Mumbai: The functioning of women counselling centres across Maharashtra came under scrutiny in the Legislative Council on Thursday, with members raising concerns over inadequate manpower, poor infrastructure and low honorariums for counsellors who provide support to women and children in distress. Women and child development minister Aditi Tatkare said 135 counselling centres are currently functioning…
New Delhi: Delhi govt has ordered a CAG audit of the three private power discoms over the accumulation of Rs 38,500-crore regulatory assets that are to be recovered from consumers. If undertaken, it will be the first CAG audit of the discoms since the privatisation of electricity distribution in Delhi in 2002.Comptroller and Auditor General…
The June quarter defied the usual moderation in vehicle sales that typically follows the March year-end peak Chennai: At least a dozen states recorded double-digit electric vehicle (EV) penetration in June, with Assam and Odisha emerging as the frontrunners as EVs accounted for nearly 20% of new vehicle registrations—the highest penetration recorded by any Indian…
Patna: The Election Commission on Thursday announced the schedule for the bypoll to the high-profile Bankipur assembly seat in Patna, setting the stage for a keen political contest in a constituency regarded as a BJP stronghold for the past three decades.According to the poll schedule, July 13 is the last date for filing nominations, July…
NEW DELHI: Should classrooms pay the price for election duty, ask educators. The entire regular teaching staff of two Delhi govt schools – one at Bhalswa and another near GTB Nagar – has been deployed for booth-level officer (BLO) duties during the peak period of the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, citing manpower…
Kolkata: A man died and two of his family members were critically injured after a neighbour allegedly attacked them with a cleaver in Cossipore on Wednesday morning. Police arrested the accused, Dilip Pal, and seized the weapon.While Ananta Manna died at R G Kar Hospital on Thursday, his son and another family member were being…
People carrying umbrellas make their way through a waterlogged street amid rainfall at Parel on Thursday Mumbai: July began on a wet note with the city recording over 300mm of rainfall in the first two days, which is nearly 37% of the month’s average rainfall quota of 855.7mm.IMD’s Santacruz observatory, which is representative of Mumbai,…
New Delhi: Outside Shaheen Bagh’s Chand Masjid, the questions are no longer about protest sites or road blockades, but about booth-level officers (BLOs), enumeration forms and whether elderly parents have the documents they may need.Volunteers say the mosque will set up neighbourhood camps, this time not to mobilise a protest, but to help residents complete…
The June quarter defied the usual moderation in vehicle sales that typically follows the March year-end peak Chennai: At least a dozen states recorded double-digit electric vehicle (EV) penetration in June, with Assam and Odisha emerging as the frontrunners as EVs accounted for nearly 20% of new vehicle registrations—the highest penetration recorded by any Indian…
Patna: The Patna high court on Thursday reunited a newly married couple after hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by the husband, who alleged his wife had been wrongfully confined by her parents.In an emotional moment after the hearing, the couple sought the blessing of their parents in the courtroom before leaving together.A division bench…
