Chennai: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s announcement in Karur that his govt had cancelled the tender for a flyover in Chennai as the project cost had been inflated to nearly double the actuals has left civic officials guessing as which project was he referring to.As of July, Chennai had only two major flyover tenders in…
Patna: Director of the International Center for Public Policy at Georgia State University, USA, Charles Hankla, on Friday underscored the importance of sound financial management in ensuring good governance.Speaking on “Public Finance and Economics” at the L N Mishra Institute of Economic Development and Social Change (LNMI), he advocated evidence-based policymaking to promote transparency in…
Pregnant women queue up for check-up at Sadar Hospital, Ranchi Ranchi: Couples in Ranchi continue to prefer temporary contraceptive methods over sterilisation, with health officials linking the trend to changes in family planning choices and concerns around permanent methods.In 2025-26, no-scalpel vasectomy, a male sterilisation procedure, remained the least preferred method in Ranchi district, with…
Ranchi: A 27-year-old man was allegedly lynched by a mob in Jamshedpur’s Parsudih after being suspected of stealing a motorcycle, police said. Four persons have been arrested and a juvenile detained in connection with the killing, while raids are on to nab the remaining accused.The victim, Rohit Munda, was allegedly beaten with sticks, bamboo poles…
Food Corporation of India NEW DELHI: Food Corporation of India (FCI) has tightened safeguards for the lifting and use of subsidised rice supplied to distilleries under govt’s ethanol blending programme, making distilleries directly accountable for any diversion or misuse of the released grain. In case of misuse or diversion, FCI will file criminal cases.The move…
Kolkata: Chingrighata Bridge will be closed for 60 hours, from 8 pm on Friday to 8 am on July 13, for Metro work. Kolkata traffic police will deploy extra personnel between Kadapara and Science City, especially on Saturday evening, to tackle heavy traffic that is expected due to rain, weddings and a working Saturday.Police are…
Mumbai: A television actor has been arrested by the city police for allegedly stalking, repeatedly calling, harassing and assaulting a 16-year-old girl in an eastern suburb. Police have booked him under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act.Besides the stringent Pocso Act, Pant Nagar Police have also invoked the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)…
New Delhi: A 35-year-old maths teacher, Amit Bishnoi, has been apprehended by Delhi Police’s Special Cell for allegedly surveilling a businessman and sharing a video of his office with jailed gangster Harry Boxer to facilitate a Rs 10-crore extortion bid.Amit, a B.Tech graduate from Hisar, Haryana, has been working as a teacher at coaching institutes…
Chennai: Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) on Friday floated a tender to prepare a detailed project report (DPR), worth ₹48 lakh, for an area development plan for chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s Perambur constituency. The proposal includes organised parking, cycling tracks, wider footpaths, cleaner drains, more parks, better drinking water supply and a flood resilience plan….
Youth killed in Supaul: A 20-year-old youth, Nitish Kumar, died after being brutally attacked with sharp weapons in an alleged land dispute at Dhora Kataiya Ward No. 17 under Sadar police station area on Friday. According to his family, 15-16 people assaulted him while he was returning home on a bicycle. He suffered grievous injuries,…
