NEW DELHI: Isro chairman S Somanath on Monday met chess grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa at his Chennai residence and said that he “will surely inspire young people including in the space domain”.After meeting Praggnanandhaa and his family at his residence in Chennai on Monday, Somanath said, “We are proud we have a Pragyan (rover) on the Moon, and he is Praggnanandhaa on the ground...what we did for...
MUMBAI: An integrated metro car shed for Metro Lines 4, 4a, 10 and 11 will come up on a 435-acre plot (174 hectares) at Mogarpada in Thane as also the coastal road. The estimated cost of the four metro routes is Rs 28,700 crore.With this allotment, the state government has provided land for car shed for nearly 11 metro routes except 7 and 7A. Metro Line 8 (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International...
CHENNAI: Southern Railway has achieved a record single day earning of Rs 22.7lakh by levying fine on people for ticketless travel and for irregular travel at five railway stations in the zone on October 15. The feat was achieved by 31 ticket checking flying staff who registered 3,508 cases.The checking drive was conducted at MGR Chennai Central, Perambur, Erode, Coimbatore Jn and Ernakulam Junction...
MUMBAI: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) celebrated the first anniversary of the "Hinduhridaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Aapla Dawakhana Yojana" by launching a radio jingle. This jingle will be broadcast on local trains, buses, and other high-traffic areas, as stated by the BMC.The Aapla Dawakhana initiative, designed to provide medical facilities to the public, was inaugurated in October...
THANE: A notorious criminal with a criminal record in Uttar Pradesh, who had a reward of Rs 50,000 for his capture, was apprehended in a collaborative operation involving the Navi Mumbai Police and the Special Task Force unit in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, it was reported.The 23-year-old individual known as Haris, also recognized as Chhotu Abdul Aziz, had managed to evade authorities in Uttar Pradesh for...
Kolkata: In a unique initiative, a group of residents of Elita Garden Vista housing complex in New Town have started drawing street art on the service road stretch adjacent to the complex to prevent encroachment by street vendors. The residents started painting a stretch of the service road with on Sunday, with permission taken from New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA).“Vendors often occupy...
CHENNAI: The Madras high court on Monday reserved its order on the bail application moved by Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji. The minister was arrested on June 14 by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for alleged offence of money laundering under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Concluding the final hearing, Justice G Jayachandran reserved his orders. According to the minister,...
NEW DELHI: Officials announced on Monday that the Delhi government has given its approval to a premium bus service scheme designed to curb the use of private vehicles within the city and contribute to pollution reduction.In August, the government posted the draft of the "Delhi Motor Vehicles Licensing of Aggregator (Premium Buses) Scheme, 2023" on its website, inviting public input.Through this...
MUMBAI: The Income Tax (I-T) investigation wing is conducting searches on several premises in Mumbai and other locations in connection with BMC’s Covid scam during the pandemic, mainly supply of oxygen at inflated rates.I-T officials included the premises of the contractors in the search.It was alleged that BMC had paid Rs 140 crore to a contractor for oxygen procurement and supply during the pandemic...
NEW DELHI: Former Pakistan pacer Wasim Akram came down hard on Babar Azam's men after they suffered an embarrassing seven-wicket defeat at the hands of India in their ICC ODI World Cup match at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Saturday. Akram, who was known as the 'Sultan of Swing' during his playing days, also highlighted poor fitness as the reason behind Pakistan's lacklustre show against the...
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