New Delhi: Delhi govt on Sunday achieved its target of setting up 100 Atal Canteens within eight months, with former vice-president M Venkaiah Naidu and chief minister Rekha Gupta inaugurating 25 new outlets at Vishwavidyalaya metro station on the death anniversary of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.The 100 canteens will collectively provide subsidised meals…
Kalyan: The Dombivli Govt Railway Police (GRP) were probing the suspected suicide of a minor girl who was initially believed to have died after being accidentally hit by a local train. The probe took a turn after her post-mortem revealed that she was around three months pregnant.The girl aged 17 died on Aug 2 after…
Chennai: The West Asia conflict may have disrupted global trade, but it has not dampened the appetite of Indian companies to strengthen their presence in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region. While the UAE serves as a key economic gateway to the GCC and African markets, Indian companies are also looking to cater to the…
Photographs by various photographers were on display as part of World Photography Day at the State Gallery of Art in Madhapur. on Sunday Hyderabad: Ahead of the World Photography Day on Aug 19, Hyderabad’s photographer community is in focus, with landscapes, portraits, streets, architecture and slices of everyday life unfolding across the walls of the…
LPG customers in queue in front of an LPG dealer at Thakurpukur on Sunday afternoon. Photo Basabdatta Sarkar Kolkata: The deadline for completing e-KYC for domestic LPG connections may have been extended by a week, from Aug 16 to Aug 23, but there has been little respite for consumers struggling to complete the mandatory process.Persistent…
The decision comes in the wake of mounting complaints from villagers over exorbitant rates Margao: The Betalbatim panchayat has set a ceiling on unskilled casual labour charges in the village, capping daily wages at Rs 800 for male workers and Rs 600 for female workers, following a resolution passed at a recent gram sabha.The decision…
Relatives demand probe after 21-yr-old dies at Ahmedabad hospital Ahmedabad: A 21-year-old man from Sabarkantha died at Ahmedabad Civil Hospital on Saturday following a surgical procedure, triggering protests by his relatives, who alleged medical negligence and demanded action against those responsible.The deceased, Yuvraj Nadiya, a resident of Varvada village, had been admitted to the hospital…
HSGMC reschedules the Panthic assembly in Ambala to August 25. Ambala: The Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (HSGMC) has changed the venue of its August 25 Panthic gathering from the Grain Market in Pipli to Gurdwara Sri Manji Sahib in Ambala.The gathering has been called in protest against the developments arising from the case involving…
Meghalaya governor’s official residence is a 150-year-old heritage property spread across 30 acres Shillong: Visitors thronged Lok Bhavan in Shillong on Sunday, a day after its Independence Day opening.Meghalaya governor’s official residence is a 150-year-old heritage property spread across 30 acres near Ward’s Lake. Usually closed to the public, it opens on national days, when…
Lucknow: Jankipuram Police on Saturday arrested a woman in connection with the death of her husband after an alleged domestic dispute in which she is accused of striking him on the head with an iron griddle.Police identified the accused as Tapasya Singh, also known as Preeti and Priyanka.The arrest follows a complaint filed on Aug…
