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Millet items on Guj-Mum Vande Bharat’s menu

New Delhi: The new Vande Bharat train, which will start commercial operation between Gandhinagar and Mumbai Central from Sunday, will offer a variety of food items, including low-calorie cuisine made from millets — ragi, bhagar, cereals, oats and muesli. The railway ministry said the items have been included in the menu considering the high likelihood of the patronage of business and corporate passengers for this train.

Free food plan will cut FCI wheat stock, hit open sale

The extension of PM Garib Kalyan Ann Yojna (PMGKAY) till December is likely to reduce the wheat stock with the Food Corporation of India (FCI) to around 140 lakh tonnes by January 2023, almost to the same level of buffer stock norms.

MP cereal output sees big increase, UP’s dips slightly

PUNJAB RECORDS DIP IN SHARE

Deposit ₹5.2 cr in 2 weeks for hartal damage: HC tells PFI

Ask For Deposit, Courts Hearing Bail Pleas Told

6-airbag deadline pushed back to October next year

New Delhi: Barely two days before the proposed timeline for implementation of mandatory six airbags in all cars, Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said the new norm will be effective from October 2023, considering “global supply chain constrains” and feedback from the industry. Earlier, the ministry had proposed to implement the rule from October 1 this year.

HC OKs ₹80L settlement, closes Kodiyeri ‘rape’ case

Relations Were Consensual: Consent Terms

2 U’khand villages give ‘back-to-back’ def chiefs

Dehradun: Two remote Uttarakhand villages, which are just 90 km apart, in Pauri Garhwal district have given the country back-to-back Chief of Defence Staffs (CDS), the highest-ranking officer on active duty in India’s military.

Ahead of Shah’s J&K visit, twin blasts rock Udhampur

Jammu: Two explosions rocked Udhampur town within a span of eight hours since Wednesday night ahead of the three-day visit of Union home minister Amit Shah to Jammu and Kashmir in the first week of October.

Sports in India suffered due to UPA graft, favouritism: PM

We Don’t Have Any Lust For Power: Modi

Govt upgrades Ambani security cover to ‘Z-plus’

AFTER THREAT REVIEW: 40-50 commandos could be part of the security unit that will work in shifts

BMC floats ₹15-crore tender to clean sewers with quick response vehicles

ATTENDING TO SEWAGE LEAK COMPLAINTS

WR to run 106 15-car services, 79 of them AC, from tomorrow

Mumbai: There will be 27 more 15-car services in addition to 31 new air-conditioned services for commuters of Western Railway, which will be introducing its revised time-table for suburban section from October 1.

Eat, pray, celebrate: 2 Puja pandals hold 75th anniv festivities

Mumbai: There are two Durga Pujas with a common origin in the western suburbs. Both are celebrating their 75th anniversary. The North Bombay Sarbojanin Durgotsav started by producer-director Sashadhar Mukerji, one of the founding fathers of popular cinema, is hosting its event in Tulip Star hotel, Juhu, while Banga Maitri Sansad (BMS) is located in Prabhat Colony, Santacruz (E).

Get off BEST bus, ride e-bike from stop itself

Mumbai: BEST Undertaking will roll out e-bike facility by deploying 1,000 vehicles at 180 bus stops, commercial and residential areas in Mumbai to promote the lastmile connectivity to commuters.

HC orders razing of parts of BJP ex-MLA’s Mira Rd hotel

Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Thursday directed the demolition of a substantial portion of Seven Eleven Club at Mira Road, owned by former Mira Bhayandar BJP MLA Narendra Mehta.

Incomes restored, city pvt hospitals in upgrade mode

Mumbai: Private hospitals in the city are on an upgrade and expansion spree to gear up for post-pandemic transformations. With patient footfall and revenues back to pre-pandemic times, hospitals are adding beds, buying machinery and creating new departments.

State to rebuild razed crematorium in one month, ₹1L fine for PIL: HC

Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Thursday directed the state government and the Mumbai collector (suburbs) to reconstruct within a month a crematorium at Erangal beach, Malad (west), that was demolished without giving a hearing to the fishing community.

SC: All women, wed or unwed, can opt to abort under MTP Act

‘Free To Decide Without Undue Interference’ | Married-single woman distinction untenable: SC

Zerodha, Ola founders richest under 40: Hurun

The 40 entrepreneurs in the list added Rs 185,000 crore of wealth, a 12% increase over last year.

Youth held for raping lover, threatening to upload video

In August this year, Sardesai also called up the complainant's father and abused him. Last week, Sardesai hugged her in public, prompting her to lodge a complaint with the police. The cops are further investigating the matter.

Woman held for mortgaging fake gold coin

Police said she had the modus operandi of cheating jewellers.

Want condoms too? IAS officer to girl seeking pads

A senior woman IAS officer in Bihar has kicked up a major controversy by publicly mocking a poor schoolgirl who asked if the government could provide sanitary napkins at lower prices, saying there was no end to such demands and asking if in future they would want “condoms too”.

Union Min's fake profile created online to seek money

An FIR has been registered and we are taking help of Cyber police to trace the accused

State to soon list Mhada layouts for cluster redevpt

The state will soon announce the scheme for rent payment, he said.

Sena hits out at BJP over ‘Marathi dandiya' plan

Hitting out at the BJP for its bid to organise a ‘Marathi dandiya’ in Mumbai this Navratri, the Shiv Sena on Wednesday said that the Sena’s foundation won’t move an inch despite the BJP’s attempts to woo Marathi voters.

SC slams TN govt for filing ‘frivolous' petition, fines ₹5L

Sending a stern message that states wasting judicial time by filing frivolous petitions in court would not be tolerated, the Supreme Court has imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakh on the Tamil Nadu government for filing an appeal in the apex court even after the issue had been adjudicated.

SC bench to examine if mins need more curbs on freedom of speech

The issue was referred to constitution bench after a man, whose wife and daughter were allegedly gang-raped on a highway near Bulandshahr in 2016, approached SC against then minister and SP leader Azam Khan for his controversial statement that the gangrape case was a “political conspiracy”

Saved card no. online? New rules from Oct 1

Vendors Not Allowed To Store Nos., Tokens Will Be Used Instead | Int’l Payments May Be A Pain

Repair Palghar potholes within 3 wks, NHAI told

The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has been told to fix potholes and address safety related issues on the Palghar district stretch of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad national highway within three weeks.

Power stns: Fadnavis says replace old with modern

He asked for priority to investors interested in solar power expansion and directed officials to check the viability of floating solar power plants in Irai dam at and Jayakwadi dam.