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'Bhu mafia' tag: UP govt considering special law for statutory backing

Lucknow, Sept. 19 -- The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh is considering bringing a special law to give statutory backing to action against those identified as "bhu mafia" (land mafia), on ... Read More


Shapoorji Mistry urges Tata Trustees to support listing

India, Sept. 19 -- Shapoorji Mistry, the chairperson of the Shapoorji Pallonji Group, urged all Tata Trustees to back the listing of Tata Sons Pvt. Ltd., saying that could also pave the way for a deep... Read More


Poor rains, poor harvests drive Sudurpaschim Dalits from their villages

Bajhang, Sept. 19 -- Pyaru Sarki of Kailas in Jayaprithvi Municipality spends his days shaping leather fittings for threshing equipment, sieves, and plough harnesses used by local farmers. In return, ... Read More


BMC to build 15 'aspirational' toilets in western suburbs

India, Sept. 19 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has invited tenders to construct 15 "aspirational" pay-and-use public toilet blocks at high-footfall locations across the western suburb... Read More


Parts of Marathwada receive rain after dry spell; five killed in lightning strikes

India, Sept. 19 -- Several parts of Marathwada received heavy rainfall after a prolonged dry spell, with 31 revenue circles across five districts recording more than 65 mm of rainfall in a single day ... Read More


Dry spell damages at least 25% of standing crops in Marathwada

India, Sept. 19 -- While the official panchnama of crop damage is yet to be carried out, agriculture department officials estimate at least 25% of the standing crops in eight districts of Marathwada t... Read More


Bank holiday today: Check if SBI, HDFC, ICICI branches are open or closed on Saturday, September 19

New Delhi, Sept. 19 -- Bank customers planning to visit a branch today, Saturday, 19 September 2026, should note that branches are open. This is because 19 September falls on the third Saturday of the... Read More


Minister seeks probe into 'negligence' over drains in Ggm

India, Sept. 19 -- Gurugram MP and union minister of state Rao Inderjit Singh on Friday sought an immediate vigilance inquiry into alleged negligence by the irrigation department in maintaining stormw... Read More


Maha to set up task forces to seize assets of troubled credit societies

India, Sept. 19 -- In a major push to recover money locked up in 469 financially distressed cooperative credit societies, the Maharashtra government has ordered the setting up task forces, or taluka-l... Read More


Building an indigenous robotic soldering solution

India, Sept. 19 -- A gap in India's electronics factories sparked an unlikely second innings for Pune-based retired professionals Shrikrushna Kakde and Govardhan Gondchawar, who founded SlightGen Solu... Read More