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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert in Maharashtra for Mumbai and the adjoining Thane district, predicting heavy showers in isolated areas for Saturday. Heavy rain across Mumbai leads to waterlogging. ( Praful Gangurde /HT Photo ) “Local forecast for Mumbai city and suburbs for the next 24 hours. Moderate to heavy …
At least two persons are feared trapped under the rubble after a three-storey building collapsed in Navi Mumbai’s Shahbaz village on Saturday morning. Police, fire brigade and National Disaster Response Force team are present at the spot and carrying out the rescue operation. A scene after a building collapsed in Navi Mumbai on Saturday morning. …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to chair the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog)’s ninth governing council meeting on Saturday, July 27. The council, the apex body of NITI Aayog, includes all state chief ministers, lieutenant governors of union territories, and several union ministers, while Modi is the chairman. PM Modi to chair …
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday attacked the Centre, asking if the BJP-led government will not allow the protesting farmers camping at the Shambhu and Khanauri border to enter Delhi, should he “send them to Lahore”. Farmers from Punjab, led by Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM), began the ‘Delhi …
Bengaluru: In an embarrassment to the BJP in Karnataka, party leader and former state Cabinet minister Arvind Limbavali said his party had “totally failed as an opposition”. “It is regrettable that there has been no harmony and understanding between our party’s state president (B.Y. Vijayendra) who is also an MLA and the Leader of the …
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visited the home of her Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal on Friday to meet his wife, Sunita Kejriwal and his parents. AAP MP Raghav Chadha was also present. Mamata Banerjee and Sunita Kejriwal exchanged a bouquet upon meeting. (Screengrab/X) {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Banerjee is in Delhi to attend the …
New Delhi: Labour and employment minister Mansukh Madaviya on Friday led interministerial discussions on creating a centralised database of jobs generated in the economy, an idea he broached citing employment data scattered across agencies and ministries, which could be a reason for the lack of a comprehensive picture on hirings. Union labour and employment minister …
Facades of two mosques and a mazar along the kanwar yatraroute in Uttarakhand’s Haridwar city were on Friday covered with large sheets of white cloth to “prevent trouble” but were removed by the evening after objections from various quarters. The sheets were hung on bamboo scaffoldings in front of the mosques and the mazar, all …
Delhi-Noida flyway on Friday evening witnessed traffic congestion and slow vehicle movement, visuals coming from news agency ANI showed. The city’s temperature dropped a few notches on Friday after moderate to heavy rainfall during early hours of the day. Traffic moved slow on major roads such as the Delhi-Noida-Direct (DND) Flyway and Noida-Delhi Link Road …
The Calcutta High Court on Friday directed that Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is free to make any statement concerning Governor C V Ananda Bose, not crossing the contours of freedom of speech and public duty. “Otherwise, the appellants run the risk of being exposed to a claim for heavy damages and other retaliatory actions,” …