02 May 2026
Arare ancient idol of Lord Vishnu has been unearthed during excavation in the temple premises in Hamirpur district of Uttar Pradesh. The news of the discovery of an old Vishnu idol in the temple spread like wildfire in the village. What was then, a huge crowd of devotees started walking towards the temple. Gradually, the crowd of devotees started gathering in the temple to see the idol. The idol has been kept safe in the Shri Ram Janaki temple of the village.
Bharti Airtel received spectrum allocation letter within few hours of making upfront payment to the Department of Telecom, Bharti Enterprises founder and chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal said on Thursday. This is the first time ever that the Department of Telecom (DoT) has handed out a spectrum allocation letter on the day of making upfront payment.
“Airtel paid Rs 8,312.4 crore towards spectrum dues and was provided the allocation letter for the designated frequency bands within hours. E band allocation was given along with spectrum as promised. No Fuss, No Follow Up, No running around the corridors and No tall claims. This is ease of doing business at work in its full glory,” Mittal said in a statement.
The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has criticised the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and said that it is causing a lot of financial harassment to traders. CAIT has sought the intervention of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and alleged the unified Municipal Corporation of Delhi is indulging into an unjustified tax increase.
In a communication sent to Amit Shah, CAIT has urged for his direct intervention on the issue of arbitrary, irrational, and unjustified increase of rates for property tax, parking & conversion charges, trade licence fees and imposition of Safai Tax on the traders of Delhi. Conducting business activities in Delhi has become quite cumbersome and in a regular basis, the trade is being targeted to fetch more revenue on one pretext or the other. If it goes like this, the traders of Delhi will be compelled to shift their business activities to nearby areas of UP and Haryana- lamented CAIT.
Election strategist Prashant Kishor on Wednesday took aim at the newly-formed Bihar government which was formed after Janata Dal (United) deserted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and formed the 'Mahagathbandhan' by joining hands with Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Congress and Left. Kishor, the former aide of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, opined that prior to next Assembly elections, there would be major reshuffle in Bihar politics.
Prashant Kishor took a dig at Kumar, saying the JD(U) leader has used Fevicol to stick to the CM post, while the other parties continue to revolve around it.
The poll strategist said that the RJD-JDU-Congress-Left government does not enjoy the support of the people.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday conducted searches at some locations in Mumbai, including the premises of a real estate developer from the Eastern suburbs, in connection with the Rs 1,034 crore Patra Chawl land scam case.
The searches as per sources were conducted in connection with the Patra chawl case with links to arrested Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut.
Raut was arrested by the ED on August 1. He was in ED custody till August 8, after which he was remanded to 14-day judicial custody and is presently lodged at the Arthur Road prison.
