New Delhi: The functioning of MCD’s standing committee has come to a halt due to delays in completing elections for vacant posts, raising concerns over the approval of nearly 70 civic proposals and key financial decisions, according to sources.The committee last met on March 31, when nine out of 18 members retired through a draw…
Chennai: A one-and-a-half-year-old boy was killed and his parents sustained serious injuries after a motorcycle crashed near Thiruporur in Chengalpet district on Tuesday evening. The accident happened as the mother’s dupatta got entangled in the vehicle’s rear wheel.The toddler was identified as Visagan, son of Pushparaj ,29, and Pavithra ,23, residents of Ammanambakkam village near…
Gandhinagar: Minister of state for health Praful Pansheriya on Wednesday chaired a meeting to plan the proposed Spine and Sports Injury Centre. The minister said that a sum of Rs 295 crore will be spent in setting up a world-class spine institute, sports injury and rehabilitation centre at Medicity.Quoting the minister, the statement said that…
Bengal finance minister Swapan Dasgupta meets Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi Kolkata: Bengal govt’s budget will chart a roadmap to tackle the state’s economic crisis, finance minister Swapan Dasgupta said on Wednesday, days ahead of presenting the BJP govt’s first budget in the Bengal assembly on June 22.He added that the state…
Urban development minister Madhuri Misal said the transfer of five approved town planning schemes to PMC was under way Pune: Urban development minister Madhuri Misal on Wednesday told Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) to fast-track preparation of a structural plan and bring it into force within the next 12-18 months to resolve delays in…
Before June 18, 1946, the movement for Liberation existed only at an intellectual level. Ram Manohar Lohia brought it onto the streets, addressing the historic gathering at Margao. The demand was civil liberties—freedom fighters had concluded that without basic freedoms, people could not organise, and any direct demand before Salazar’s regime would be futile. Satyagraha…
Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik and Kalyan Lok Sabha MP Dr Shrikant Shinde KALYAN: Maharashtra transport minister Pratap Sarnaik has directed the transport commissioner office to initiate action against app-based taxi aggregators following complaints that passengers are being compelled to pay tips and additional charges by drivers.The directive comes after Kalyan MP Dr Shrikant Shinde raised…
A truck got trapped in a recently developed road in Dindoli, which suffered major damage when a portion of it caved in with movement of vehicles. Surat: Just five days after a road was restored following pipeline work, a section of it caved in in city’s Dindoli area on Wednesday, causing a truck to tilt…
Mamata manages to not get tainted by excesses of Trinamool’s strongmen, pitching herself as both a provider and a ‘victim’. So, her supporters can vote for her while dissing her party First phase of one of the most contested elections came to a close on a whittled electorate, and a very high turnout (of 3.6cr…
G7 leaders on Wednesday agreed to strengthen cooperation to reduce their dependence on China for critical minerals, unveiling plans to coordinate stockpiling, boost recycling and create a new platform with an expanded role for the International Energy Agency (IEA).The move comes as Western nations seek to secure supplies of minerals crucial for defence, artificial intelligence,…
