Chief minister DK Shivakumar with finance department officials ahead of a review meeting at Vidhana Soudha Bengaluru: With an eye on Karnataka becoming the state with the highest GST growth this financial year, chief minister DK Shivakumar directed commercial taxes department officials to crack down on tax evasion while ensuring honest taxpayers are treated with…
Chennai: Two more workers died due to complications on Friday, taking the death toll in the ammonia gas leak at a seafood processing unit in Tiruvallur district to 15. The number of critically ill patients has dropped sharply, leaving only two on ventilator support across hospitals.Budhubari Naik from Odisha, who was undergoing treatment at Rajiv…
Hyderabad: In a push to diversify its revenue streams beyond passenger fares, the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) has decided to lease out 694 vacant commercial spaces across the state.The initiative marks one of the corporation’s biggest commercial monetisation exercises in recent years, with vacant shops and commercial complexes located at bus stations, depots…
West Bengal Congress President Subhankar Sarkar Kolkata: Bengal Pradesh Congress will observe Martyr’s Day on July 21 at Kolkata’s Shahid Minar ground and demand the reopening of the case files of the 1993 police firing that killed 13 Congress workers. State Congress president Subhankar Sarkar said the party expects a big turnout and will observe…
Noida: A district consumer commission has ordered Greater Noida-based Ansal Hi-Tech Townships Limited to refund a homebuyer who booked a flat in 2014, paid instalments over several years and received an allotment letter — but never got possession.Sanjay Agrawal, a Sector 22 resident, had booked a flat in Ansal’s A2 Sushant Megapolis project in Greater…
Ujjwal Nikam (right) said that CM Fadnavis described the matter as a challenge for Maharashtra and requested him to take up the responsibility. MUMBAI: Senior advocate and Rajya Sabha MP Ujjwal Nikam on Friday said he has accepted the responsibility of handling the Ketan Agarwal murder case in Maharashtra after a request from chief minister…
Itanagar: Itanagar: An Army subedar, Surendar Singh, was killed and two other Army personnel were injured after their truck veered off NH-13 and plunged down a steep hillside in Arunachal Pradesh’s West Kameng district on Friday afternoon, officials said.The vehicle, belonging to the 18 Sikh Light Infantry, was carrying the three Army personnel to their…
Air purifier vehicle, an initiative by JMC running on Tonk Road in Jaipur, Rajasthan on 26 June 2026 Jaipur: In an effort to curb rising air pollution and heat, Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) has deployed an air purifier vehicle under its corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative. The vehicle, inaugurated by Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma…
Devendra Fadnavis and Uddhav Thackeray NEW DELHI: The BJP was quick to dismiss speculation after party leader and Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and his political rival, Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray, were seen travelling on the same flight from Mumbai to Nagpur.Thackeray, a staunch BJP critic, was accompanied on the flight by his…
Today’s African proverb of the day is on ultimate karma. Though oftentimes we tend to believe that life is unfair and there is no natural justice, old sayings like this restore our faith in the ultimate karma, which is how life balances itself. This African proverb is believed to have its origin in the Swahili…
