Chennai: Several areas will face a 24-hour disruption in piped drinking water supply for two days as Metrowater undertakes a major pipeline interconnection project.The disruption will affect areas including Kolathur, Jawahar Nagar, Sembium, Ayanavaram, Perambur, Korattur, Anna Nagar West Extension, Villivakkam and Anna Nagar West that fall within three zones—Thiru Vi Ka Nagar, Ambattur and…
Patna: All 10 candidates fielded by four political parties for an equal number of Bihar legislative council seats were elected unopposed on Thursday with no additional candidate entering the contest. The successful candidates were later handed their certificates of election.The elections were held for nine seats due for biennial polls, while one seat was filled…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the the Economic Advisory Council meeting. NEW DELHI: As govt gears to undertake a delimitation exercise in the coming month, a working paper by the Economic Advisory Council to Prime Minister (EAC-PM) has suggested India should split Lok Sabha’s 170 large constituencies using a “targeted criterion” instead of a uniform…
Kolkata: Newly appointed commerce and industry minister Tapas Roy has said he has instructed officials to prepare a white paper on the Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS), detailing how many editions of the summit have been held, the expenditure incurred and the extent to which investment commitments have actually materialised.Speaking to TOI, Roy said the…
Mumbai: A special court on Thursday allowed the CBI’s plea to transfer a Rs 321.88 crore bank fraud case allegedly involving fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi and others to a metropolitan magistrate court, after investigations could not establish corruption charges against public servants.The CBI moved the the court seeking to move the case to the Additional…
New Delhi: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday coordinated the return of two wanted fugitives from abroad, bringing back Haryana-based gangster Venkatesh Garg from Georgia and securing the deportation of alleged cybercrime kingpin Ganesh Balaso Kale from Thailand.Garg, wanted in dozens of cases of murder and extortion in several states, was detained last year…
State Level Bankers’ Committee (SLBC), Tamil Nadu Chennai: Tamil Nadu’s Annual Credit Plan (ACP) for the financial year 2026-27 has been fixed at more than ₹10.9 lakh crore, marking a 12% year-on-year increase over the previous year’s ACP of ₹9.8 lakh crore.State finance minister N Marie Wilson, who chaired the 186th State Level Bankers’ Committee…
Patna: The design for the development of the Baba Hariharnath Temple in Sonepur on the lines of the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor is ready, and the land acquisition process for the ambitious project is currently underway. The detailed project report (DPR) is also being prepared ahead of the tendering process for the Rs 680-crore project, which…
Union home minister Amit Shah NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Thursday said the entire northeast region, barring one or two states, may be out of purview of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act by next year.Speaking at the signing of a tripartite memorandum of understanding (MoU) among the Centre, govt of Assam and…
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday asked the Bengal assembly speaker if an expelled MLA can be appointed leader of the opposition.The HC — hearing a Trinamool Congress challenge to speaker Rathindra Bose’s order appointing Ritabrata Banerjee as LoP — directed the former to file an affidavit along with the order of appointment.The petition by…
