CM Adhikari and Hansirani Rath at a Nandigram rally on Tuesday Haldia/Berhampore: BJP on Tuesday nominated 70-year-old Hansirani Rath, mother of Suvendu Adhikari’s slain aide Chandranath Rath, as its candidate for the bypoll in the Nandigram assembly constituency, with the chief minister accusing “Bhaipo gang” of funding her son’s murder.BJP whole-timer Sakharav Sarkar will contest…
Mumbai: The BMC will end up paying over Rs 65 crore for a Rs 14-crore sewage operations and maintenance consultancy contract awarded in 1995, as Supreme Court recently dismissed the municipal corporation’s petition following a prolonged legal battle across multiple judicial tiers.While the standing committee on Tuesday approved the proposal for the payment, citing threat…
NEW DELHI: National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Tuesday gave NOC to the MCD for setting up of the two gantries for multi-lane free flow (MLFF) system, which will make the collection of entry fee and environment compensation charge (ECC) seamless. The NOCs for installing gantries at the remaining 10 other locations on NHs…
Chennai: Madras high court on Tuesday dismissed a plea challenging the election of revenue minister K A Sengottaiyan from Gobichettipalayam constituency in the 2026 assembly election.Justice G K Ilanthiraiyan passed the order while rejecting the election petition moved by AIADMK candidate for the constituency V B Prabhu on the ground that no sufficient materials were…
Patna: More than 71,000 pending traffic and transport challans were settled across Bihar during a six-day special campaign from Sept 7 to 12, giving vehicle owners an opportunity to clear cases pending for months.A total of 71,126 challans were disposed of through the National Lok Adalat held across all districts. The settlements involved challan amounts…
Ranchi: Mayor Roshni Khalkho on Tuesday reviewed preparations for Karam Puja, scheduled for Sep 22, and directed civic officials to ensure adequate sanitation, lighting, road, drainage and health facilities at puja venues and akhara premises across the city.Khalkho asked all RMC departments to work in coordination with puja committees and ward councillors to identify local…
Ranchi: An anti-encroachment drive by the district administration and Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) near DPS Chowk in the HEC area on Tuesday triggered protests as bulldozers moved in to remove structures allegedly standing on encroached land, leaving several families displaced.Residents claimed that the demolition began in the morning, prompting panic among households that were still…
Nepal finance minister Swarnim Wagle NEW DELHI: Nepal finance minister Swarnim Wagle will be in New Delhi for a two-day visit from Thursday for talks on post-flood reconstruction and wider economic cooperation as Kathmandu looks to India for support after the Aug 26 disaster devastated hydropower projects, roads, bridges and settlements. The visit will be…
About 500 tonnes of hilsa have already crossed Petra-pole border into Bangladesh Kolkata: India is set to export 650-700 tonnes of hilsa to Bangladesh this year, more than four times the amount it imported from the country last year, marking a reversal of the traditional trade flow of the prized fish between the neighbours.About 500…
Mumbai: Cases of Plasmodium falciparum malaria—the deadliest strain—rose from 375 to 2,382 between 2015 and 2025 in the city, driving up its share of the total cases from 5.5% to 25.3%, shows BMC health department’s data.BMC officials attributed the 535.2% jump to an increase in testing, but testing went up by 32.3% in the same…
