HYDERABAD: South Central Railway (SCR) is witnessing a sharp rise in train cancellations, disrupting passenger services across the zone and leaving thousands of commuters stranded every day.Over the last four years, more than 46,000 trains, including express, mail, passenger, MMTS and DEMU services were cancelled across the SCR network. Though the overall number of cancellations…
Kolkata: The Suvendu Adhikari-led BJP govt on Tuesday revised West Bengal’s OBC reservation list to 7% from 17% in line with a Calcutta High Court order, and regularised 66 communities that were included on the state’s OBC reservation list before 2010.The list now included several traditional and social communities, such as Kapali, Kurmi, Nai (Napit),…
The syndicate allegedly used funds to finance terror, the CCoE has said Ahmedabad: The Cyber Centre of Excellence (CCoE) busted an international cryptocurrency syndicate linked to international outfits, and arrested nine persons of whom seven are from Ahmedabad. Transactions involving Rs 226 crore have surfaced, officers said. The nine arrested include Mohsin Molani, Ejaz Pathan,…
Panic buying was witnessed at the sector 28 in Chandigarh, petrol station after the sudden increase in petrol and diesel prices prompted vehicle owners to rush for fuel refills amid fears of further hikes. The unexpected crowd of motorists lining up for petrol and diesel led to heavy congestion on the main road outside the…
A knife attack for representational purpose Pune: The Sinhagad Road police on Tuesday morning arrested Yuvraj Gegaje (39) for allegedly assaulting a salon owner Rupesh Bhandirge (41) of Narhe to death outside his salon at Wadgaon Budruk, near Sinhagad Road, around 10pm on Sunday.The victim’s brother Nilesh (38) of Warje lodged a complaint with the…
Guwahati: The Assam govt has directed its departments to step up revenue generation with timely revision and rationalisation of user charges, licence fees, lease rents and service charges wherever feasible, as additional measures besides austerity actions.The finance (budget) department, in its notification, stated that amid the national appeal arising from the prevailing crisis in West…
Lucknow: Long queues gained respite from oppressive heat and humidity with chilled beverages served at bhandaras across the city on third Bada Mangal. On Sitapur Road, crowds gathered for shikanji, rasna, froot juice and poori-halwa.In Indiranagar, volunteers distributed cold water and shikanji. Auto driver Ram Lakhan said, “It’s so hot and getting something chilled to…
NEW DELHI: Faced with questions from Norwegian media about human rights in India, govt strongly rejected allegations of violations, highlighting the country’s constitutional values of justice, liberty and freedom of expression. This was the second time MEA rejected such allegations during PM Modi’s ongoing Europe tour, responding earlier to queries in the Netherlands about Dutch…
MUMBAI: Leading rating agencies have revised downward India’s GDP growth estimates for the next few quarters and up to 2027, thanks to the impact of the war in West Asia on the economy. After global ratings major Moody’s and domestic major Crisil’s revisions last week, on Tuesday ICRA, the local arm of Moody’s, and India…
BTS is apparently a fan of Bay Area pizza. When the K-Pop supergroup performed at Stanford Stadium on Saturday, member V, whose full name is Kim Taehyung, praised the local pies from the stage.“Next time we’re at Stanford, we’ll eat that yummy pizza,” he told the audience, according to the San Francisco Chronicle and clips…
