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The Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) has released explainers on how to convert B-khata to A-khata online. As many as 15 lakh property owners in Bengaluru are expected to benefit from the 100-day campaign by the Karnataka government from November 1. Under the new system, properties up to 2,000 sq. m will be eligible for conversion….
Angela Rayner denies she wanted to dodge the extra tax, adding that she made a ‘mistake’ following legal advice. Published On 3 Sep 20253 Sep 2025 United Kingdom Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has admitted she underpaid property tax on a flat she purchased, triggering calls for her sacking, as her party faces sliding poll…
Washington, DC – Twenty years ago, the floodwalls protecting the city of New Orleans crumbled when Hurricane Katrina made landfall, killing almost 1,500 people. Scenes of desperation were broadcast worldwide on August 29, 2005, from across the southern United States city of about 500,000 people, particularly from its inundated and predominantly Black Ninth Ward. The storm,…
Bangkok, Thailand – In the teeming metropolis that is central Bangkok, Methinee Phoovatis monitored a small computer screen, hoping to find signs of survivors. Surrounding Methinee, other members of Thailand’s Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) coordinated the dozens of rescue workers shuttling along a path that led to an enormous mound of debris….
JAMMU: Authorities on Wednesday attached immovable and movable properties of an alleged drug peddler in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, officials said. The residential and commercial buildings and a car owned by Haroon Rashid of Rajouri tehsil have been frozen under sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS), 1985, officials said. The…
At least five people have been killed and thousands of homes have been gutted in wildfires that have ravaged multiple parts of Los Angeles in California – the most populous state of the United States. More than 130,000 residents in different neighbourhoods of Los Angeles city have been ordered to evacuate as the fires, which…
At a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on Tuesday, United States President-elect Donald Trump reiterated his desire to acquire Greenland, which he said was critical to American national security. The Republican leader, who is set to be inaugurated on January 20, refused to rule out using military or economic power to achieve…
