Bar owners in Delhi are facing difficulties in getting their antecedents verified by police, as required by the excise department. The bar owners claim that police have said it is not feasible to verify the background of such a large number of people without formal communication from the excise department. The excise department made...
Read MoreTwo 16-year-old boys were found hanging from a tree near an ashram in Faridabad, India. It is believed that the boys made a suicide pact and took their own lives. The boys were friends for four years and had met at school. They had left their homes on scooters and were found hanging from...
Read MoreA dawn-to-dusk bandh in Bengaluru to protest the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu is expected to disrupt normal life. Buses and autorickshaws will remain off the roads, while schools, colleges, and some businesses will also be closed. Namma Metro services will continue as usual, but IT and tech firms have asked employees...
Read MoreThe Ministry of Education in India is planning to introduce a unique number for every student, similar to the Aadhaar number, starting from kindergarten. The number will be linked to the Academic Bank of Credits and will be used to track the students’ academic journey in a consolidated platform. It will also be linked...
Read MoreThe Delhi High Court has urged civic bodies to take care of trees in preparation for the approaching winter season. The court expressed surprise at a report from the Central Public Works Department (CPWD), which claimed to have removed only 28 concretised trees. The court called this figure too low and instructed CPWD to...
Read MoreThe Karnataka government has issued a final notification reducing the number of wards in Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) from 243 to 225. The government had reconstituted the Wards Delimitation Commission, which submitted the delimitation report on August 4. After considering objections and suggestions from the public, the government made changes to the draft...
Read MoreThe monsoon withdrawal in Delhi has been delayed this year, with the normal withdrawal date being September 25. In the past decade, the monsoon has generally retreated from Delhi in late September or early October. The monsoon has already retreated from parts of southwest Rajasthan after a nine-day delay. The India Meteorological Department (IMD)...
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