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Pandemic restaurant closures produce glut of used equipment

2:28 pm February 19, 2021

San Leandro: The pandemic’s heavy toll on the restaurant industry can be seen in Jose Bonilla Jr.’s cavernous warehouse, which is packed with industrial ovens, grills, mixers, refrigerators, dining tables, and chairs. Bonilla’s family business, American Restaurant Supply in San Leandro, Calif., buys used appliances, furniture, and other equipment when restaurants close in the San Francisco Bay Area. “We have an overflow of equipment […]

Congress sweeps Punjab civic polls, boost for Amarinder

10:16 pm February 17, 2021

Chandigarh: The ruling Congress won six municipal corporations and emerged as the largest party in the seventh, sweeping the urban body polls in Punjab on Wednesday. The party won Bathinda, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, Abohar, Batala and Pathankot corporations in the civic polls on February 7, held against the backdrop of the farmers’ agitation over the new […]

Make people aware of ‘fraudulent elements’ taking money in Ram’s name: Uddhav

6:09 pm February 17, 2021

Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has taken a veiled swipe at the BJP, saying Shiv Sena workers should make people aware about ”fraudulent elements” who are collecting money in the name of Lord Ram. Thackeray, who heads the Sena, was addressing party legislators and functionaries on Tuesday. The Shiv Sena will conduct a ‘Shiv Sampark’ campaign from February 22 to 27 […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Woman’s death: BJP accuses Maha govt of suppressing the case

6:02 pm February 17, 2021

Mumbai : Amid allegations that a Maharashtra minister was connected to the death of a woman from Pune, the opposition BJP on Wednesday sharpened its attack on the Shiv Sena-led government, saying it was trying to suppress the case. Some social media posts and the BJP have claimed that the 23-year-old woman, who died after falling from a […]

Kiran Bedi removed as Puducherry LG

11:40 pm February 16, 2021

New Delhi: In a sudden development, Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry Kiran Bedi was removed from her post on Tuesday night at a time when the union territory was witnessing a political crisis following the resignation of Congress MLAs from the V Narayanasamy government. A brief communique issued by Rashtrapati Bhavan spokesman Ajay Kumar Singh said the President has directed that Bedi ”shall cease to hold the office of the […]