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Drought relief to cost state over rRs.r45,000 crore

India, Sept. 29 -- Preliminary estimates suggest that Maharashtra's new 12-measure drought relief plan, announced by chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday, will cost over Rs.45,000 crore. The s... Read More


Bengal Speaker has till Oct 8 to decide TMC rebel qualification plea: SC

New Delhi, Sept. 29 -- The Supreme Court on Monday said that the West Bengal assembly speaker has time till October 8 to decide on the disqualification petitions filed against 10 Trinamool Congress le... Read More


Air traffic controllers raise concerns over new automation system displays

India, Sept. 29 -- Air traffic controllers (ATCOs) have raised concerns over the large situation-data displays, trials of which are being conducted at Bangalore, Hyderabad and Mumbai airport under the... Read More


Court hands custody of birds rescued from cramped cages to Raigad animal trust

India, Sept. 29 -- A Mumbai railway court on Monday has handed interim custody of birds rescued after being transported in overcrowded cages on the Geetanjali Express to Kalote Animal Trust in Raigad.... Read More


29-year-old killed by friend over Ganesh mandal fund row

India, Sept. 29 -- A 29-year-old man was allegedly killed by his friend after a dispute over the accounts of funds collected for their Ganesh mandal in Ambernath. Police later arrested the accused at ... Read More


CBI chargesheets 5 ex-promoters of builder in homebuyers fraud case

India, Sept. 29 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has chargesheeted five former promoters and directors of Acme Realties Pvt Ltd and its holding company, Acme Housing India Pvt Ltd, over al... Read More


Supreme Court gives Oct 8 deadline to Bengal assembly speaker over TMC disqualification plea

New Delhi, Sept. 29 -- The Supreme Court on Monday said that the West Bengal assembly speaker has time till October 8 to decide on the disqualification petitions filed against 10 Trinamool Congress le... Read More


Labourer dies after falling into sewer manhole in Santacruz East, another injured

India, Sept. 29 -- A 47-year-old labourer died and his co-worker was injured after the two entered a manhole while cleaning an internal drainage line of a private building in Santacruz East on Monday ... Read More


Damaged roads & piled waste: Ward 23 cries out for repairs

Ludhiana, Sept. 29 -- The Ward 32 residents have been struggling with several civic problems with heaps of garbage, damaged roads, potholes and waterlogged stretches making the everyday mobility diffi... Read More


'No control over own officers': Sanjay Raut claims FDA trying to extort money from hotels, Mundhe seeks proof

India, Sept. 29 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut has accused Maharashtra's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials of threatening hotels, restaurants and quick-commerce businesses with licence s... Read More