New Delhi: Delhi govt will provide free rooftop solar systems to domestic consumers with average monthly electricity consumption of up to 400 units, with govt bearing the entire cost of the solar panels and their installation.The cabinet, chaired by chief minister Rekha Gupta, Tuesday approved the amendments to the existing solar policy to enable the…
Mumbai: A senior citizen from Borivli lost Rs 3.1 lakh to a “SIR scam”. A fraudster got him to click on a malicious link, activated call forwarding on his phone and accessed his bank account. Borivli Police lodged an FIR against an unknown person.On Aug 27, the 66-year-old complainant received a phone call from an…
Bengaluru: Greater Bengaluru Authority’s (GBA) ‘Safe Footpaths’ drive, launched on July 1 to reclaim pedestrian space and remove encroachments, covered 1,225km of footpaths across the city’s five corporations till Aug 31.The drive was scheduled to conclude by Aug-end, but the exercise has been extended until Sept 3. West and North corporations had recorded the highest…
The entire month had a cumulative investment of $3.3 bn Chennai: Eight mega deals in Aug fueled India’s Private Equity and Venture Capital (PE-VC) investments growth. It revived the falling PE-VC investments this year to $23.6 billion, mirroring the previous year’s levels. The eight-month period between Jan and Aug last year (CY2025) registered identical PE-VC…
Hyderabad: In a major relief to the govt, Telangana high court on Tuesday stayed a single judge’s interim order that had put on hold the state’s flagship marriage assistance scheme, Kalyana Lakshmi-Shaadi Mubarak, while also suspending further proceedings in the writ petition.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice GM Mohiuddin passed…
Out of 650 private hospitals, 150 have already stopped providing Ayushman services over irregular payments Gurgaon: Private hospitals across Haryana on Tuesday stopped providing treatment under the Ayushman Bharat scheme for 24 hours, citing prolonged delays in reimbursement by the state govt and claiming that nearly Rs 1,000 to Rs 1,200 crore is pending with…
Soumitra Nandi and Roshan GuptaKolkata/ DarjeelingKolkataIn the wake of the recent tragedy in Nepal, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday said the centre and the state would jointly undertake an early scientific assessment of the vulnerabilities of the Himalayan region. Adhikari from a programme at Nabanna Sabhaghar formally launched a new 200-member state level region…
Ghaziabad: Allahabad High Court has enhanced compensation in a 59-year-old land acquisition case from Maharajpur, raising the rate from Rs 1.30 per square yard to Rs 20 per square yard. The case dates back to 1967, when 36 bigha of land was acquired and later became part of the Sahibabad industrial area under UP State…
Panaji: Goa govt is stepping up efforts to identify and acquire historical records relating to the state held in public and private archives in Portugal, with plans to nominate a nodal officer to coordinate the process of bringing Goa-related archival documents from Lisbon.Chief minister and archives minister Pramod Sawant disclosed this in a reply to…
Varanasi: A 16-year-old schoolgirl died after being hit by a dumper truck in Saraiya Vishunpura under Chaubepur police station of Varanasi on Tuesday morning.The deceased was identified as Roshni, a resident of Barthara Kala (Tadiya) village. She was a Class 9 student at Shri Kachcha Baba Inter College and had left home around 7am for…
