Delhi weather (File photo) NEW DELHI: The national capital recorded a maximum temperature of 38.5 degrees Celsius on Sunday, 1.4 notches below the seasonal average, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).The weather department has forecast very light to light rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms and gusty winds during the afternoon and evening hours on Monday,,…
Chennai: After eight years of delay, intervention by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) and three govts later, the long-pending Villivakkam Lake restoration project may finally come to fruition by Sept this year.Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) commissioner Dr G S Sameeran, who inspected the upcoming eco-park on Sunday, said major bottlenecks that stalled the project were…
Patna: A 32-year-old mason was shot dead allegedly over a dispute involving Rs5,000 in Supaul district on Sunday. The incident took place in Ward no. 5 of nagar panchayat under Veerpur police station area.The deceased, identified as Mithilesh Kumar Mandal, son of Gopal Mandal and a resident of Banelipatti panchayat, was sitting at a shop…
Chief Electoral Officer K Ravi Kumar Ranchi: The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) K Ravi Kumar on Sunday said that no documents are to be collected from electors during the voter mapping and enumeration phase. Citing the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) instruction on May 14, 2026, he said, “It mandates no document is to be…
Daltonganj: Police on Sunday took alleged murder accused Dilip Tiwary to the central jail after his 24-hour police remand expired.Tiwary is one of the accused in the kidnapping and murder of realtor Vineet Tiwary, whose body was found beside NH-75 at Jorkat in the last week of April.Police are still looking for another accused Pradeep…
NEW DELHI: Twenty rebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs in Lok Sabha are set to merge with the Nationalist Citizens Party and would extend their support to the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA), said TMC MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar on Sunday. This came after hours long meeting with the Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla in New…
Kolkata: A couple from Tribeni celebrated their daughter’s first menstruation day , challenging societal taboo and stigma. Thirty two years old Moumita Das posted the pictures of 12-year-old Ahona and the celebration on a social networking site. Her post was flooded with congratulatory messages from the netizens.“A decade ago, I watched the video of how…
Sahar police lodged a non-cognisable offence against the unidentified mail sender Mumbai: Mumbai airport received a bomb threat via email on Saturday. Police declared the threat a hoax after a thorough search of the premises and its vicinity by a bomb detection squad. Sahar police lodged a non-cognisable offence against the unidentified mail sender.A police…
AI-generated representational image. NEW DELHI: Delhi Police have busted an alleged prostitution racket operating under the guise of a spa in the Paharganj area and arrested a 29-year-old man accused of running the illegal activities, officials said on Sunday.According to police, the operation was carried out following a tip-off about immoral trafficking activities being conducted…
Chennai: Chief education officers and district education officers have been tasked with devising ways, including preparation of school-wise performance reports and charting action plans for improvement, to improve the performance of govt schools, especially in Classes X and XII.Decisions to this effect were taken at the first review meeting, chaired by school education minister Rajmohan…
