Kolkata: A day after the arrest of Baduria Municipality chairman Dipankar Bhattacharya, police unearthed a huge cache of cash, amounting to Rs 2 crore 24 lakh, buried in a jute field adjacent to his farmhouse at Batuldanga in North 24 Parganas.Police said several sacks and trolley bags stuffed with currency notes were recovered during the…
Noida: Power demand across Noida and Greater Noida has risen sharply over the past 15 days, climbing a combined 650 MW between May 12 and May 26 — already surpassing last year’s peak figures for both regions, even before the summer peaks.Noida’s power demand rose from 2,299 MW on May 12 to 2,732 MW on…
Panaji: Goa spent Rs 1,527 crore on public health in 2022-23, channelling resources into a population of around 15-16 lakh, according to the National Health Accounts estimates 2022-23 released by the Union ministry of health and family welfare.The NHA data shows that the state spent Rs 7,635 on health care per person, nearly three times…
Varanasi: A police constable assigned to the personal security of Mau Sadar MLA Abbas Ansari — the son of late gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari — has been suspended for allegedly leaving duty for personal work without informing senior officials.During his recent visit to Mau, armed constable Upendra Kumar, deployed as Abbas’s gunner, was absent while the…
Gandhinagar: Chief minister Bhupendra Patel has asked the administration to prepare a standard operating procedure (SOP) at the earliest to prevent delays in implementing development projects across sectors and departments. The SOP will also cover issuance of no objection certificates (NOCs) by various departments.The state cabinet, which met on Wednesday, also reviewed the situation arising…
Sewerage pits dug up on Ludhiana’s Noorwala Road Ludhiana: A painfully slow sewage pipeline project has choked traffic and turned an arterial commercial road into a hazardous obstacle course, sparking demands for a quick intervention ahead of the monsoon.Shopkeepers and commuters along Noorwala Road in Ward 3 say the poorly managed infrastructure project has tanked…
Bathinda: A Moga court has issued a notice to Rajya Sabha member Swati Maliwal requiring her to appear in court in person or through her counsel on June 10, while providing the parliamentarian an opportunity to be heard under the proviso of Section 223(1) of the BNSS in a defamation case filed by Aam Aadmi…
Pune: The Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) has proposed new connector roads and widening projects around the busy Rajiv Gandhi Infotech Park in Hinjewadi to ease persistent gridlock and improve traffic flow along phases I-III corridor in Pune’s busiest IT hubs.The proposed network is expected to ease movement between Hinjewadi, Wakad, Marunji and Maan,…
Surat: A fake ghee manufacturing racket operating from a warehouse in Kamrej taluka was busted by Surat Rural police on Wednesday, with the local crime branch (LCB) seizing raw material and machinery worth about Rs 3 lakh, bringing into focus food safety risks consumers in South Gujarat face.An LCB team raided the premises of Araydhya…
Guwahati: In a significant boost to bamboo based innovation and sustainable entrepreneurship in the northeast, the North East Cane and Bamboo Development Council (NECBDC) has received a pioneering bamboo wine production technology developed by the College of Food Technology (COFTI), Central Agricultural University (CAU), Imphal. The initiative is being seen as a major step toward…
