India Meteorological Department issued a yellow alert for a heatwave in isolated pockets of Mumbai and Raigad for October 9, as temperatures continued to hover several degrees above normal. Mumbai: The city barely had time to bid goodbye to rains before it got its first heatwave warning of the post-monsoon season. India Meteorological Department (IMD)…
For a generation often dismissed as ‘too online’, showing up IRL at a protest is becoming its own form of expression. But the interesting part isn’t simply that Gen Z is protesting. It’s what being at a protest means to them.A protest can begin with a post, a group chat or a meme. But once…
In 1782, a year after a famine, Madras opened a ‘kanji-thotti’ (gruel house) to feed the poor. The centre became associated with the Monegar Choultry, which provided food and assistance. Today, it functions as a home for the elderly.Over the years, the city’s response to homelessness expanded from relief to housing. In the 1940s, corporation…
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has upheld a finding that Gemini Edibles and Fats India Ltd misdeclared 2,304 tonnes of imported palmolein as crude palm oil to avail concessional customs duty. However, it reduced the redemption fine from Rs 2 crore to Rs 1 crore and…
Gurgaon: A 33-year-old worker died three days after he was allegedly beaten with an iron rod and a hockey stick following a dispute over work in Badshahpur, police said.The assault on Shrikesh Kumar, a native of Bhagalpur in Bihar, took place on Oct 4. Shrikesh and his brother, Abhinav Kumar, worked as labourers in the…
A Durga puja pandal on CIT Road Kolkata: A day after an intense thundershower lashed parts of the city, Wednesday’s rain forced Durga Puja organisers to step up efforts to protect pandals, installations and workers, with barely a week left for several pujas to open. Committees have covered outdoor areas, halted work during showers, shifted…
Of the 16 stalled Supertech project, four are in Noida Noida: National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has asked Apex Court Committee (ACC), set up to supervise construction, fund management and distribution of receivables of the 16 stalled Supertech projects that are being completed by National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC), to share the dates by…
Panaji: The persons who handled and operated the sparkler machines at Birch By Romeo Lane at Arpora were not arrested during investigation and the disparity in treatment of persons who were at the spot and those who were not goes in favour of the Luthra brothers, the Mapusa court observed while granting bail to Saurabh…
Varanasi/Lucknow: Sonbhadra police seized assets worth Rs 5.32 crore in five cases involving people allegedly linked to the illegal narcotics trade.According to the police, properties worth Rs 5.32 crore have been seized or frozen under sections 68E and 68F of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act in five cases registered at Robertsganj, Anpara,…
Ahmedabad: Can police confiscate a vehicle allegedly used to ferry liquor while the criminal trial is still pending? Gujarat High Court has put the question under scrutiny, staying an order passed by a DSP for confiscation of a vehicle seized under the Gujarat Prohibition Act.The court issued notice to the state govt after the vehicle…
