Srinagar/Kolkata: Lending support to Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee‘s charge that the only thing left to be deployed in Bengal for elections were naval warships and Rafale fighter jets, netas like former J&K CM Farooq Abdullah and Aaditya Thackeray also questioned it.“Are Bengalis not being trusted,” asked National Conference president Abdullah on Wednesday while…
Noida: A 21-year-old student died after he suddenly fell ill at a water park in Sector 38A on Tuesday afternoon. According to police, the post-mortem report indicates the student died of a cardiac event. The family alleged that lifeguards at the water park did not provide medical attention on time, and police are investigating the…
Valpoi: Residents of Valpoi were alarmed after white worm-like contaminants were reportedly found in tap water at a local household, raising concerns over water safety in the area.Siddesh Chari, a resident of Valpoi, recounted the disturbing incident. “On Tuesday, while bathing, I turned on the tap and noticed a white worm fall into the bucket….
Ahmedabad: Gujarat University has begun conducting the second phase of exams for candidates who cleared the first stage of its ongoing recruitment process for non-teaching posts. The exams are being held on April 29 and 30 to fill long-vacant administrative positions across the university.On April 29, written exams were conducted for multiple posts, with around…
Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday said canal water for paddy sowing will be released from May 1, with 21,000 cusecs set to be released across the state. Mann, who called the availability of canal water as a “decisive shift away from Punjab’s heavy reliance on groundwater”, said the state govt had invested…
Pune: Regular train operations at Pune railway station returned to normal on Wednesday after 24 hours of disruption caused by derailment of CSMT-Solapur Vande Bharat Express on Monday evening.The derailed Vande Bharat rake remained grounded at the Pune yard for inspection and forensic investigation.On the CSMT-Solapur route, the service is currently being maintained by a…
Guwahati: Several parts of the city were inundated after 35.5 mm of rainfall in the past 24 hours, disrupting daily life on Wednesday.Commuters reported difficulty moving through waterlogged roads in Noonmati, Rukmini Nagar, Chandmari and Satgaon, saying they were stranded after a few hours of rain and had to wade through knee-deep water amid poor…
Lucknow: Distressed over failing the UP Board Class 12 examination, a 17-year-old girl student allegedly died by suicide in Sitapur.Her father said that his daughter failed the examination and was distressed since then.On Tuesday night, she consumed some poisonous substance. She was found unconscious the next morning and taken to the district hospital, where she…
Rajkot: Five persons from Bhutdi village in Visavadar taluka have been booked under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly imposing discriminatory rules and insulting Dalit villagers during a community feast.The alleged offence took place on Monday evening, during the ‘Pran Pratishtha Mahotsav’ (consecration ceremony) of the Ramji Temple in…
Jaipur: The state energy department has finally issued standard operating procedures (SOPs) for integrating Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) with solar power projects, but developers say projects totalling nearly 500 MW remain stalled because authorities have not yet clarified whether solar plants can be commissioned before batteries are installed within the 15-month grace window allowed…
