New Delhi: The heat continued as the hottest areas of the city recorded over 42 degree Celsius even as the weather department expects maximum temperatures to reach 45 degrees Celsius over the next two days.No heatwave warning has been issued so far. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) expects temperatures to rise today, also forecasting thundery…
Chennai: Parts of the city and suburbs are likely to receive light to moderate rainfall with thunderstorms and lightning today. The sky may be partly cloudy with temperatures around 35-36°C during the day and about 27°C at night, an IMD bulletin said.Across the state, the IMD has forecast light to moderate rainfall at a few…
Madhubani: A 20-year-old man drowned after he and his girlfriend jumped into a village pond to escape a group of youths who spotted them during a secret late-night meeting in Durgapatti village under Harlakhi police station area of Madhubani district on Friday night.Shivam Kumar of nearby Umgaon village had gone to meet his girlfriend near…
Locals gather near the pond on Saturday Hazaribag: The body of 22-year-old Commando Verma, a resident of Okni locality, who was suspected to have drowned in Khajanchi Talab, Hazaribag, on Friday, was fished out after a 20-hour long operation.Police said Verma and another friend had gone to the pond late on Friday evening. However, while…
Bokaro: A wounded peacock, struggling for life after being attacked by dogs, was rescued from a village under Mufassil police station limits in Giridih district on Saturday.The injured bird was first spotted in the backyard of Rajesh Sah, a resident of Budhwadih Tola in Tatokiyari village. As locals informed the forest department, a team reached…
NEW DELHI: India has finally succeeded in retrieving the ‘Chola Plates’ considered to be among the most significant surviving records of the dynasty with Netherlands formally restituting the assets at a formal ceremony in the presence of PM Narendra Modi and PM Rob Jetten on Saturday, marking yet another success of Modi govt in recovering…
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court has assigned the R G Kar rape-murder case to a special bench of Justice Shampa Sarkar and Justice Tirthankar Ghosh, making it the fourth bench to be assigned to hear the case.Earlier this week, on Tuesday, the division bench of justices Rajasekhar Mantha and Rai Chattopadhyay recused from the case, citing…
Navi Mumbai: A 22-year-old youth was arrested by Sanpada police for allegedly sexually assaulting a 22-year-old woman friend, who had arrived from London, UK, where she is pursuing higher education, reports George Mendonca.Devidas Kathale, senior inspector of Sanpada, informed that, the arrested accused youth has been identified as Mahir Makada, a resident of Sector 28,…
New Delhi: The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) on Friday gave its nod to sweeping draft measures aimed at tackling chronic air pollution that called for the registration of only electric three-wheelers in the L5 vehicle category from 2027 onwards.L5 is a category of vehicles that carry passengers and goods. The vehicles, which may…
VILLUPURAM: Intense drama and high tension prevailed outside the AIADMK district headquarters on Villupuram-Chennai Highway on Saturday as a scuffle broke out between the supporters of ousted district secretary and MLA C Ve Shanmugam and the police. The confrontation occurred after police locked the party office to prevent a violent showdown between the supporters of…
