The changing relationship with pets is evident across generations. (AI image used for representational purpose only). For years, pets in Indian households were often seen as companions, watchdogs or helpful additions to the family. Today, in many urban homes, they occupy a very different place, somewhere between a child, best friend and a family member.The…
A bar attached to a Tasmac shop in Chennai. Photo by C Suresh Kumar CHENNAI: Bars attached to Tasmac liquor shops across Tamil Nadu will be shut as their licences expired on June 30. The state has warned of strict action against anyone found consuming liquor in public.“We have decided to close the bars as…
Vendors selling fruits, vegetables, snacks and other daily-use items have occupied part of the 550-metre bridge over the Falgu river, shrinking the available road space and raising serious safety concerns Gaya: A bridge built to keep traffic moving is now slowing it down. Nearly a decade after the six-lane bridge over the Falgu river was…
Ramgarh: Seven members of a family, including four women and two elderly persons, were arrested on Wednesday in connection with the murder of Jharkhand Administrative Service (JAS) officer Baleshwar Patel over a land dispute in Ramgarh district on Tuesday.The accused were identified as Santosh Kumar Sao, 35, his wife, Rubi Kumari, 30, his father, Ramu…
Mahua Moitra alleged that BJP workers threw eggs and vegetables at her office. NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress MP Mohua Moitra on Wednesday accused Bharatiya Janata Party workers of attacking her by pelting eggs and vegetables at her office in Krishnanagar.In a post on X, Moitra shared a video in which a large crowd was seen…
Kolkata: Proposals to set up an artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI & ML) lab at Jadavpur University, revamp the university guest house and Gandhi Bhavan, financial help for seminars and support departments to repair buildings and buy equipment were listed at the meeting of Rashtriya Uchchatara Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA 2.0) project monitoring unit meeting…
Tree falls on school bus during rain in Mumbai, kills 11-year-old MUMBAI: The death of 11-year-old Vihaan Srivastav on Tuesday afternoon occurred after a peepal tree crashed along Road No. 11 in Chembur—the very stretch where BMC departments had repeatedly warned each other months earlier that road works were damaging tree roots and increasing the…
Two Delhi schools experienced bomb threats Wednesday morning, leading to immediate evacuations and extensive security sweeps (Representative image enhanced with AI) NEW DELHI: At least two schools received bomb threats on Wednesday morning, prompting evacuation and security measures.The schools that received the threats were Air Force Golden Jubilee School in Dhaula Kuan and Sardar Patel…
Ex-banker, company CMD get 7-year jail for loan fraud Chennai: A CBI court in Chennai sentenced a former senior manager of the Central Bank of India in Chennai and the chairman and managing director of a private company to seven years of rigorous imprisonment each in a housing loan fraud case. The court also imposed…
Patna: The state Congress on Tuesday decided to launch a mass outreach programme to mobilise people from the Extremely Backward Classes (EBC) and ensure adequate representation for them in the party’s organisational structure.In this regard, state Congress president Rajesh Ram, AICC general secretary and Bihar in charge Krishna Allavaru, and former Congress Legislature Party leader…
