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"We have identified three locations within the prime location of the city to relocate the street vendors. They are - inside the MUDA parking lot and outside the complex, the municipal parking lot opposite SBI Main Branch," a senior Urban Affairs department official told PTI. He said a digital in-situ survey conducted across 23 locations in the city between December 2023 and January 2024 identified 1,400 vendors of which 760 were found eligible. In Khyndailad alone, 457 vendors were surveyed, w ...Read More >
New Delhi: A single missile. Thirty seconds. That is all Pakistan had when India's BrahMos slammed into the Nur Khan Airbase - just minutes from Islamabad. No early warning. No clear warhead signature. No time to guess whether it carried a conventional payload or a nuclear one. Rana Sanaullah Khan, special assistant to Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, went public. He said that 30-second window nearly sparked a nuclear chain reaction. His words were not laced with bravado. They carried ...Read More >
Shillong, July 3 (UNI) A division bench of the Meghalaya High today appointed a senior advocate, Subhasis Chakrawarty as "Special Officer" to oversee the implementation of its directions related to hawkers and street vendors. During the hearing of three separate public interest litigation (PIL) related to hawkers and street vendors, Phuyosa Yobin, the legal counsel of Meghalaya and Greater Shillong Progressive Hawkers and Street Vendors Association alleged that in the guise of enforcing the Hi ...Read More >
Pune: Passengers on board a Goa to Pune SpiceJet flight (SG-1080) had a scare on Tuesday evening when a window panel was found dislodged while the plane was mid-air.The airline played down the incident, saying the window part that had come off was "a non-structural trim component, fitted onto the window for the purpose of shade".But a person on board the plane -- a Bombardier Q400 -- told TOI the incident triggered anxiety among the passengers. "Two to three layers of the window panel just came ...Read More >
MUMBAI: RBI has mooted a unique, secure borrower identifier to avoid duplication and misreporting of data with credit bureaus, and to improve loan access for borrowers."Credit information companies rely on credit institutions to provide accurate and validated IDs. Without this, duplication and misreporting remain risks. We must move towards a unique borrower identifier, which is secure, verifiable, and consistent across the system," RBI deputy governor M Rajeshwar Rao said in his keynote address ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann is set to expand his cabinet on Thursday, inducting AAP's Ludhiana West MLA, Sanjeev Arora.The last cabinet expansion took place in Sep last year.Arora's induction is likely to involve a reshuffling of portfolios, even though there is no clarity yet on the department to be allocated to him. The induction seems certain as Mann confirmed last week that the party would honour the promise made to the voters of Ludhiana West during campaigning -- of mak ...Read More >
SHILLONG, July 2: The Meghalaya and Greater Shillong Progressive Hawkers and Street Vendors Association (MGSPHSVA) on Wednesday criticised Tourism Minister Paul Lyngdoh for accusing the association's leaders of "deliberately obstructing relocation efforts". The association slammed Lyngdoh's comments, calling them "unsurprising but shameful", especially considering that the minister previously held the Urban Affairs portfolio but failed to address the issue during his tenure. The association, w ...Read More >
Guwahati: The Meghalaya government has designated three key locations to relocate over 400 eligible street vendors. Officials also confirmed that each vendor will receive a relocation allowance of Rs 20,000. A senior official from the Urban Affairs Department stated that the government selected the MUDA parking lot (both inside and outside the complex) and the municipal parking lot opposite the SBI Main Branch as designated relocation sites within the central areas of the city. Ready for a cha ...Read More >
Shillong, Jul 1 (PTI) Tensions flared in the high-security government secretariat here on Tuesday as hawkers staged a protest at the main entrance following an ongoing eviction drive. The Meghalaya and Greater Shillong Progressive Hawkers and Street Vendors Association (MGSPHSVA) demonstrated against the eviction drive carried out by the Shillong Municipal Board (SMB) and the Urban Affairs Department. The protesters carrying placards raised slogans as the SMB targets hawkers operating without ...Read More >
New Delhi: Boasting of digital growth in India's largest public sector bank State Bank of India (SBI), Union finance minister on Tuesday said that digital transformation undertaken by SBI in the last decade has been immensely beneficial to its customers. Congratulating SBI on completing 70 years of service to the nation, she expressed hope that the bank will continue to innovate and empower as India continues its journey towards 'Viksit Bharat' by 2047. "With over 23,000 branches, 78,000 custom ...Read More >
New Delhi: With the completion of eight years, implementing the goods and services tax (GST) -- one of the country's biggest tax reforms, India has broken all the stereotypes by showcasing a perfect balance between Centre and state administrations and coming together to make decisions and resolve issues as well. Back on July 1, 2017, the GST was rolled out with a promise that the country will bring 'one nation, one tax' by merging various indirect taxes under one umbrella. As of today, it is pa ...Read More >
SHILLONG, June 30: Tensions flared on Monday as hawkers and street vendors in the Khyndai Lad area of Shillong resisted an eviction drive carried out by the Shillong Municipal Board (SMB). The operation, conducted jointly by the officials of SMB, district administration and the police, targeted street vendors operating without Certificates of Vending (COVs). Authorities were seen examining documents and asking vendors to produce valid COVs. The drive, however, was met with opposition. A large ...Read More >
Shillong, June 30 (UNI) Street vendors and hawkers on Monday refused to vacate from Khyndai Lad, a commercial hub here in Meghalaya, even Shillong Municipal Board (SMB) staffers went ahead with the eviction drive. The hawkers were seen engaged in a scuffle with SMB and police officials, while an emotionally charged woman vendor took out an axe and threatened to use it if authorities dared to take her wares. The eviction drive, conducted in presence of magistrates and police, came after the sta ...Read More >
Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday directed officials not to demolish slums "without providing permanent houses" warning of strict action "against those who spread rumours regarding demolition", according to a statement issued by the CM's office. The CMO said instructions were also issued to register an FIR against rumourmongers, in a meeting held at the Delhi Secretariat with officials from DUSIB, PWD, DDA, and MCD. CM Gupta said that "some people are spreading the misconception that ...Read More >
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) The PM SVANidhi scheme, which started off as a micro-credit scheme during the Covid-19 pandemic, to help the street vendors and small businesses survive and sustain their ventures in trying times, has another side to it. Many beneficiaries, who got funds under this scheme, utilised it to build lasting enterprises, [...] Andhra launches efforts to evacuate Telugus stranded in Sikkim Amaravati, June 1 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh government has initiated measures for the ev ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jan 13 (PTI) The Delhi Police has arrested four members of a gang, including a village head from Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri, for extorting money from Delhi-based doctors by posing as gangster Lawrence Bishnoi's aides, officials said on Monday. The gang was earlier involved in duping people on the pretext of installing mobile towers on their properties, they said. Also Read | EPFO ATM Card, Mobile App: From EPFO 3.0 Launch Date to Withdrawal Limits, Here's All You Need To Know. The ar ...Read More >
Shikanji is a popular drink in India, known for its tart lime and soda flavor that can instantly lift one's mood. It is a common summertime pick, making it a gourmet favorite. However, social media has recently been flooded with videos of street vendors experimenting with traditional recipes, and Shikanji is no exception. One such video, which is sure to perplex you, shows a store vendor producing a unique Shikanji using an unusual ingredient: Vimal Pan Masala. The now-viral video, published on ...Read More >
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