BMC has ordered removal of all encroachments from footpaths Mumbai: BMC has launched a citywide ‘pedestrian first’ campaign that seeks to clear footpaths of all kinds of obstructions. Under the first phase, encroachments on 320km of footpaths will be removed.BMC chief Ashwini Bhide directed civic officials to immediately remove unauthorised hawkers, encroachments and other obstacles,…
Delhi court has acquitted former WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh NEW DELHI: A Delhi court Monday acquitted BJP ex-MP and former Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in the sexual harassment case filed by women wrestlers. Suspended WFI assistant secretary Vinod Tomar was also acquitted.Additional chief judicial magistrate Ashwini Panwar pronounced…
Chennai: DMDK MP L K Sudhish called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his office in New Delhi on Monday and requested him to prevent Karnataka from constructing a dam at Mekedatu.In a statement, DMDK said Sudhish had submitted a memorandum to Modi urging the Union BJP govt not to give the nod to Karnataka…
Patna: Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor’s rise was powered by a campaign that broke from conventional electioneering. Kishor campaign built largely on youth mobilisation, grassroots outreach and an organisational model that relied more on volunteers than traditional political machinery.For Jan Suraaj, the bypoll offered an opportunity to do what it could not during the 2025…
JAMMU: Two rusted mortar shells were found in two villages near the Pakistan border in Jammu’s Poonch on Monday and were safely destroyed later by the Army’s bomb disposal squad, officials said. Some villagers found one shell in Mankote area and alerted security forces, the officials said. The other shell was spotted on a farm…
The heavy rainfall inundated several parts of south Kolkata Kolkata: Heavy rains lashed parts of south and central Kolkata leading to waterlogging in areas like Chetla, Kalighat, Alipore, New Alipore, Park Circus, Jadavpur and Southern Avenue on Monday. The rain, triggered by ‘local factors’, was accompanied by frequent lightning strikes.Kolkata recorded 86.2 mm of rain…
Siddhivinayak temple trustees said a staffer arrested for theft was affiliated with Shiv Sena (UBT) Mumbai: The trustees of Siddhivinayak temple have refused to resign in the wake of the controversy involving alleged embezzlement of temple funds and blamed staffers appointed by the erstwhile dispensation under Uddhav Thackeray for a series of thefts. MNS chief…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Monday sought responses from the Centre, Delhi govt and the commissioner of Delhi Police on a PIL seeking the earmarking of designated protest sites in the National Capital Region in place of Jantar Mantar, claiming that the latter lacked basic amenities and facilities for protesters.A bench led by CJI Surya Kant…
Chennai: Two men were arrested for flying kites using banned glass-coated manja thread in New Washermenpet. Two kites and two spools of the prohibited thread were seized.Police identified the arrested as Surya, 20, and Prashanth, 21, both residents of New Washermenpet. Acting on a tip, a team conducted surveillance on Sivan Nagar Third Street on…
Prashant Kishor’s suggests Bihar may accommodate a third political force. PATNA: Bihar has been green. It has been saffron. Now Prashant Kishor brings yellow.Kishor, architect of poll victories for others, has finally written one for himself, winning his electoral debut in the Bankipur bypoll. It is a signal flare and perhaps a glimpse of a…
