Good news for rain-starved north and central India as the monsoon is set to advance, bringing widespread showers over the next few days. NEW DELHI: After a sharply deficient June, the southwest monsoon is set to make further progress across north and central India over the next 2–3 days, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD)…
Chennai: Leaders from VCK, IUML, MDMK, and Congress are set to attend a meeting of ‘friendly parties’ that TVK will host at Kovalam at around 4pm on Wednesday. The meeting is expected to set the tone for the ruling party to float a new front comprising the parties that are supporting it. Vijay is also…
Patna: Patna police rescued a govt school teacher and arrested four accused, including the alleged mastermind, after solving a kidnapping case linked to a financial dispute.Police said the teacher, Upendra Kumar Singh, posted in Nabinagar, Aurangabad, was abducted from Ara and taken towards Sasaram over an alleged unpaid loan of Rs 13 lakh.SDPO Saket Kumar…
NEW DELHI : With India’s public services, examinations and welfare systems moving deeper into digital platforms, the Centre has said cybersecurity is now among its “highest priority” areas, even as officials cautioned that no digital system can be declared permanently secure.The word of caution comes against the backdrop of recent cyber concerns around public digital…
Kolkata: The cyclonic circulation over the north Bay of Bengal and adjoining Bangladesh is likely to trigger the formation of a low-pressure area over northwest Bay of Bengal and its neighbourhood around Friday. With this system set to revive the monsoon flow, the city and parts of south Bengal are likely to get heavy to…
A devastating incident in Chembur saw a seven-decade-old peepul tree collapse onto a school van, tragically claiming the life of an 11-year-old boy. MUMBAI: Amid continuous rain, a seven-decade-old peepul tree crashed onto a school van in Chembur even as its driver tried to take the vehicle to safety. Raju, a security guard at Heritage…
A civil defence volunteer in Delhi found wearing a Delhi Police uniform and attempting to pass himself off as an officer near Jawahar Nagar picket (Photo credit: X) NEW DELHI: In the streets of northeast Delhi, a crisp khaki uniform carries a weight of authority and, for one civil defence volunteer, it became the perfect…
Tamil Nadu has the potential to emerge as a major defence electronics manufacturing hub over the next decade, with the state’s annual production opportunity projected to more than triple from ₹11,500 crore in 2030 to ₹37,000 crore by 2040, according to BK Das, Distinguished Scientist and Director General (Electronics and Communication Systems), DRDO.The growth is…
Patna: A special vigilance court in Bhagalpur on Tuesday convicted revenue employee Ashok Paswan, posted at Anchal Haveli Kharagpur in Munger, in a corruption case registered by the Vigilance Investigation Bureau (VIB) in 2007.The court found him guilty under the Prevention of Corruption Act and sentenced him to two years’ rigorous imprisonment with a fine…
Priyank Kharge demands E20 rollback (ANI images) Congress leader Priyank Kharge on Wednesday targeted the Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari in his X post over the rollout of E20 (20% ethanol-blended petrol).He alleged that the government has admitted before the Supreme Court that ethanol blending is still an “experiment” despite millions of…
