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Amid the political crisis in Maharashtra triggered by a rebellion by a large section of Shiv Sena MLAs , who are currently camping in Assam, the NCP on Saturday sought to know who was paying the bills of hotels in Guwahati and Surat. Also Read Maharashtra political turmoil live | Shinde alleges security for family withdrawn by State govt The Sharad Pawar-led party, which shares power with Sena and Congress in the state, also asked the Income Tax Department and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to find out the source of "black money" involved. ‘Horsetrading rate’ NCP's chief spokesperson Mahesh Tapase asked, "Who is paying the bills of hotels in Surat and Guwahati as well as the chartered flight? Is it true that the horsetrading rate is ₹50 crore?" "If ED and IT get activated, the source of the black money will be exposed," he added. Majority of Shiv Sena MLAs have shifted their loyalty to minister Eknath Shinde and are camping in Guwahati, plunging the … [Read more...] about Maharashtra political crisis | Who is footing MLAs’ hotel bills in Guwahati, asks NCP

A group of Maharashtra MLAs, led by dissident Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde, arrived here on Wednesday morning by a charter aircraft and were taken to a luxury hotel on the outskirts of the city amid tight security. The MLAs were received at the airport by BJP MPs Pallab Lochan Das and Sushanta Borgohain Shinde, who initially refused to talk to mediapersons waiting outside the airport, later said he has ‘the support of 40 MLAs’. The exact number of rebel Shiv Sena MLAs travelling in the flight could not be confirmed but the flight had 89 passengers, including onboard crew, sources said. The MLAs arrived here from Surat and were taken to the hotel in three buses of the Assam State Transport Corporation. Earlier, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut claimed 14 to 15 Sena MLAs, including some ministers, are with Shinde in Gujarat’s Surat city. However, another party leader said the number could be 23. The Shiv Sena, which heads the MVA, has 55 MLAs, followed by allies NCP (53) and the Congress … [Read more...] about Rebel Maharashtra Shiv Sena MLAs Arrive at Guwahati, Lodged in Hotel Amid Tight Security

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The manager of a small-town Michigan hotel is offering a free room for women looking to get abortions, particularly from states that have recently restricted or banned access. Shelley O’Brien, the manager of the Yale Hotel in Yale, Michigan, posted the offer on Facebook in May. The post offers several free nights at the hotel plus a transportation service to and from the abortion for women in states that have recently made measures to ban abortion. The offer also “extends to anybody” trying to get an abortion who may need help, which includes people from Michigan, O’Brien told the Detroit Free Press . There are not abortion services in the town of Yale, but there are some about an hour away. “This is important,” O’Brien said according to the Free Press. “This is my line. There’s no coming back from this. You start taking away the right for women to control their own bodies, and we’re done for as a civilization. I can’t stop what’s happening, but I have the resources to maybe … [Read more...] about A Michigan Hotel Wants To Help Out-Of-State Women Get Abortions

Health officials of the Thrikkakara municipality who inspected a hotel at Vazhakkala near Kakkanad on receipt of a complaint of finding live worms in biriyani served to a customer on Friday afternoon found the kitchen of the hotel “unusually clean” and the biriyani missing. A young HR professional and friend, who ordered biriyani at the hotel, reportedly found the piece of chicken swarming with live worms. They immediately took a video of it and brought the matter to the notice of the hotel management. “The hotel actually used a mix of apology and threats to hush up the matter and said that they could leave without paying for the food,” said the complainant. A complaint was lodged with the Food Safety department and the Thrikkakara municipality. The matter was also posted on social media. The municipality immediately sent a team of junior health inspectors to the hotel. “The hotel and its kitchen were spotless and unusually clean. They also claimed to have run out of biriyani. … [Read more...] about Vazhakkala hotel accused of serving stale biriyani

