Clara Lewis & Priyanka KakodkarMumbai: The state has seen a 23% rise in daily petrol sales and 52% rise in daily diesel sales over the average daily consumption, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Tuesday. While retail sales have shot up, the commercial sale of fuel has dipped, leading to suspicion that commercial enterprises are…
Congress general secretary KC Venugopal, Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah and deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar at Indira Bhawan in New Delhi on Tuesday Bengaluru: Congress high command’s marathon meeting Tuesday over possibly replacing chief minister Siddaramaiah with his deputy DK Shivakumar is being driven by one key concern — avoiding a Rajasthan-like political disaster in…
Dr Raghupati Singhania, CMD, JK Tyre & Industries Chennai: JK Tyre has announced one of the largest capacity expansion programmes among Indian tyre manufacturers, despite concerns over the impact of the West Asia crisis on raw material prices. The company has earmarked Rs 4,980 crore to expand the capacities of its Truck and Bus Radial…
Chief minister Revanth Reddy directed authorities to ensure that salaries of nearly 50,000 gram panchayat employees across the state are paid on the first day of every month Hyderabad: In a move aimed at restoring financial autonomy to village bodies, chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Tuesday directed officials to allow gram panchayats to directly…
Enumerators conducting door to door Census survey at DLF 4 in Gurgaon. Gurgaon: With less than a week to go till the May 31 deadline to complete the house listing phase of Census 2027, the work in Gurgaon district is still hovering around the halfway mark.According to the latest figures, out of 4,835 total blocks,…
Jalangi/Baruipur/Palashipara: A day after holding centres for illegal foreigners — including Bangladeshis and Rohingya immigrants — debuted in Murshidabad and Malda, seven more suspected Bangladeshi detainees were sent to the former on Tuesday, taking the total number of inmates at Murshidabad centres to 10.Late on Monday, police spotted several suspected individuals in the Gopalpur area…
The accused pushed the victim out of the vehicle near Bodaki village in Dadri and fled with his belongings Police said the accused was arrested following an encounter in the Chithara area of Greater Noida The accused pushed the victim out of the vehicle near Bodaki village in Dadri and fled with his belongings Police…
Margao: A Mumbai-based man has filed a complaint with Fatorda police alleging that 11 co-occupants of a shared property forged his and his wife’s signatures on a power of attorney and illegally sold the property.The complainant, Josico Miguel Brito, a resident of Borivili (West), Mumbai, alleged that the fraud took place on Nov 22, 2024,…
Varanasi: The uncle of a 22-year-old Varanasi woman was awarded life imprisonment Monday for repeatedly raping and impregnating her in 2012. The convict’s nephew (the woman’s distant cousin), too, was sentenced to life for aiding the rapist in setting the survivor’s brother ablaze in 2016.District and Sessions Judge Kuldeep Singh also fined each convict Rs…
Ahmedabad: The city recorded a maximum temperature of 43.2°C on Tuesday, 1.3 degrees above normal. It was the second consecutive day of temperatures above 43°C for the city. At 28.2°C, the minimum temperature was on a par with long-term normal temperatures. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast, the city’s maximum temperature is likely…
