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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


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


'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


Low response to SIR re-enrolment, EC takes drive to campuses

India, Sept. 29 -- With just 3.9 lakh applications received from 1.52 crore electors whose names were left out of the draft electoral roll after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and the first time... Read More


Jakarta rises to 140th worldwide in Global Cities Index 2026

Jakarta, Sept. 29 -- Jakarta ranked 140th out of 1,000 cities worldwide in Oxford Economics' Global Cities Index 2026, driven by improvements in transit infrastructure, Governor Pramono Anung Wibowo a... Read More


Gr Noida bus fire: SC asks how the bus kept plying despite due fines

New Delhi, Sept. 29 -- Days after a fire in a moving bus near Greater Noida killed nine people, the Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre and Uttar Pradesh government on how a vehic... Read More