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NEW DELHI: Letting a pet dog roam without a leash in public places could become expensive in Delhi, with a penalty set to rise from Rs 50 to Rs 1,000 under proposed amendments to municipal laws.The change is part of the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2025, introduced in the Lok Sabha on Friday…
AIMIM’s M East ward committee chairperson Khairunnisa Akbar Hussain faced controversy after displaying her husband’s photograph in her office MUMBAI: The AIMIM, which for the first time secured a ward committee chairperson’s post in the civic polls, landed in a controversy in M East ward after chairperson Khairunnisa Akbar Hussain put up her husband’s photograph…
A video showing a train coach strewn with garbage has gone viral, triggering a wider debate on civic behaviour, parenting, and public responsibility in India. The video clip that has been filmed inside a train compartment, shows a dirty scene of litter, full of food wrappers, plastic bottles, used spoons, and bedsheets scattered across the…
Travel takes into account so many aspects, one being it looked upon as a soft-power exercise. When people are travelling abroad, or crossing borders, they don’t just carry passports, they also carry with them their habits, volume levels, queue etiquette, bargaining styles and unspoken social codes. Places like airports, markets, and amusement parks turn into…
I hate winters. But somehow I love snow, thanks to “Harry Potter and the depiction of snow in the Hogsmeade”. But the irony is, I had never seen snow before. Not the kind you see in movies or Instagram reels—soft, white, untouched and unreal. I mean real snow! Cold enough to burn your fingers but…
HYDERABAD: Two years since returning to govt, Congress tightened its grip on Telangana’s urban landscape Friday by being on course to win at least 83 of 116 municipalities and five of seven municipal corporations that went to polls on Feb 11.Congress sealed a majority in the Mancherial, Ramagundam and Nalgonda municipal corporations by evening and…
A young passenger’s emoji sticker art on an IndiGo plane seat ignited a vibrant discussion across social media regarding the intersection of parenting and public spaces. For some, it was a trivial expression of creativity, while others voiced their concern, arguing that it sets a troubling precedent for disrespecting communal areas. A Reddit post from…
NEW DELHI: Karnataka Congress MLC Yathindra Siddaramaiah signaled stable leadership ahead of upcoming civic polls, firmly dismissing speculation of a chief minister change and affirming that the party high command has ruled out any shift.Speaking amid preparations for local body elections in Bidar, he emphasised unity by noting multiple capable leaders within Congress while deferring…
NEW DELHI: Across major metropolitan cities, streets have become theatres of risk. Drivers swerve dangerously, bikers speed, and citizens flout basic rules of the road. The consequences are visible: accidents, near-misses and growing frustration among those who share the roads. While traffic rules exist on paper, enforcement often struggles to keep pace with the fast-moving,…
(L-R): Rajeshree Shirwadkar, Alka Kerkar, Yogita Koli, Harshita Narwekar MUMBAI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is poised to take the Mumbai mayor’s post for the first time since the 1980s, with the party narrowing its choice to several women corporators. The post was reserved for a woman from the open category in a draw of…
