NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the aspirational districts programme changed the lives of more than 25 crore people in 112 districts of the country and its success will now form the basis of the aspirational blocks programme.PM Modi made the remarks as he launched a unique week-long programme for aspirational blocks called 'Sankalp Saptaah' at the Bharat Mandapam here.The prime...
THANE: Local residents led by the Thane unit of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) staged a peaceful protest on the Eastern Express highway at Anand Nagar condemning the toll rate hike.The hike will be implemented starting October 1 at all five Mumbai entry points.Traffic movement towards Thane or Mumbai was not affected as the protestors stood by the roadside holding placards with messages...
KOLKATA: Kolkata and Bengal could end up with a monsoon rainfall deficit this year despite a 60% rain surplus in September and a low-pressure formation over the Bay of Bengal, which promises "enhanced rainfall" in the next few days.Officially, monsoon withdraws from Bengal around October 10 after it arrives in early June. By Friday, Bengal had received 1,186.2mm rain against the normal count of...
CHENNAI: Days after the AIADMK walked out of the NDA alliance, the BJP state unit has convened a meeting of state office-bearers, district presidents and zonal in-charge, besides its core committee to discuss the 'prevailing situation' and strengthening organisational structure for the upcoming LS polls. The party is also engaged in dialogues with 'friendly partners' dismayed by the sudden developments...
NEW DELHI: Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal unveiled a 15-point winter action plan on Friday and stressed the cooperation of NCR states to make the season less harsh on everyone. "Pollution knows no boundaries. The air from Haryana comes to Delhi, and Delhi's air goes to Uttar Pradesh," he said. Hotspot-specific action plans, monitoring of open-waste burning, and alternative routes on 90 roads are part of...
MUMBAI: Developers here pay an average of Rs 5,400 per sqft as approval cost through various premiums exacted by the municipal corporation and other government authorities, said a report by a body representing top builders. It argued that the high premiums are ending up affecting Mumbai's growth trajectory as the country's premier economic hub. Cities such as Delhi NCR, Chennai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad...
WASHINGTON: Highlighting incidents of threats, violence, and intimidation against Indian diplomats and missions in Canada, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar questioned whether the reaction would have been the same if a similar situation had occurred in any other country.He further emphasized that the situation in Ottawa should not be normalized.Addressing a press conference in Washington DC on...
NEW DELHI: The government on Friday turned down demands of onion traders from Nasik to scrap 40% export duty and stop two government cooperatives — NCCF and Nafed — from selling onions at mandis. The government also asked the traders to immediately call off their strike.However, the government told the traders that their demand will be taken up at an inter-ministerial committee for...
NEW DELHI: A 42-year-old woman and her four associates have been arrested in connection with the robbery of 17 gold biscuits in the Paschim Vihar area of west Delhi. The accused have been identified as Sonu Suri, a resident of Tagore Garden Extension, Navneet (34), Mohsin Khan (29), Dheeraj (22), and Ankit Porwal (22), all residents of Khayala.The incident occurred on September 22 when a PCR call was...
MUMBAI: A special CBI court in Mumbai on Friday granted bail to former policeman Sachin Waze in connection with a 2021 extortion case filed on the complaint of a hotelier. Waze had approached the special court in August this year after being denied bail by a metropolitan magistrate. Waze, currently in judicial custody in the Antilia bomb scare and other cases being probed by Enforcement Directorate and...
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