Mumbai: The monsoon session of the state legislature will be held in Mumbai from June 22 to July 10. This decision was taken in a meeting of the legislative assembly and legislative council business advisory committee on Monday.It is unlikely that there will be a leader of the opposition in the assembly and council in…
TNew Delhi: Lieutenant governor TS Sandhu reviewed the progress of DDA’s Yamuna rejuvenation programme, 23% of which has been completed, according to official estimates.The LG asked officials to fast-track projects related to the floodplain after being told during a review last week that restoration and riverfront development was over on nearly 1,700 hectares of the…
Chennai: The state govt has been facing flak for repeated offences against women and children. On Monday, leader of opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami and BJP state president K Nainar Nagenthran condemned the sexual assault and murder of a three year old girl near Gummidipoondi on Monday.PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss, AMMK…
Patna: Seizures of more than 17.53 lakh litres of liquor worth Rs140.95 crore, over 21 tonnes of ganja, nearly 52 kg of heroin and the arrest of 56,904 people in prohibition-related cases highlight the scale of Bihar’s ongoing crackdown on liquor smuggling and narcotics in 2026, said Ajay Pandey, DIG of the Prohibition and Anti-Narcotics…
Officials of the aAssociation meet minister Irfan Ansari on Monday Ranchi: The Jharkhand Petroleum Dealers Association (JPDA) on Monday urged state govt to ease implementation of the recent order by the Centre on June 11, particularly in the cap on diesel sales and container requirements.A delegation of the association met food, public distribution and consumer…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Monday sought responses from Centre and Punjab govt to a PIL alleging that the AAP-governed state has failed to implement the constitutional guarantee of free and compulsory education to every child from economically weaker and marginalised sections of society.Though RTE and RTI were among the main planks on which AAP…
Kolkata: Chairman of Singapore-based Universal Success Enterprises, Prasoon Mukherjee, met CM Suvendu Adhikari on Monday and expressed interest in investing in a logistics park. Mukherjee, also the chairman of the Singapore Business Federation (India Business Council), discussed other possible investment avenues with the CM.Mukherjee told TOI that USEL was keen to invest in Bengal. He…
Mumbai: Deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde on Monday directed all civic and emergency response agencies to work in coordination with the goal of achieving “zero casualties” during the monsoon, while reviewing Mumbai’s pre-monsoon preparedness. He was addressing the authorities in a meeting on Monday afternoon via video-conferencing.Shinde said the delayed onset of the rains has…
New Delhi: New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) is planning to roll out a comprehensive property tax assessment system based on the unit area method (UAM) within the next three months.The council has sent the bylaws outlining the implementation process to the Union home ministry for notification. The bylaws were framed following amendments to NDMC Act…
Chennai: The state govt on Monday informed Madras high court that four AIADMK MLAs had voluntarily resigned from the assembly and that the Speaker would take action in accordance with assembly rules.The submission was made during the hearing of a petition challenging the Speaker’s decision to accept the resignations of former AIADMK MLAs Maragatham Kumaravel…
