In the light of a rise in COVID-19 cases, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has decided to register offences against people who violate safety guidelines, an official said on Thursday.
This was the lowest daily COVID-19 count in nearly 70 days.
The row over premature retirement of former NCLAT Chairperson Justice Ashok Iqbal Singh Cheema ended in the Supreme Court on Thursday as the Centre conceded, permitting him to continue in office till September 20 to pronounce verdicts.
The Padma Bhushan was conferred on 17 personalities including N Chandrasekharan, chairman of Tata Sons, Krishna and Suchita Ella of Bharat Biotech, Cyrus Poonawalla, Satya Nadella, chairman of Microsoft, Sunder Pichai, chairman of Google.
While two persons died after a portion of a `chawl' (tenement) collapsed in suburban Malvani, two others were killed after part of an old building collapsed in south Mumbai's Fort area, civic officials said.
Announcing her appointment, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde hailed the Mysore-born Gopinath as "one of the world's outstanding economists with impeccable academic credentials, a proven track record of intellectual leadership and extensive international experience".
How did Mumbai tightly control the case-spread deaths while Delhi so obviously did not? And what do the answers imply regarding preparedness for the third wave, asks Omkar Goswami.
For all those auto enthusiasts who thought Mahindra have only been manufacturing Jeeps and trucks in the '90s, Timeless Mahindra offers plenty of interesting surprises, discovers Rajesh Kareka/Rediff.com.
'Change was very much needed for the Congress to win the 2022 assembly elections.'
The awards were presented by Northern Army commander Lt Gen D Anbu at an investiture ceremony.
'If Yogiji has to run this government without any problems, he has to remain in power, and if he has to keep the BJP bosses in Delhi and the RSS happy, then he has no option but to do it.'
The Prime Minister's Office has given the nod to questioning of Puducherry Lt Governor Iqbal Singh by the Enforcement Directorate for his alleged links with suspected money launderer Hasan Ali Khan.
The Santacruz observatory recorded 286.4 mm rainfall during the 24-hour period ending at 8.30 am on Wednesday, making it the fourth highest rainfall in Mumbai since 1974, an Indian Meteorological Department official said.
Under scanner of the Enforcement Directorate for his alleged links with Hasan Ali Khan, Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Iqbal Singh has admitted recommending expeditious issuance of passport to the alleged tax evader but claimed he did not know him.
Puducherry Lt Governor Iqbal Singh was on Tuesday questioned by the Enforcement Directorate officials for the second successive day over his recommendation for issuing a passport expeditiously to alleged tax evader Hasan Ali Khan after which he left for New Delhi.
N Rangasamy, who ended the reign of his former party Congress in a stunning electoral debut for his outfit, was sworn in as chief minister of Puducherry for a third term on Monday.
Facing Enforcement Directorate summons for his alleged links with Hasan Ali Khan, Puducherry Lt Governor Iqbal Singh on Sunday said he is ready to resign from the post if asked to.
Three Sikh musicians, removed from a flight at the Sacramento airport in California about a year ago, have received an apology and an undisclosed amount from the US Airways under a settlement with the airlines. Sikh organizations had termed the incident as of racial profiling and discrimination.
'I went to Nagpur for my engineering. I used to model there, those amateur fashion shows. Then you know, I thought why not try my luck in films and all?'
At least 17 people were killed on Friday and several others injured in a collision between a mini bus and a passenger train at a railway crossing at Moga in Punjab.
GE Money India is looking for a strategic partner to drive scale just as it did with the State Bank of India (SBI) for its card business. It is trying to replicate its card model in its joint venture with Wizard Home Loans, a non-banking finance company from Australia.
Iqbal Singh has been appointed as the new CEO and President of GE Money India. The company is also planning to induct a strategic partner in a few months.
The chargesheet was filed against Lt Col (retired) V P Sayal and sacked Brig Iqbal Singh.
Top Sikh clerics on Tuesday met to decide the future course of action against Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in the wake of an apology tendered by him for dressing like Guru Gobind Singh.
He is the third army personnel to be convicted by the army court in the Tehelka case.
A 40-year-old Sikh, was hospitalised after he suffered stab wounds, in an apparent hate crime, in Santa Clara, California.
The court martial resumed on Wednesday for the examination of prosecution witness Anirudh Bahal, editor-in-chief of tehelka.com and who was in charge of the sting operation.
Five months after the Central Bureau of Investigation re-opened a murder case in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, a Metropolitan Magistrate court has dismissed the agency's application for original records of the case.
The officers are Major General P S K Choudhary, Brigadier Iqbal Singh and Colonel Anil Sehgal.
The most experienced administrator in the country seems to have sat back and allowed bureaucrats and policemen to manage the lockdown, observes Jyoti Punwani.
Vice Chancellor of Jamia Milia university and a seasoned bureaucrat Najeeb Jung was on Monday appointed as the new Lt Governor of Delhi while former Delhi Police Commissioner K K Paul was made Governor of Meghalaya.
'These are challenging times and we get energised by that.' 'I don't feel that 'I am tired now and I should relax', because even if someone calls us at 12 o'clock I have to answer his call.'
Organising the logistics for a festival that attracts nearly 500,000 devotees is not easy.
After forcing some governors to quit, the Narendra Modi government on Friday sacked Lt Governor of Puducherry Virendra Kataria, in the first such action against political appointees of the United Progressive Alliance regime.
'If you are not able to perform today, 10 years later, you won't have an excuse to explain why you didn't do it when you could.'
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath who went on a whirlwind tour of the state to ensure the victory of his party candidates, described it as a "historic win". He attributed the victory to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision and BJP chief Amit Shah's guidance.
The father of the girl agreed to conducting of post-mortem and cremation of the body.
"Each soldier was my brother in arms.' 'We fought together and achieved glory for India.' 'We fought on with only one thing in the mind -- that that this is a national battle and we must not let the Pakistanis get the better of us,' says Major General Shamsher Singh, who was awarded the Mahavir Chakra for fighting in one of the bloodiest battles the Indian Army has ever waged.
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