New Delhi: The city Monday continued to reel under heatwave conditions for the second straight day.However, after a thunderstorm hit Delhi in the evening, parts of the capital saw the mercury dip. India Meteorological Department has predicted the heatwave is likely to abate on Tuesday.The maximum temperature at Safdarjung, the city’s base station, was 42.2…
Chennai: After remaining largely stalled for nearly three years, the Adyar river restoration project is now seeing movement, with the Chennai rivers restoration trust (CRRT) beginning work on a detailed project report (DPR) and initiating recruitment to strengthen its project team.CRRT member-secretary Simranjit Singh Kahlon said the DPR is currently under preparation. “We are preparing…
Patna: In view of the continuing heavy passenger rush during the peak summer season, the railways has extended services of several special passenger trains operating under the East Central Railway (ECR) jurisdiction. The decision is aimed at providing relief to passengers and ensuring smoother journey on key long-distance routes across the country.According to ECR chief…
Track II India-Pakistan talks not official, don’t count: MEA NEW DELHI: Foreign secretary Vikram Misri dismissed reports in the past few months about an India-Pakistan “track II” dialogue, saying India takes no cognisance of such events that don’t hold much value. Responding to a media query in Seychelles, Misri said dozens of these events take…
Kolkata: Police re-arrested a man, Mohammad Nehaluddin, and arrested his wife, Neha Parvin, on murder charge in Beniapukur on Monday, hours after the man returned home on bail to meet his two-month old child. Nehaluddin had been jailed previously following an assault complaint by a local family. After his release, the complainants visited him, leading…
MLA Rais Shaikh emphasized that no fresh recruitment of technical staff has taken place since 2011, leaving the system overstretched and ill-equipped to manage growing demand Mumbai: South Mumbai is grappling with an alarming power crisis, with prolonged outages severely disrupting daily life. Highlighting the gravity of the situation, MLA Rais Shaikh raised the issue…
New Delhi: The city on Monday recorded its highest-ever peak power demand at 8,748 megawatts (MW), surpassing this season’s previous high of 8,647 MW, logged on June 18.Monday’s record electricity consumption was driven largely by the widespread use of air-conditioners and cooling appliances as the city continued to reel under sweltering heat with ‘feels-like’ temperatures…
Five marine SEZs expected to employ up to 1.8 lakh Chennai: In a first, Special Economic Zones (SEZs) for marine exports are being set up in the country to promote the seafood export sector. The five Marine Export Zones (MEZs), to be established across coastal Tamil Nadu, will be integrated SEZ clusters comprising feed mills,…
Patna: The Iskcon temple on Buddha Marg in Patna came alive with religious fervour and celebration on Monday as hundreds of devotees gathered to mark ‘Shri Jagannath Snan Utsav’, the sacred bathing festival of Lord Jagannath, observed on the full moon day of the Hindu month of Jyeshtha.The festivities began with the melodious chanting of…
Ranchi: The Ranchi office of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday issued an orange alert for thunderstorm, lightning, and wind gusting up to 50-60 kmph in all the districts on Tuesday. A yellow alert for heavy rain in isolated areas of 18 districts on Tuesday and Wednesday was also issued.The maximum temperatures across the…
