Chennai: Tamil Nadu alliance of resident welfare associations (TNARWA) urged the state govt to launch a transparent statewide audit of residential and commercial buildings. They claimed large-scale property tax evasion and corrupt assessment practices caused revenue losses worth hundreds of crores of rupees. The federation demanded regular inspections of properties owned by MLAs, councillors and…
Image used for representation Patna: Motorcycle-borne miscreants snatched a gold chain from Rohit Kumar, brother of Jehanabad MLA Rahul Kumar from RJD, in Kankarbagh locality of the state capital on Friday morning.The incident occurred while Rohit was returning home from a morning walk at Lohia Nagar Park. He was attacked barely 100 metres from his…
Koderma: Koderma witnessed a heart-warming event on Friday as SP Kumar Shivashish handed over 101 recovered mobile phones to their rightful owners. The phones, lost by common citizens over time, were traced under the district-wide initiative “Vishwas.”The SP said, “The recovery was made possible through the diligent efforts of the Koderma Technical Cell.” Using advanced…
Ranchi: In a major push towards public health and environmental safety, state development commissioner Ajoy Kumar Singh has directed officials to ensure that all upcoming waste processing plants are set up at a safe distance from residential areas, hospitals and water supply sources so that citizens are not adversely affected.Chairing the maiden meeting of the…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday strongly rejected reports claiming that the Centre was considering imposing a cess, tax or surcharge on foreign travel to offset the fiscal impact of the ongoing conflict-linked economic pressures.Responding to the report in a post on X, PM Modi said, “This is totally false. Not an iota…
Kolkata: A payloader stationed in front of two buildings being demolished on G J Khan Road in Tiljala was forced to roll back on Friday morning after a nearly six-hour stand-off with local residents, as devotees sought space to offer Friday namaz at a mosque located opposite the demolition site.As the payloader rolled out, devotees,…
HC said the daughters’ careers should not be hampered because of their father’s absence Mumbai: Bombay high court has released a road rage assault accused on bail for 11 days so that he can guide his daughters on taking a decision regarding their academic careers.“The twin daughters, who are at a crucial juncture of their…
New Delhi: After observing complete abstinence from work on Thursday, the coordination committee of district court bar associations called off its symbolic strike launched over the long-pending demand for enhancement of pecuniary jurisdiction of district courts.“The movement will be intensified if genuine demands, which are for the benefit of public at large and litigants in…
The farmer, who lives in a modest tin-roofed house in Mottur village within the Veerichettipalli panchayat, earns a meagre living through small-scale farming and cattle rearing. PUDUCHERRY: A 32-year-old farmer in a small village near Gudiyatham in Vellore district was shocked to receive a notice from the GST assistant commissioner (Ambur circle) directing him to…
Bhagalpur: In view of the possible threat to the litchi production following the detection of the invasive litchi stink bug (Tessaratoma javanica) in Bihar, a multi-institutional technical task force comprising scientists from ICAR-National Research Centre on litchi, Bihar Agricultural University (BAU) and Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University has been constituted for systematic surveillance, geo-referenced monitoring…
