Mumbai, 6/12: Amid a simmering border row with Karnataka, Maharashtra State Transport Corporation (MSRTC) on Tuesday afternoon suspended the bus services to the neighbouring state on a police advisory, a top official said. MSRTC Vice Chairman and Managing Director Shekhar Channe told PTI this decision was taken considering the safety of passengers travelling…
Mumbai, 8/5: On Saturday (May 7) night, ‘comedian’ Munawar Faruqui was declared the winner of the reality show ‘Lock Upp’, which is hosted by Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut. As per reports, Faruqui received 18 lakh votes and also the vote of Kangana Ranaut to emerge as the winner. The ‘comedian’ also won a car,…
Bhubaneswar: Enforcement of Pollution Under Control Certificate (PUCC) checks will be intensified across Odisha from Thursday.The relaxation granted for PUCC verification ended April 1. From April 2, vehicles without a valid pollution certificate face fines of up to Rs 10,000. Around 1.8 million vehicles in the state are yet to obtain a valid PUCC, according to…
New Delhi, 11/5: Severe Cyclone Asani weakened to a cyclonic storm on Wednesday as it barrelled towards north coastal Andhra Pradesh and came within 34 km of Narsapur in the state, packing wind speed of 85 km per hour and bringing heavy rains to the region, the weather office said here. The weather system…
Mumbai, 16/7:In an embarrassment to the Shiv Sena, the new Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis government on Saturday decided to rename the Aurangabad district as Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar and Osmanabad as Dharashiv. The previous Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government had taken the same decision on June 29, in its last Cabinet meeting, when the…
Lahore, 5/3: In a major development, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday announced that the sixth season of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) is postponed indefinitely due to three new Covid-19 cases. “Following a meeting with the team owners and considering the health and wellbeing of all participants is paramount, the Pakistan Cricket Board…
Champua: A day after two students drowned at Keshari Kund of Baitarani river on the fringes of Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj districts, the Keonjhar district administration has declared the spot located at Sarei village under Champua police limits as a prohibited zone Saturday. Authorities have reportedly begun fencing the area to prevent public access to the site….
Mumbai, 12/1: The domestic equity benchmarks climbed in early trade on Thursday amid positive trends from the US markets. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 139.34 points to 60,244.84 in initial trade. The broader NSE Nifty advanced 39.35 points to 17,935.05. From the Sensex pack, HCL Technologies, Titan, UltraTech Cement, Larsen & Toubro,…
New Delhi, 14/3: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday uploaded data on the purchase and encashment of electoral bonds by corporates & individuals and political parties respectively on its website. The Supreme Court had given the ECI time till 5 pm, March 15 to upload the data on its website. It may be…
Patna, 20/2: In a major development, special CBI court in Ranchi on Monday sentenced Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad to five years imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 60 lakh on him in the Rs 139.35 crore Doranda treasury scam, the fifth fodder scam case. The former Bihar chief minister…