Tata Group Stock: Tata Group’s hotel company Indian Hotels is witnessing strong growth after overcoming the challenges of Covid 19. Brokerage house Motilal Oswal has advised investment in Indian Hotels in view of the strong outlook of the hotel business and has expressed expectation of 30 per cent upside. Rakesh Jhunjhunwala Stake In IHCL Ace investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala and his wife Rekha owned a total 2.12 per cent stake in the hotel as of March 31, which is valued at Rs 667 crore as of Thursday’s trade. Brokerages Bullish As Businesses Grows Post Covid Brokerage houses are bullish on Indian Hotels shares after the company highlighted its efforts to grow its existing and new businesses and deploy its capital efficiently to generate better returns in the FY22 annual report. According to the report of the brokerage house, Motilal Oswal, the room income of Indian hotels has grown by 80 per cent year-on-year, with the average occupancy reaching 53 per cent (+14pp YoY). … [Read more...] about This Tata Group Stock Rises 60% In A Weak Market; Analysts Predict 30% Potential Gains Ahead

A survey of 2,000 adults found that 67 percent of Gen Z respondents and 65 percent of millennial respondents have overbooked themselves with events this summer. Two in three young Americans are preparing for their busiest summer ever this year — with a majority planning to say "yes" to every event they get invited to. According to BambooHR, "Generation Z, also called Gen Z, is the generational cohort following millennials, born between the late 1990s and early 2010s." With travel plans surging after a two-year pause due to the pandemic, more than half (52 percent) of the respondents are using their vacation time to travel for others — either for social obligations or business-related purposes. Only 23 percent stated they're traveling to take a personal vacation. On average, respondents plan to attend three weddings, three birthday parties and three family vacations, among several other events in the summer months. Though more than half of those surveyed say they expect to … [Read more...] about Why Gen Z, millennials think this summer will be busiest ever

Germany’s competition regulator on Tuesday initiated a proceeding against Google and its parent company Alphabet to examine possible anti-competitive behaviour by Google Maps against rival map services providers. The probe by the Federal Cartel Office (FCO) against Google Maps is initiated under tougher abuse laws which have applied to Google’s business in Germany since January this year. Also Read: Twitter’s Edit Tweet Button Is Finally Here But Not For Everyone “We have information to suggest that Google may be restricting the combination of its own map services with third-party map services, for example when it comes to embedding Google Maps location data, the search function or Google Street View into maps not provided by Google,” Andreas Mundt, President of the FCO in a statement. “We will now examine whether this practice could allow Google to further expand its position of power regarding certain map services,” Mundt added. Under the new tougher laws, the authority … [Read more...] about Google Maps Faces New Antitrust Scrutiny, This Time In Germany

An English couple visiting the French city of Calais were surprised after finding two migrants had snuck into the rooftop cargo box of their car in an attempt to sneak into Britain. The couple says they first became suspicious while driving along a French motorway and heard noises from the roof of their vehicle. They pulled over at a rest area and opened the roof box, finding two teenage migrants in the cargo container. The two migrants, both supposedly aged 16 and from Eritrea and Guinea, ran as soon as they had been discovered, but were later captured by French Gendarmes after the English couple notified them of the incident, France Bleu reports . According to the couple, they had come to Calais just for one night before heading to another part of France and think the migrants may have snuck into the car’s cargo box while their vehicle was parked at a hotel in the city. The two migrants are said to have thought the couple were returning to the United Kingdom. The Dieppe … [Read more...] about Brits in Calais Discover Migrant Teens Hiding in Car Roof Cargo Box

WAPITI, Wyo. — Hundreds of cars and recreational vehicles were backed up in long lines at entrances to Yellowstone National Park as it partially reopened Wednesday morning following record floods that reshaped the park’s rivers and canyons, wiped out numerous roads and left some areas famous for their wildlife viewing inaccessible, possibly for months to come. Park managers raised the gates at three of Yellowstone’s five entrances for the first time since June 13, when 10,000 visitors were ordered out after rivers across northern Wyoming and southern Montana surged over their banks following a torrent of rainfall that accelerated the spring snowmelt. Some of the premier attractions at America’s first national park will again be viewable, including Old Faithful — the legendary geyser that shoots towering bursts of steaming water almost like clockwork more than a dozen times a day. But the bears, wolves and bison that roam the wild Lamar Valley and the thermal features around … [Read more...] about Yellowstone National Park reopens after changes wrought by flood