New Delhi: Seeking to regulate the city’s rapidly expanding e-rickshaw sector, Delhi govt is planning to draft a policy that will put a “reasoned and evidence-based cap” on the number of these vehicles, restrict registration to owner-drivers and bring all operational compliances under a unified digital system.Chief minister Rekha Gupta has directed the transport department…
At Masjid Bunder’s Indian Sailors’ Home, history survives in photos Beyond a row of shanties on the garbage-lined Thana street in Masjid Bunder hides a 95year-old triangular building that Dr Farzana Ansari’s husband likes to call “keechad mein kamal” — a lotus in the muck.For two hours every evening since 2024, the cheerful burqa-clad doctor…
Tumakuru city police registered a suo-motu case against an contractor on charges of employing three labourers for manual scavenging. The incident took place Thursday morning when the workers were asked to clean two pits at KEB Association building in Tumakuru town, police said.Based on the complaint filed by constable Raghu SR, police registered the case…
43,051 booths to administer polio drops across TN today Chennai: More than 52.9 lakh children below the age of five across Tamil Nadu will be administered oral polio vaccine on Sunday as the state health department launches the National Pulse Polio Immunisation drive at 43,051 booths across the state. Health officials have urged parents to…
Hyderabad: The renaming of a prominent road in Hyderabad after US President Donald Trump has drawn both appreciation and debate, with Trump himself publicly acknowledging the gesture as a rare honour.Trump thanked the Telangana govt after a road adjoining the US consulate in Hyderabad was renamed “Donald Trump Avenue”.Taking to his social media platform, Truth…
Kolkata: Chingrighata flyover will remain shut till 8 am on Monday for conducting the first phase of Metro’s Orange line work from Kavi Subhash to the Airport. The flyover was closed from 8 pm on Friday for segment launching work between pillars 325 to 326.With the flyover closed, vehicles coming from the EM Bypass and…
Panaji: The Bombay high court has permitted a woman to travel along with her husband (with whom divorce proceedings are ongoing), and their minor children for a trip abroad but directed her not to stay at the same hotel or interfere with their peaceful holiday.The court “explicitly cautioned” that if there is any violation of…
Gorakhpur: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday assured housing for the homeless, financial assistance for the treatment of seriously ill patients and strict action against land grabbers while interacting with around 200 people during the Janata Darshan at Gorakhnath Temple in Gorakhpur.He said every eligible and needy person would be covered under govt welfare schemes…
Ahmedabad: Over 500 history buffs stepped inside a museum on wheels on Saturday, as two custom-designed exhibition buses rolled into the LD Museum campus.The travelling exhibition — a decade-old initiative by Citi and Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS)— aims to break down gallery walls and take heritage straight to the masses. The current…
Chandigarh: The Chandigarh municipal corporation is set to invite fresh bids for the operation and management of 89 paid parking sites across the city under a comprehensive technology-driven smart parking system. The proposal is scheduled to come up for approval before the General House on June 29.The civic body plans to award the contract through…
