BMC’s Universal Footpath Policy 2023 modified Mumbai: To push forward with its ‘Pedestrian First’ campaign launched earlier this week to remove all encroachments from footpaths, BMC has dropped certain provisions of Universal Footpath Policy 2023 that allowed some structures to be set up and vehicles to be parked on pavements on a temporary basis “in…
An orange alert has been issued for seven districts in Kerala, while thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty winds are also expected in several regions. NEW DELHI: Heavy rainfall is likely across several parts of the country on Sunday, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing warnings for multiple states across north, east, northeast, central…
AMMK leader T T V Dhinakaran CHENNAI: AMMK leader T T V Dhinakaran on Saturday demanded a CBI probe into the fraudulent registration of a parcel of land belonging to the Dhandayudapani Swami Mutt in Palani after a lawyer arrested in the case and lodged in the Madurai Central Prison died under “mysterious circumstances.” He…
Exam with school student having a educational test, thinking hard, writing answer in classroom for university education admission and world literacy day concept Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court on Friday permitted the state govt to go ahead with the recruitment process for nearly 11,000 posts of primary teachers, but ordered it to keep 774 posts vacant…
BSF officers say they are on high alert Jalpaiguri: The state govt has intensified liaison with BSF after intelligence inputs indicated an increase in the activities of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in districts along the India-Bangladesh border, senior officials said.While state police brass are holding weekly coordination meetings with BSF officers, police stations in border areas…
Pune: Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a comprehensive regulatory order for all licenced blood centres and blood storage facilities for the first time in the state, prescribing uniform procedures from donor selection and blood collection to testing, storage, transportation and distribution.The order was issued on Friday. It comes after inspections revealed that…
Outstanding NBFC loans against gold jewellery rose 69.3% year-on-year to Rs 3.41 lakh crore at the end of June 2026 (representative image) Loans against gold jewellery by non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) continued to expand sharply in June, growing nearly 70% year-on-year, according to Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data.Outstanding NBFC loans against gold jewellery rose…
Ashish Yadav and Neeraj Chopra NEW DELHI: Ashish Yadav‘s journey started with a wooden javelin in Mawaiya, Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh. He trained near dry ponds with quicksand patches. The dangers of such a location notwithstanding, Ashish wanted to follow in Neeraj Chopra‘s footsteps.The 19-year-old weighed all of 70kg when he was picked to train in…
Taylor Swift removes her song ‘August’ from Team Trump’s post.(Image credits: Instagram) Taylor Swift’s song ‘August’ has been removed from the Donald Trump campaign account on TikTok. The clip, posted 4 days ago, shows ‘muted’ instead of her song in the background. Many fans took to social media after the 36-year-old singer’s ‘Folklore’ album was…
BBC traced former Syrian intelligence chief Hussam Luka, accused of involvement in the 2015 “Children’s Massacre” and other abuses, to Moscow. Former Syrian intelligence chief Hussam Luka, one of the most powerful security officials under ousted president Bashar al-Assad, has been traced to Moscow after the BBC followed a trail of contacts found in his…
