CM Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday approved a proposal to set up a special purpose vehicle jointly by the state government and Prasar Bharati for the purpose Mumbai: An Integrated Film and Television Media Hub will be established on 150 acres out of 278 acres of land owned by All India Radio (Prasar Bharati) at Malad.CM…
Bengaluru: A suspected sim-swap fraud has left a 27-year-old man poorer by nearly Rs 7.2 lakh after cybercriminals allegedly ported his mobile number to another network without his knowledge, gained access to his banking credentials and siphoned off money from multiple accounts.According to a complaint filed by Kamlesh Kumar, a resident of BTM Layout II…
shanmughasundaram.j@timesofindia.comChennai: Tamil Nadu is likely to face a steep cut in fund allocation for VBG RAMG as per the draft proposal sent to the state govt by the Union rural development ministry.TN officials familiar with the proposal estimate that the state’s share of national funding, which accounted for nearly 10% of total allocations by the…
Hyderabad: Despite years of govt campaigns to promote normal deliveries, caesarean section (C‑section) births continue to climb in Telangana’s private hospitals, placing the state among the highest in the country for surgical deliveries.The latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS‑6) reveals that while govt hospitals have largely kept rates below 50%, private facilities report some of…
Waste accumulated along the roadside in Sector 23A Gurgaon: MCG will undertake a two-day intensive cleanliness drive in four wards across the city on June 4 and 5 as part of a statewide sanitation campaign launched by the Haryana urban local bodies department ahead of World Environment Day.The drive will focus on ward 10 (Zone…
Kolkata: Of the 1.2 lakh Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) applicants in Bengal, 19,000 have already been granted Indian citizenship certificates, CM Suvendu Adhikari said on Wednesday after a cabinet meeting at Nabanna. He added that those with pending CAA applications would also be considered eligible for the state’s Annapurna Yojana scheme.The CAA, which came into…
Santram alleged both madrasas were operating illegally Ghaziabad: A day after authorities sealed two madrasas in Khoda, FIRs were registered against them, with three individuals having been named. The sealing was part of a three-day verification drive in Khoda, Loni and other district areas following the murder of a 17-year-old boy and the subsequent encounter…
Vasco: Hundreds of residents of Vidyanagar and the MES College locality have been facing an acute water shortage since Sunday after an underground pipeline was damaged by machinery engaged in flyover construction and highway expansion work.Residents have been without water supply for the past four days, with thousands of litres of water being wasted due…
Varanasi: In a case of violent communal clash sparked by frisking of Mufti-e-Banaras Maulana Abdul Batin by security personnel near Gyanvapi gate on Sep 2, 2005, court of additional session judge on Wednesday acquitted all 14 named accused, giving them benefit of doubt.In his order, Additional Session Judge Yajuvendra Vikram Singh ruled that prosecution failed…
Ahmedabad: A summer vacation loophole nearly turned into a long-distance posting nightmare for a teacher couple — until the Gujarat high court stepped in to ensure that the technical glitch did not separate husband and wife by 125km.Kamlesh Patel and Asha Patel, both primary teachers serving in Chhotaudepur district, had applied for inter-district transfers to…
