NAINITAL: Weekly markets will be set up across Nainital district for marketing and promoting products of local self-help groups under the “Vocal for Local” drive, district magistrate Dhiraj Garbyal said on Wednesday. Garbyal said a weekly market has already been opened in the municipality complex of Bhowali and such markets will also be set up … Read more
MEERUT: Two daily wage workers died and six others were injured after an under construction electricity tower collapsed in the outskirts of Ajrana village under Mundali police station area of Meerut on Wednesday. Those who died have been identified as Mohd Hasrat (25) and Mohd Azmal (24), both residents of Gouripur area of Malda district … Read more
MUMBAI: The sensex regained the 62k level in intra-day trades on Wednesday after remaining below that level for more than a year, as foreign funds continued with aggressive buying of Indian stocks. A marginally higher US market close on Tuesday night, despite some new tensions surrounding the Russia-Ukraine war, also helped a steady market on … Read more
It has no plans to impose new taxes, but despite this, Aam Aadmi Party aims to improve the financial condition of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi simply by plugging leakages of funds and improving governance. In an interview to TOI, Durgesh Pathak, AAP functionary in charge of MCD, claimed corruption, lack of intent and poor … Read more
CHENNAI: Madras high court has refused to stay the Ordinance promulgated by the Tamil Nadu government banning online rummy and poker played for stakes. The first bench of Acting Chief Justice T Raja and Justice D Krishnakumar wondered how a stay could be granted even before the ordinance comes into force. The court, however, suggested … Read more
SURAT: Kanchanlal Jariwala, an AAP nominee for the Surat East seat reportedly kidnapped on Tuesday, resurfaced the next day to withdraw from the fray. The AAP brass claimed Jariwala backed out under duress from BJP, an allegation he purportedly denied in a video and blamed AAP workers for his decision instead, alleging they refused to … Read more
NEW DELHI: PM Modi greeted the world leaders at the G20 Summit with gifts highlighting India’s culture and arts, mostly from Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat, the two states which are going to the polls. Modi gifted Kangra miniature paintings to US President Joe Biden portraying ‘Shringar Rasa’ or depiction of love on a natural backdrop. … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the juvenility of a Kathua gang-rape-murder case accused, ordering him to face trial as an adult and suggested a relook at the efficacy of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015, while expressing serious concern over the trend of minors escaping with lenient punishment even after committing grave and … Read more
PATNA: Around 24 village women who had opted for tubectomy at two state-run public health centres in Bihar‘s Khagaria over the weekend were allegedly made to undergo the surgical procedure to prevent pregnancy without anaesthesia, leaving them awake and writhing in pain on the operating table. The standard practice for tubectomy is to use local … Read more
After India and the UK missed the Diwali deadline for the free trade agreement under discussion, PM Narendra Modi and his counterpart Rishi Sunak in a meeting on Wednesday backed a trade deal which, according to the UK, has the potential to unlock investment and increase jobs in both the countries, and to expand their … Read more