Kolkata: Come rain or shine, voters on Wednesday did not seem bothered by the weather, the sense of unease following the SIR exercise apparently being a stronger motive. Picnic Garden resident Gouri Routh, who was released from hospital two days ago, did not think twice about going to vote, even when it rained. Gouri and…
Panaji: The Bombay high court on Wednesday permitted a museum running from an illegal structure at Arpora to be de-sealed to feed aquarium fish after the owner told the court that it has 84 aquariums with 10,000 fish of 150 species that need to be fed.Observing that the fish, if left unfed, are likely to…
Gandhinagar: The Gujarat govt is preparing to roll out a wide-ranging policy aimed at fixing some of Ahmedabad’s most persistent urban problems: traffic congestion, road safety gaps, encroachments and the cattle menace. The announcement is expected soon after the new elected body of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is constituted in the coming days.The move…
Amritsar: A jatha from Bengaluru comprising Sikligar and Vanjara Sikh devotees arrived at Golden Temple on Wednesday as part of a special outreach initiative supported by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC).The group, led by Jarnail Singh and organised by Gurdwara Singh Sabha Bengaluru, along with the Karnataka Sikh Welfare Society, was received by SGPC…
Pune: Residents of Ravet and Kiwale, along with local corporator Aishwarya Taras, met officials from the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL) on Wednesday, demanding immediate measures to improve power supply in these fast-growing suburbs as complaints of frequent power outages have increased over the past few days.Residents said the situation has worsened over…
Silchar: A temporary footbridge over the Singla river at Anipur was washed away on Wednesday morning following a sharp rise in water levels triggered by incessant rainfall over the past two days, officials said.The footbridge had been constructed as an interim arrangement for pedestrian movement after an RCC bridge at the site collapsed nearly two…
Lucknow: The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad high court has refused to entertain a plea in the Sahara Shahar dispute for lack of maintainability.The court said that the Sahara Shahar land issue is already pending in the Supreme Court, where Sahara has filed an application, and the municipal corporation has also filed an objection to…
Chief secretary inspects Vidya Samiksha Kendra in Jaipur Chief secretary inspects Vidya Samiksha Kendra in Jaipur Chief secretary inspects Vidya Samiksha Kendra in Jaipur Chief secretary inspects Vidya Samiksha Kendra in Jaipur Chief secretary inspects Vidya Samiksha Kendra in Jaipur Jaipur: Chief secretary V Srinivas has instructed officials to implement the best practices of top-performing…
‘State bifurcation’, P 12 AmitAnand.ChoudharyNew Delhi: In a first, a criminal case has been quashed against a police officer on the grounds of delay in trial proceedings, which remained dormant for 35 years.“We are informed that in all, five accused came to be chargesheeted, including the present petitioner. Out of five, two co-accused passed away…
Strait of Hormuz crisis: US blockade continues despite ceasefire extension with Iran (AI image) The second round of talks between Iran and the US have remained stillborn. The situation remains frozen, though the ceasefire remains in place but Iran has effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz while the US in retaliation has established a naval…
