NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Unique Identification Authority of India and the Manipur government to take steps to ensure that Aadhaar cards are provided to people displaced due to the bloody ethnic conflict in the state whose records are already available with the UIDAI.Observing that it does not propose to run the administration in Manipur, the apex court said necessary...
September 2023
CHENNAI/COIMBATORE: The AIADMK led by Edappadi K Palaniswami on Monday announced its decision to break its alliance with the BJP.A meeting of party headquarters office-bearers and district secretaries chaired by Palaniswami adopted a unanimous resolution to this effect. Former minister and senior leader K P Munusamy read out the resolution amid scores of former ministers, functionaries and cadres...
NEW DELHI: Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Monday instructed government and private construction agencies to follow the guidelines to control dust pollution in the city during the winter season. He convened a meeting with government and private construction agencies at Delhi Secretariat in this regard. "All agencies engaged in construction work were instructed to follow 14-point guidelines to...
THANE: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday called for a joint and collective effort to identify 'mathadis' (porters) who are involved in blackmail and extortion. Speaking at a rally organised to mark the birth anniversary of Mathadi leader Late Annadsaheb Patil at Vashi, Fadnavis also warned of stringent action against them.The state government did not want to thrust any act on...
LIVE: Sugar Prices Up 14% (MoM) | Mills to sell 13 lk tonnes of Oct quota | Commodities Corner Get ready to shell out more for your daily sweet experience, with sugar prices reaching a 12-year high. Centre asks sugar mills, trade to disclose stock position every Monday & mill-wise sugar quota every month for...
In a whirlwind of elegance and charm, the wedding bells have rung for Bollywood actress Parineeti Chopra and her beau, Raghav Chadha. The much-awaited nuptials unfolded in all its grandeur at the opulent Leela Palace in Udaipur, Rajasthan and then the couple headed to Taj Lake Palace for later nuptials. With an eye for style and an affinity for all things matching, this power couple made their union a...
For thousands of highly skilled and talented Indians, who are waiting for green cards in the US on the fast track EB-1 (employment based) category, the recent monthly visa bulletin released by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services, brought bad news. The visa bulletin for October 2023, which is also the first for the fiscal year 2024, did not deliver on an earlier USCIS guidance that the backlog...
Why sugar stocks are up as much as 7 percent This positive trend in sugar company stocks follows recent government orders mandating the disclosure of sugar stock positions for traders, wholesalers, retailers, big chain retailers, and sugar processors. This measure aims to proactively address hoarding and...
Young Indian cricketer Shreyanka Patil might not be a household name just yet, but at the age of 21, she is already making waves. Over the last 12 months or so her stature has grown such that she has emerged as an inspiration to a plethora of emerging cricketers across the nation. The right-arm off-spinner became the first player to represent India in the Women's Caribbean Premier League (WCPL) when she...
THANE: Thane residents seem to have given thumbs up to eco-friendly visarjan as a majority of the Bappa idols immersed on the fifth day of Ganeshotsav were done in artificial ponds, civic data reveals. As many as 11,536 or around 64% of the total 17,836 Ganpati and Gauri idols including 171 sarvajanik idols immersions were done at the 15 designated artificial ponds while 42 special tanks in the city saw...