Newly elected Delhi Mayor Pravesh Wahi and Deputy Mayor Monika Pant New Delhi: BJP candidate Pravesh Wahi, the councillor from Rohini E, was elected the mayor of Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Wednesday, securing 156 out of 165 votes. No cross-voting was reported.Notably, 15 councillors from Indraprastha Vikas Party extended support to BJP. The…
Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Wednesday dismissed a petition filed by a UK-based father to return his minor child, who was allegedly illegally brought to India by the estranged mother and continues to remain in India, in violation of the 2023 order of a Family Court in England to bring the child back.The HC…
BENGALURU: Bengaluru Police on Wednesday introduced an AI-powered multilingual feature in its Namma 112 emergency helpline (police control room), becoming the first police unit in the country to deploy such a system.The new initiative removes language barriers by supporting over 10 Indian and foreign languages, including Bengali, Malayalam, Gujarati, Odia, Manipuri, Assamese, Kashmiri, Nepali, as…
Chennai: City Union Bank aims to maintain its long-standing record of outpacing industry growth while retaining its conservative lending model, management said on Wednesday.As N Kamakodi prepares to step down after a 15-year stint as MD & CEO of the old private sector lender, R Vijay Anandh will take charge on May 1, 2026.Anandh indicated…
Hyderabad: The state govt on Wednesday took over phase I of the Hyderabad Metro Rail project and operations from Larsen and Toubro (L&T). This will set the stage for the Telangana govt’s ambitious plan to expand the metro rail network towards Shamshabad, Bharat Future City and other parts of the state capital under a joint…
A woman uses a self-enumeration portal for the Census 2027 Gurgaon: With just one day left for the self-enumeration phase of the nationwide house-listing exercise under Census 2027, only 2,45,885 households among a population of around 3 crore in the state have completed the online process so far.The self-enumeration window, which opened on April 16,…
Gaighata: A controversy erupted during polling in the Gaighata Assembly constituency in North 24-Parganas after central forces personnel prevented several elderly men from entering a booth allegedly for wearing lungi, prompting charges of harassment and raising questions on the security forces’ role.This took place at Kuchulia Primary School in Kuchulia village near Gobardanga.Villagers claimed a…
Her former partner was named in an FIR filed under Pocso Act Ghaziabad: They were classmates from Class VII. By the time they reached class X, they were, by her own account to the police, in love. In April 2021, days after she turned 17 years and six months, she left with him, married him…
Panaji: Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday said state govt has offered ample infrastructural support to the industrial estates and that it was now industries’ turn to give back to the state by hiring Goan youth. He said 1,300 youths will be handed offer letters by May 2 or 3, after a recruitment drive was…
Varanasi: Police have announced a cash reward of Rs 25,000 each for five accused in the lynching of a 36-year-old businessman on April 26 night after his car hit a woman washing utensils on the roadside in Ghamhapur village under Pindra police station area.A 36-year-old businessman, Manish Singh, was lynched by a mob after his…
