing.Outgoing traffic chief Manish Agrawal has been posted as…
Mumbai: Bombay High Court has directed the district collector (Mumbai suburbs) to remove encroachments next to a natural pond in Sector 7, Charkop, Kandivli (W) without favouring anyone.“It will be highly appreciable if the district administration initiates steps without being influenced by any person, howsoever high a position he may be occupying and ensures that…
Bengaluru: Food Safety and Drug Administration’s drug wing Tuesday seized spurious drugs worth Rs 5 crore from an establishment near Bidadi toll gate.The offenders were repackaging spurious drugs and affixing labels of multinational pharmaceutical companies before selling them to retail pharmacies. They were allegedly using “sticker remover sprays” to remove existing labels and replacing them…
Chennai: PMK MLA C Sivakumar from Vikravandi urged the Tamil Nadu govt to remove the toll on the Outer Ring Road from Vandalur to Minjur.Speaking at the assembly, he said there are plans to privatise the toll and road maintenance, with the revenue largely going to the private contractor. “They should not privatise the road,”…
Hyderabad: Hyderabad’s migrant-dominated IT corridor has emerged as one of the biggest flashpoints in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, with Serilingampally and Rajendranagar (more than four in every 10 electors) reporting unusually high levels of voter deletions, migration-linked shifts and unmatched records.While more than 40% of electors in the two constituencies fall…
In the district, around 30% of the electorate has been struck off the rolls Gurgaon: Rules have been eased for voters served notices during the first phase of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, with booth level officers (BLOs) now visiting colonies and societies to collect documents instead of residents having to attend hearings.A…
Kolkata: A 67-year-old man from Beleghata was cheated of Rs 95,990 by scammers using AI voice-cloning technology.The victim got a call from an unknown number. The caller sounded exactly like his acquaintance, “Ajoy,” and claimed that a relative had been admitted to a private hospital and needed urgent money for treatment.Believing the voice was real,…
Noida: Along its length of 500 metres or so, the surface of the road near Purvanchal Royal City in Sector Chi 5 is pockmarked with dozens of cracks, patches, divots and holes. In some spots where the surface has worn away entirely, three or more layers of road lie exposed.The stretch, which runs under Yamuna…
Ponda: The Ponda Municipal Council (PMC) has decided to hold the annual matoli bazaar at its traditional place, Budhwar Peth.PMC chairperson Virendra Dhavalikar said that they are waiting for govt directives regarding the exemption of sopo to the matoli vendors.Last year, chief minister Pramod Sawant had promised exemption of sopo to them, however a delay…
