The tunnel boring machine (TBM), Divya, digging the underground section of the Purple Line metro will complete its journey from Kidderpore to Victoria Memorial on Tuesday Kolkata: The tunnel boring machine (TBM), Divya, digging the underground section of the Purple Line metro will complete its journey from Kidderpore to Victoria Memorial on Tuesday, a month…
In light of the torrential downpour in Mumbai, SpiceJet has issued a crucial travel advisory MUMBAI: Heavy rain and adverse weather conditions in Mumbai prompted SpiceJet to issue a travel advisory on Tuesday, warning passengers that flight arrivals, departures and consequential flights at Mumbai airport could be affected.In a post on X, the airline said,…
New Delhi: Delhi govt Monday introduced a bill in the assembly seeking to advance the statutory cut-off date for recognising jhuggi jhopri (JJ) clusters by nearly two decades, a move that seeks to bring newer slum settlements within the ambit of rehabilitation and redevelopment schemes.The Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (Amendment) Bill, 2026 tabled by…
Stormwater drain work at Purasawalkam Chennai: At least 398 roads have been dug up as Greater Chennai Corporation races to finish stormwater drain (SWD) projects before the northeast monsoon.GCC has also identified 230 locations as severely vulnerable to flooding. Many lie in peripheral areas, including Perungudi and Sholinganallur, as well as neighbourhoods such as Tondiarpet,…
Bhagalpur: Sanjay Pahariya, 56, and his wife Mili Devi, both from the Soriya Pahariya community, have been selected to attend the ‘Griha Satkar’ ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Aug 15, where they will meet President Droupadi Murmu.The ceremony, being organised under the Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DA-JGUA) of the ministry of tribal affairs,…
Ministry of external affairs said in an official statement that under the Vienna Convention, diplomatic premises are inviolable and must be protected. NEW DELHI: Condemning the defacement of Indian embassy premises in Slovenia by Khalistan separatists, the govt urged law enforcement authorities elsewhere too to take note of the hateful propaganda and disinformation being spread…
Kolkata: Police have traced the source of the laser beam that disoriented the pilot of a Malaysia Airlines flight during its landing approach at Kolkata airport on Saturday night to Ashoknagar in North 24 Parganas and are now trying to identify those responsible.The incident has prompted Bidhannagar and Barrackpore police to step up enforcement, with…
Mumbai: Powai police arrested four men, aged between 25 and 30, from Haryana for allegedly trying to communicate outside an examination centre using Bluetooth buds connected to a mobile phone to get answers for an exam they appeared for on Sunday. The modified handset seized from the four was just two and a half inches….
New Delhi: Delhi may have several online govt services, but a World Bank assessment has exposed gaps in some of the capital’s most basic systems — from property records and registration to construction approvals and water-quality monitoring.A review meeting chaired by the chief secretary last month found zero or partial scores on several indicators under…
Chennai: The cut-offs for MBBS/BDS admissions to govt colleges in Tamil Nadu are likely to increase by up to 40 marks for the open category and between 21 and 41 marks for some reserved categories this year. This is because the number of top scorers in NEET 2026 is higher than that of the previous…
