Mangaluru: A day before Sri Krishna Janmashtami, street flower vendors in the city held a flash protest after Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) authorities commenced a drive to vacate footpath vendors on Thursday. A large number of sellers from various districts of the state had arrived with truckloads of flowers ahead of Janmashtami festival. When many…
Loop road fish market in Chennai (Tarika story) Chennai: Two years after the ₹9.97-crore Loop Road fish market in Pattinapakkam opened, Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has decided to make layout changes to the stalls at a cost of ₹48.18 lakh as vendors stay away, citing lack of space.Three existing stalls will be merged into two…
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court granted actor Sreelekha Mitra interim protection till Dec 24, provided she cooperates with the probe, after observing that a cartoon on Prime Minister Narendra Modi carried by her during Gen-Z protests in Kolkata “shocks the conscience of the court”.Sixteen FIRs have been filed against Mitra over a poster allegedly showing Modi…
A 26-year-old woman died after a neighbour allegedly attacked her with a knife. YAMUNANAGAR: A 26-year-old woman died during treatment after she was allegedly attacked with a knife by a neighbour in Patri Mohalla of Jagadhri on Wednesday evening.The deceased, Priya, wife of Amandeep Singh, was allegedly attacked at around 5.45pm on Wednesday, while she…
Teachers immediately took the students to the Chirakuti Mini Primary Health Centre Dhubri: Five girl students of Chirakuti Higher Secondary School fell ill simultaneously on Thursday, raising concern among students, teachers and local residents.The students reportedly complained of sudden illness while at school. Teachers immediately took them to the Chirakuti Mini Primary Health Centre.Two students,…
Jaipur: Ahead of Rajasthan’s civic body elections, BJP Wednesday released its manifesto for 309 urban local bodies, promising measures to improve urban infrastructure and civic services, including 2,000 pink toilets, designated vending zones and robotic sewer cleaning.The manifesto promises repairing or replacing 3,000 km of old sewerage lines over five years, improving street light infrastructure,…
Chhattisgarh is top performing state in Jal Shakti ministry campaigns NEW DELHI: Chhattisgarh has emerged as the top-performing state in Ministry of Jal Shakti’s ‘Jal Sanchay Jan Bhagidari and Catch the Rain campaigns’ for community-led rainwater harvesting and groundwater recharge. Five districts of the state—Surajpur, Mahasamund, Balod, Balodabazar-Bhatapara and Kabirdham—have also secured places among the…
Indian Redditor shares feelings of being denied Canadian PR At a time when the waiting line for a US Green Card is only getting longer, the situation in Canada is not very different either as a Redditor’s post on coming back to India has gone viral. The Redditor came to Canada in 2023 and has…
Although the flat was jointly owned by the husband and wife, the tax officer added the entire Rs 34.8 lakh difference to the husband’s income. You buy a house jointly with your wife. When you register it the stamp duty value is higher, and the Income Tax Department decides to place the full tax liability…
Quote of the day by Eric Clapton: ‘The healthiest thing for me to do, in actual fact, is the opposite of that, which is to produce something and share it with everybody. Face up to it, rather than run away from it’ Eric Clapton has experienced profound loss and hardship throughout his life, experiences that…
