Agartala: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) in Agartala forecast widespread rain across Tripura for the next three days due to active monsoon systems over eastern and northeastern India.An orange warning was in place today for West Tripura, Khowai, Dhalai and Gomati, with heavy to very heavy rain in some areas. A statewide yellow warning continued…
Mumbai’s pioneering community biogas plant at Pali Hill in Bandra had abruptly ceased operations last year Mumbai: Nearly a year after the city’s first community-level biogas plant shut down, the BMC has initiated the process to revive the pioneering waste-to-energy project at Pali Hill in Bandra. The civic body has floated an expression of interest…
Heavy monsoon rains continue to batter large parts of India causing widespread disruption. NEW DELHI: Heavy monsoon rains continued to batter large parts of the country on Wednesday, triggering landslides, building collapses, road cave-ins, flash floods and widespread disruption to road and rail transport.The day saw multiple rain-related emergencies unfold across states.In Maharashtra’s Pimpri Chinchwad,…
2 women held in Chennai for ganja smuggling at court Chennai: Two 25-year-old women were arrested for attempting to hand over a packet of ganja to a Goondas Act detainee on the Chennai Collectorate premises on Rajaji Road. Police said the women tried to smuggle ganja to a prisoner, Manikandan, 35, who has been lodged…
Patna: Hundreds of villagers and family members of a worker, who died in an explosion during construction work on Tuesday, staged a protest at Chandanpatti Chowk in Darbhanga district on Wednesday, blocking the Laheriyasarai-Baheri main road for nearly two hours.The protesters demanded the immediate arrest of those responsible for the blast, compensation for the deceased’s…
Dumka: A 40-year-old woman of Shukrabasini village was allegedly assaulted with a blade, blinded with chilli powder, and robbed near Kumharia while she was on way to the Rajmahal sub-divisional court in Sahibganj district on Wednesday, police said.Officer in-charge of Ranga police station Akhilesh Kumar Yadav said, “Aklima Bibi, in her FIR, alleged that she…
Bokaro: Four persons, including two women, were detained during a raid in a hotel on Tuesday, police said on Wednesday.Acting on a tip-off, a team led by Khorimahua sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) Amarendra Kumar raided a hotel at Bada Chowk under Dhanwar Nagar police station. During the raid, police allegedly found two women and two…
NEW DELHI: Rains in different parts of the country due to monsoon recovery in the past seven-eight days brought some relief to farmers, but considering the uncertainty due to the potential impact of El Nino and the skewed distribution of rainfall, the agriculture ministry has stepped up its ground action with adequate seed availability and…
Villagers engaged in bund formation work Kolkata: The prolonged absence of several panchayat pradhans has emerged as a major hurdle to the implementation of the VB-G RAM G) programme in Bengal, with officials saying the leadership vacuum is affecting project approvals, wage payments and execution of development works in several areas. Union panchayat secretary Vivek…
A young doctor is traumatized after an assault at Shastri Nagar Hospital. She is now considering quitting her job despite the main accused’s arrest. (Family of doctor, pic by Santsoh Gupta) KALYAN: The family of a young doctor allegedly assaulted during the attack on medical staff at the KDMC-run Shastri Nagar Hospital in Dombivli has…
