Evening rain in Chinar Park Kolkata: The city finally got a long-due rain relief on Thursday, with a thunderstorm in the evening. The rain, along with gusty wind, forced the mercury to plunge about three degrees within minutes — from around 30°C to 27°C. The Met office said there is more rain in the offing.In…
Ghaziabad: The body of a youth with three bullet wounds was found by a canal near Hansraj Stadium in Loni on Wednesday night, police said.The deceased, Nitin, 20, was a resident of Baghpat, an officer said. Initial investigation suggests the incident occurred because of personal enmity. The officer said a case has been registered against…
Panaji: Since 2020, when the Building Plan Approval Management System (BPAMS) was introduced, the town and country planning (TCP) department has processed 6,033 technical clearances and a mere 7 construction licences through the online mode.Despite the BPAMS being brought in to bring transparency and ease of doing business, data suggests that the TCP department prefers…
After introducing services in Ahmedabad and Surat, the cooperative is now preparing to launch services in Vadodara Gandhinagar: The state govt said on Thursday that more than 6 lakh drivers, including more than 1 lakh from Gujarat, have joined Bharat Taxi, a mobility cooperative that was launched by Union cooperation minister Amit Shah in Feb…
Ludhiana: As retail fuel prices surge, petrol pump owners report a financial crisis driven by stagnant dealer commissions and ballooning operational overheads. Dealers warn that while they must invest significantly more working capital to maintain stocks at current high prices, their profit margins have failed to keep pace with the rising costs of electricity, staff…
Times News NetworkChandigarh: With the Municipal Corporation elections proposed for December and the special intensive revision (SIR) process set to begin soon, the Chandigarh Pradesh Congress Committee (CPCC) on Thursday organised a Booth Level Agents (BLA) training camp at Rajiv Gandhi Congress Bhawan in Sector 35.Around 200 BLAs and Congress workers from across the city…
Construction work of Pune outer ring road is progressing across Khadakwasla backwaters near Sangrun and Davaje villages Pune: The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) last month issued notices to two of the five contractors appointed for the Rs 55,000-crore Pune ring road project after their progress remained below 10%, raising concerns over delays in…
Former chief minister Ashok Gehlot Jaipur: Former chief minister Ashok Gehlot Wednesday wrote to Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma on Menstrual Hygiene Day, demanding the immediate resumption of free sanitary napkin distribution under the Udaan Yojana in the state.In his letter, Gehlot said menstrual hygiene is not merely a health issue but a fundamental right…
Image used for representative purposes NEW DELHI: After a long gap, the opposition alliance INDIA will meet on June 6 to take stock of the political situation in the country.Sources said “opposition politics – the way forward” will be the theme of the meeting. There has been a growing feeling among opposition parties that the…
Police officers on scene after a stabbing attack at the train station in Winterthur, Switzerland A man armed with a knife wounded three people at a train station in the Swiss city of Winterthur on Thursday in what authorities described as an “act of terror” before he was arrested by police.The attack took place shortly…
