Ranchi: What should be one of Ranchi’s most serene public spaces is increasingly struggling to shed its infamy of being a traffic bottleneck. Illegal roadside parking, encroachments and the absence of adequate designated parking around Ranchi Lake (Bada Talab) often leave commuters and visitors frustrated.Although the Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) has 54 authorised parking zones…
E20 fuel (AI-generated image) NEW DELHI: Delhi-based transport bodies are likely to hold a protest march to Parliament, demanding the withdrawal of ethanol-blended petrol.The planned protest would be led by the Delhi Taxi and Tourist Transporters and Tour Operators Association along with other groups.“We are planning to hold a protest march to Parliament on August…
Resident groups and activists have urged CM Devendra Fadnavis to cancel land allotments. MUMBAI: Resident groups and activists have written to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis seeking his intervention to cancel the allotment of three reserved open spaces in Juhu and Andheri (West) to the Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal (SVKM).TOI had last week reported that…
A major highlight of the evening was a captivating dance presentation by the disciples of Dr Shovana Narayan, who brought several karanas to life through Kathak. An enriching evening celebrating the intersection of dance, history, archaeology and scholarship unfolded at the India International Centre (IIC), New Delhi, on Saturday, July 25, 2026, with the presentation…
Chennai: Patients at the six-storey super-speciality block of Government Stanley Medical College Hospital are forced to endure long waits due to sluggish and unreliable lifts. Poor maintenance of the elevators has especially hit the elderly patients.The lift doors take several seconds to open or close. Attenders say that at times, they don’t open at all….
Protesters damage a police vehicle during the ‘Bihar Bandh’ Patna: Police headquarters on Monday suspended Abhishek Patel, a police constable and bodyguard of Siwan SP Puran Jha, with immediate effect after a viral video purportedly showed him firing at student protesters with an AK-47 assault rifle during the Bihar bandh on July 25.The Bihar bandh…
Photo for representation only Koderma: A 55-year-old man was trampled to death by a wild elephant in Markachho block of the district late on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Kedar Yadav, a resident of Khandradih village under Paplo panchayat.Yadav and his wife were at a well near their house to start an irrigation pump…
Bokaro: Two days after a deer died in an open well at Harnad village in Kasmar, the district administration has decided to identify and secure hazardous wells in rural and forest-fringe areas.A sub-adult elephant also died after falling into a deep well at Gopo village in Gomia block in 2025 while reportedly moving through the…
Actor-politician Kangana Ranaut (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: Actor-politician and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut on Monday mocked the Gen Z-led protests spearheaded by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), the internet-sensation-turned-pressure group that drew thousands of students at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar.The Mandi MP took to Instagram Stories to slam Gen Z protest reels, calling them…
Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya (file photo) Kolkata: Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Sunday launched a blistering attack on those involved in the violence that ensued at the Kolkata rally on Friday, saying that “anti-national forces” were surfacing across the country again and “divisive forces raising anti-national slogans” will end up in hospitals. Bhattacharya’s…
