Thiruvonam festival in 2026 falls on Wednesday, August 26. Families celebrate with pookalam, prayers, and the traditional Onasadya feast. The article suggests astrological donations based on zodiac signs for the generous spirit. Each Rashi is linked to specific items or causes for giving. These charitable acts align with Onam’s essence of sharing and abundance. Thiruvonam,…
Tukaram Mundhe (File Photo) MUMBAI: “I don’t think I’m a celebrity. I’m just a food safety commissioner,” Tukaram Mundhe told Reuters as his crackdown on unhygienic food businesses across Mumbai has struck a chord with the public.Since taking charge as Maharashtra’s food safety chief in May, Mundhe’s teams have conducted more than 3,000 raids, suspended…
The building houses many offices, godowns and residential units .Photo by Indranil Das Kolkata: For Meena Nandwani, the fire at Free School Street destroyed little inside her first-floor home. Yet, a week after the blaze, she remains displaced, unable to return to the flat she has lived in because the entire building has been sealed…
Ahmedabad: Opposition members on Tuesday rocked Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) general board meeting over the Subhash Bridge project, alleging that the Rs 241 crore contract was awarded to a previously blacklisted firm by bypassing competition and paving the way for massive cost overruns.Raising the issue in the board, Congress councillor Shehzad Khan Pathan alleged that…
Harmanbir Singh Gill, deputy inspector general (Border Range) Amritsar: The police on Tuesday claimed to have traced the August 20 grenade attack on a house in Jatta village to foreign-based gangster Harpreet Singh alias Happy Passia.According to the police, Passia planned the attack with the help of family members and associates in retaliation for an…
Sub-inspector Rajendra Hile said the three accused students have been served notices to appear before the police on Wednesday for recording their statements Pune: Alephata police late on Sunday night registered an FIR against three fourth-year students of a private college in Junnar after a first-year student accused them of ragging and assaulting him on…
Lucknow: BJP’s OBC Morcha national president, Amar Pal Maurya, will be accorded a grand welcome by the party’s Uttar Pradesh unit on Wednesday.Chairing a meeting on Tuesday, UP BJP OBC Morcha president Prakash Pal said Maurya will arrive in Lucknow from New Delhi by the Swarna Shatabdi Express and will be greeted at multiple locations…
Rebel TMC MPs with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla in June NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has issued notices to 20 rebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs who are now affiliated with the little-known Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI), seeking their responses within seven days to disqualification petitions filed by the Mamata Banerjee-led…
Singapore is sending up to 70 tonnes of unwanted clothing to Malaysia every week under a cross-border textile recycling partnership designed to give discarded garments a second life. The initiative involves social enterprise Cloop, which collects unwanted clothes through its textile recycling bins before sending them to Life Line Clothing in Port Klang, Malaysia. The…
09:41 (IST) Aug 26 Gold marked a fourth straight rise in Delhi Gold prices in Delhi rose by Rs 2,700 to Rs 1,67,100 per 10 grams on Tuesday, extending their gains for a fourth consecutive session. Gold of 99.9 per cent purity had closed at Rs 1,64,400 per 10 grams on Monday. In international markets,…
