New Delhi: Several persons with disabilities employed at Mitti Cafe outlets at Hansraj College and Rashtrapati Bhavan have alleged that they were fired without being given a “valid reason” and were subjected to “inappropriate language and behaviour” by managerial staff.The Mitti Cafe management has denied the allegations and said the action against its employees was…
Students have been protesting near IIT-B campus’s main gate for the past two weeks following the death by suicide of second-year BTech student Sahil Wakode on Sept 18 Mumbai: Eight students from IIT-Bombay began a hunger strike on the Powai campus on Friday, Gandhi Jayanti, demanding accountability from the administration over the recent spate of…
Bengaluru: Hoskote, an urban outback not long ago and now a bustling suburb some 30km on the eastern flank of Bengaluru, is emerging as a key transport gateway to the tech capital, with a proposed Metro extension, high-speed rail corridors and Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway converging around the eastern satellite town.BMRCL is preparing a DPR for a…
Hyderabad: A social media video showing a businessman firing three rounds into the air during a wedding celebration has landed him and his cousin in legal trouble, with police registering a case under the Arms Act and seizing the weapon used in the incident.According to police, the video, which recently surfaced on Facebook and WhatsApp,…
Cops deployed at a New Alipore camp after chaos Kolkata: On the first day of a three-day outreach initiative, the administration faced protests in New Alipore and Rajarhat. Citizens queuing at two camps organised by KMC demanded the immediate rollout and fresh registration for Annapurna Bhandar. The outreach programme, Seva Setu Abhijan, aims to bring…
Panaji: A group of citizens has urged Panaji mayor and North Goa Planning and Development Authority (NGPDA) chairperson Rohit Monserrate to reject five NBCC redevelopment projects in the city, citing inadequate drainage, water and power infrastructure.In a letter to Monserrate, People for Panaji secretary Chryselle Dias accused govt of adopting “double standards”, saying it was…
police firing on anti-Sterlite protestors Fazilka: Unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants opened fire outside the office of Jalalabad DSP Lovdeep Singh Gill on Thursday evening, triggering a swift police response that led to the arrest of two suspects and the recovery of an illegal pistol. Police said the incident was linked to an ongoing feud between youths…
Dairy farmers are also demanding better prices Pune: Maharashtra’s drought is expected to push up retail milk prices in the coming months as shrinking fodder availability and a hot Oct begin to weigh on milk production and raise procurement costs for dairies.“The milk procurement rates paid to the farmers have already gone up from around…
Police said the tablets weighed 816.09 g Silchar: Hailakandi police arrested two persons and seized 10,000 Yaba tablets valued at around Rs 2 crore near Hailakandi town on Thursday night, officials said.Acting on information, a police team raided Bawarghat and arrested Baharul Alam Mazumdar, a resident of the area, and Hayed Hossain Laskar of South…
Shamsul Huda Khan, who acquired British citizenship in 2013, allegedly concealed his status while receiving government salaries LUCKNOW: The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Lucknow Zonal Office, has provisionally attached an immovable property valued at Rs 53.46 lakh under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, in connection with a money laundering case involving Shamsul Huda…
