The accused person in police custody Surat: Udhna police registered a case against an accountant of a bag manufacturing firm for allegedly siphoning off ₹1.80 crore by creating a separate firm using a brand name identical to his employer’s business.The complainant Mohammad Sehzad Alam, owns ‘Sitara Bag’ in Udyog Nagar in Udhna and sells his…
The MMRDA plans to acquire 104.2851 hectares of land for the project Mumbai: The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has begun the process for acquiring land for the first phase of the proposed Rs 58,754.71-crore Uttan-Virar sea link by issuing a 15-day notice to landowners in Uttan village to indicate whether they are willing…
32-year-old dies, friend injured in accident Chennai: A 32-year-old man died, and his friend suffered severe injuries after a lorry hit their motorcycle on the Vandalur-Minjur Outer Ring Road near Kundrathur. The lorry driver, Ramesh Kumar, 43, has been arrested.The victim, identified as Sundar of Ramanathapuram, was travelling from Pallavaram towards Avadi with his friend…
Waterlogging on VIP Road disrupted travel plans for flyers Kolkata: Heavy overnight rain and waterlogging on the airport access roads brought air travel in and out of Kolkata to a crawl on Friday, delaying multiple flights, disrupting airline schedules, and leaving thousands of passengers stranded on flooded roads and at the airport. Though no flight…
The inevitable has happened. For months, critics derided him as Two Tier Starmer. Unable to manage or deflect his plunging popularity and facing a revolt from within his party, the Prime Minister of United Kingdom, Keir Starmer, has finally resigned. In 2024, his Labour Party stormed to power with a massive two thirds majority in…
Redditor says visa officer told him his answer sounded memorized before denying his B1/B12 visa. An Indian man shared his recent B1/B2 visa denial experience on Reddit as he sought advice on how long he should wait before reapplying. But the interview details revealed how harshly he was grilled by the visa officer, who did…
Surat: Singanpor police booked four persons, including the three owners of a privately operated vault and a helper, for criminal breach of trust and criminal conspiracy after 206 tolas of gold, worth Rs 2.67 crore, went missing.The accused have been identified as Harsh Diyora, his brother Harikrishna Diyora, their father Mahesh Diyora, and Manilal, a…
Action comes on probe panel’s recommendations Ahmedabad: Within a month of assuming charge, Gujarat University’s (GU) in charge vice-chancellor Jagdish Joshi has suspended around 10 temporary employees appointed controversially. The suspensions come on the recommendations of a three-member inquiry committee formed after protests by student organisations.According to sources, the employees were appointed on a temporary…
Ahmedabad: Even after the onset of the southwest monsoon in Gujarat, Ahmedabad remains gripped by relentless heat. Since March, the city has recorded maximum temperatures of 40 degrees Celsius or higher on 71 of the last 76 days, underscoring one of its most prolonged spells of extreme summer weather in recent years. On Thursday, Ahmedabad…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu is set to outsource solid waste collection and transportation services in 12 municipal corporations across the state by roping in private companies. The cities include Avadi, Tambaram, Vellore, Hosur, Coimbatore, Erode, Salem, Tiruppur, Trichy, Madurai, Thoothukudi and Tirunelveli. Tenders to appoint consultancy firms for preparing detailed feasibility reports and transaction advisory plans…
