11cm in 1 hour: Deluge could have filled 30,000 pools, two-thirds of Bengaluru’s lakes BENGALURU: The squally thundershowers along with hailstorms that lasted a little over an hour Wednesday evening across central Bengaluru — hailed as the wettest April day in the city’s recorded climatological history — poured over 11cm of rain, according to India…
Hyderabad: Telangana high court on Thursday directed that all existing media accreditation cards will remain valid till June 16, 2026, pending adjudication of writ petitions challenging the state’s new accreditation rules.A division bench comprising Justices P Sam Koshy and Narsing Rao Nandikonda passed the interim order while hearing petitions filed by four media associations.During the…
GURGAON: The city recorded its cleanest April air since 2021, with the average AQI dropping to 181 — and though this marks a significant improvement from the hazardous levels of 2017 and 2018, the number still sits firmly in the unhealthy category, indicating the pollution burden is far from lifted. Notably, the low improvement comes…
Ahmedabad: Rising incidents of attacks and an increasing number of rescue calls has led the forest department to initiate Ahmedabad’s first-ever monkey census, which experts say, could shift the approach to addressing the issue from a complaint-driven rescue model to data-backed conflict management. The ongoing survey comes amid growing concern over feeding of monkeys including…
Patiala: The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) on Thursday concluded a statewide sensitisation drive in Patiala. Over 13,000 waste and horticulture workers across Punjab’s urban local bodies (ULBs) were trained to curb open waste burning and improve air quality management, officials said. The programme was launched in Nov 2025 under the Mission Clean Air Patiala…
Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has stepped up its anti-encroachment drive, days after taking action against civic officials for inaction and ordering strict enforcement ahead of the monsoon.Over the past 40 days, more than 300 illegal structures covering 1.8 lakh sqft have been cleared.A senior PCMC official said the drive targets both temporary…
Allegations of Rajasthan Royals captain Riyan Parag vaping inside a dressing room during an IPL match have once again brought the spotlight back on the illegal but growing use of e-cigarettes and hookah in urban pockets. GUWAHATI: Behind the sleek image of vaping lies a growing health threat for Guwahati’s youth, city doctors warned, as…
LUCKNOW: A BTech final-year student, who died by suicide in the Bijnor area under Sarojini Nagar police limits on April 26, was allegedly facing harassment, her father claimed, following which the police lodged an FIR against a software engineer on Thursday.The FIR was lodged under the charge of BNS 108 (abetment of suicide).The student, a…
JAISALMER: Wildlife and Great Indian Bustard (GIB) experts have expressed disappointment over the disappearance of the GIB chick that hatched in Naliya (Kutch), Gujarat, from an egg transferred from Jaisalmer. They have demanded a thorough investigation and called for the truth behind the incident to be brought to light. Experts said this initiative had the…
Alangulam Assembly Constituency is situated in Tenkasi district, Tamil Nadu, under Tirunelveli Lok Sabha, serving a rural agricultural area focused on paddy and millets with the town of Alangulam as its hub. P H Manoj Pandian (also Manoj Pandian) of AIADMK is the current MLA as of March 2026, having won in 2021 with 74,153…
