Served on a banana leaf, Onam Sadhya is a traditional vegetarian feast that marks the harvest festival with a celebration of abundance, community and togetherness. But in Bengaluru this year, the joy of sharing this meal comes with a rather hefty price tag.With restaurants across the city charging anywhere from ₹699 for a mini-thali to…
Chennai: A war of words broke out in the assembly on Friday between HR&CE minister S Ramesh and former minister P K Sekarbabu over the handling of temple administration. While Ramesh accused the previous DMK govt of leaving projects worth ₹418 crores pending, Sekarbabu hit back, stating that succeeding govts should complete, not cancel, projects…
Hyderabad: A suspected gold courier from Kerala gave customs officials the slip during an investigation at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), escaping custody even after officers seized gold worth over Rs 90 lakh from his possession. Police have registered a case and launched efforts to trace him.The drama began on Thursday morning when Air…
The CM said the govt was working continuously to improve civic amenities and resolve residents’ grievances Gurgaon: Chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Friday warned the developer of Pioneer Industrial Park of criminal action if it failed to immediately provide land for a proposed 33kV substation, and ordered FIRs against firms developing unauthorised colonies in…
The place at Kundu Road, where the incident took place Kolkata: A 64-year-old man, a small time former trader, allegedly stabbed his 56-year-old wife to death in their Kalighat home before ending his own life by consuming sleeping pills mixed with alcohol and slashing his wrists on Thursday.Both individuals were rushed to SSKM Hospital, where…
CCTV footage shows the accused, wearing a helmet, coming up from behind the woman as she is walking near her home Ghaziabad: A 70-year-old woman was robbed of her gold chain by an assailant in Raj Nagar on Friday morning. The incident took place about 400 metres from the district magistrate’s house. CCTV footage showed…
CM Sawant on Friday told his ministers to show govt’s achievements to the public, retain their confidence and return to office with a strong mandate Panaji: Chief minister Pramod Sawant and BJP members on Friday reviewed the performance of ministers ahead of assembly elections scheduled to be held in Feb. Ministers also submitted their strategies…
Varanasi: Banaras Hindu University, in collaboration with the Varanasi Municipal Corporation, has launched a comprehensive plantation drive under the ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’ initiative. The campaign began at Malaviya Bhawan, with plantation of white sandalwood saplings by vice-chancellor Prof Ajit Kumar Chaturvedi, mayor Ashok Tiwari and registrar Rajan Srivastava.The VMC has provided 5,000 saplings,…
Ahmedabad: In the bootlegging race, eastern Ahmedabad is so far ahead of the west that the value of booze seized in the east (from Jan to July) accounts for 71.5% of the value of police’s total liquor haul from the city. The western belt’s seizures were concentrated in Sarkhej and Sola, which recorded combined values…
Official figures show the civic body has collected only ₹25 crore in property tax so far, significantly lagging behind last year’s recovery during the same timeframe. Ludhiana: Ludhiana municipal corporation’s property tax recovery drive has hit a severe slowdown, falling ₹16 crore short compared to the previous year as civic employees remain tied up with…
