Navi Mumbai: The practice of hand-rickshaw pulling continues atop the Matheran hill station three months after the expiry of the Supreme Court judgment abolishing the same. The apex court in its judgment on Aug 6, 2025, set a six-month deadline. Till today, 69 out of 94 licence owners are pulling the handcarts. Only 25 manual…
Trees standing close to Metro lines are being pruned ahead of monsoon in Bengaluru Metro line stretch on R V Road near South End circle on Friday in Bengaluru. Bengaluru: Within a month, Namma Metro services have been disrupted three times, with heavy rain and gusty winds twice halting operations on parts of the network.In…
Karan Dayanidhi Maran, vice-chairman, Maran Group, & founder of KadhaiShorts Chennai: Former Union Minister Dayanidhi Maran’s family has ventured into the entertainment industry with the launch of a micro-drama platform under what they call the “Maran Group”. Karan Dayanidhi Maran, his son and the group’s vice-chairman, will lead the new venture. On Thursday, Karan launched…
Chief minister A Revanth Reddy unveiling of the statue of N T Rama Rao at Ameerpet in Hyderabad on Thursday. Pic: Suman Reddy D Hyderabad: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday sought to position Telugu cinema icon and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (NTR) alongside national figures such as BR…
Agitation against MP Sougata Roy at Nimta Kolkata: Veteran parliamentarian Saugata Roy ran into protestors at a Nimta police station on Thursday as they shouted “chor-chor” (thief-thief) slogans and hurled eggs at his vehicleAccording to cops, the 78-year-old Dum Dum MP had gone to the police station to submit a deputation alleging attacks on Trinamool…
Ludhiana: An 11-year-old boy, who went missing after reportedly entering the Gill Canal for a bath on Tuesday, was found dead on Wednesday evening after an extensive search operation. The deceased, Taranjit Singh, was a resident of Shaheed Karnail Singh Nagar near Gill Canal.According to his family, Taranjit left home on Tuesday morning to bathe…
Guwahati: Eid-uz-Zuha was observed across large parts of Assam without cow sacrifice after Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma urged people to refrain from it and respect the sentiments of the majority Sanatan community.No major untoward incidents were reported, with Eidgah committees backing the chief minister’s appeal. In Barak Valley region however, six individuals were apprehended…
LUCKNOW: In another organizational reshuffle, the UP BJP on Thursday announced the presidents for five more districts including Varanasi and Gorakhpur Mahanagar.With this the party has changed all its presidents in the 98 organizational districts, a move which gains significance ahead of the assembly elections due early next year.The party replaced Varanasi district president Hansraj…
Jaipur: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) arrested a passenger at Jaipur International Airport and seized around 2.08kg smuggled gold valued at nearly Rs3.23 crore in the international market.According to officials, the accused, a resident of Bikaner district, arrived in Jaipur from Sharjah Wednesday. On checking, officials found more than 10 tubes concealed among clothes…
New Delhi: From suspiciously cheap medicines and tampered labels to remote rural markets that often escape scrutiny, the Centre has tightened nationwide drug surveillance with revised sampling guidelines aimed at cracking down on spurious and substandard products.The new regulatory guidelines issued by the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization direct drug inspectors to move beyond routine…
