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‘When the plot of land which was being taken over to build a luxury apartment tower, was already being used by a public hospital viz-a-viz the Sion Hospital for more than 25 years’. File | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini The average Mumbaikar’s plight has become like that of the poor peasant in Tagore’s epic poem…
The SME Growth Fund is part of a three-pronged effort by the government to help small companies grow, involving equity support, liquidity measures, and professional support. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The Union Cabinet on Tuesday (October 6, 2026) is likely to take up a proposal by the Ministry of Finance to set up a…
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The 2007 picture provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences shows Nidal Malik Hasan when he entered the program for his Disaster and Military Psychiatry Fellowship. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump has approved the execution by firing squad of Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan for the 2009 shooting rampage…
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Municipal workers collect dead fish from the alleged polluted waters of Banganga Tank at Walkeshwar, in Mumbai, on October 5, 2026. | Photo Credit: – As hundreds of fish were found dead in the historic Banganga Tank in Mumbai’s Walkeshwar, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is set to hold a meeting with local residents and priests…
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The 8th Ordinary Meeting of the Cyberabad Municipal Corporation (CMC) was held on Monday, October 5 | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement After naming the Aramghar-Zoo Park flyover after former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, another prominent Hyderabad landmark is set to carry his name, with Wipro Circle in the Financial District is set to be renamed…
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Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday, October 4, 2026 posted on his X account, “The talent of Bhadohi once had to find its own way, but today the government is opening new doors of development, markets and opportunities for it. The state’s exports have increased by nearly 2.27 times in the last 10 years and…
Parti Quebecois (PQ) leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon reacts to the results of the provincial elections, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on October 5, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Separatists won provincial elections in Quebec on Monday (October 5, 2026), with a promise to hold a vote on leaving Canada after U.S. President Donald Trump leaves office,…
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The profuse blooming of pink water lilies in Malarikkal may have brought joy to hundreds of visitors and local tour operators, but not to biodiversity experts. The three-month-long floral economy, which begins in July and ensures a flurry of activity and generates revenue, is having an adverse impact on the local ecology, ecologists fear. A…
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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday (October 5, 2026) called for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza ahead of the third anniversary of the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel. “It is time for the ceasefire to become permanent. It is time to…
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Security arrangements were heightened around the Election Commission headquarters in Delhi on Tuesday (October 6, 2026) in view of the INDIA bloc’s planned protest over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, officials said. Security has also been stepped up at key points in New Delhi in view of protest calls issued by different…