The area faces a severe water crisis every summer Ghaziabad: More than a year after the 10 million litres per day (MLD) Ganga Water Project was announced, Vijay Nagar, which faces severe water crisis every summer, is getting its supply of Gangajal.“Vijay Nagar has 14 wards, out of which water is currently being supplied to…
Panaji: The coastal state of Goa will witness a rare phenomenon of a microblue moon on May 31, where the moon will appear slightly smaller than the usual full moon, a sight which happens only twice or thrice in a century.A blue moon is the second full moon appearing in a calendar month, and a…
Varanasi: Rajatalab police on Friday arrested a man on charges of allegedly attempting to induce religious conversion through monetary enticement.Rajatalab police station in-charge Dayaram said the accused, Israil (35), came under police scrutiny after a local resident lodged a complaint alleging that Israil and his associates had tried to persuade the complainant’s married sister to…
Authorities have isolated lions within a 10-km radius of the affected sites and launched intensive de-ticking operations as a precautionary measure Ahmedabad: The fear of fatal re-pairing of the canine distemper virus and the Babesia parasite — replaying their combined attack in 2018 — has come back to haunt the state forest department as it…
A waterlogged Ludhiana street after Saturday’s downpour Ludhiana: Municipal authorities have identified 143 low-lying zones across the city plagued by chronic flooding, admitting that local infrastructure cannot prevent inundation but can hopefully accelerate drainage.For lakhs of commuters and residents, the daily journey to work is about to become a battle against stagnant, debris-choked floodwaters. With…
Chandigarh: The UT administration has proposed allowing fragmentation only in industrial plots measuring 4 kanal and above, according to a draft issued Friday inviting public suggestions and objections.The administration is set to come up with a detailed framework for fragmentation under the proposed amendments to the Chandigarh Master Plan (CMP)-2031, aimed at ensuring regulated and…
The pet owner approached animal rights activist and former Union minister Maneka Gandhi, who wrote to the railways minister in May seeking an inquiry into the incident Pune: A Ludhiana-based pet owner has accused Indian Railways of major lapses in transporting his four Labrador Retrievers to Pune last month, alleging that one dog died during…
Surat: In a heartwarming ceremony marked by hope and new beginnings, three orphaned girls from a city child protection home were legally adopted by families from Mumbai, Kutch-Bhuj and Surat on Saturday.The children were handed over through a recognised adoption agency at Popawala Orphanage in Katargam in the presence of city police commissioner Anupam Singh…
Guwahati: Two persons were killed early on Saturday morning in a wild elephant attack in Assam’s Nagaon district, while in Goalpara district, an elephant died of electrocution amid rising human-elephant conflict during the rainy season.At Kachua in Nagaon, Chahaj Uddin and Hanufa Khatun were trampled to death after wild elephants entered their village. Residents said…
Lucknow: An eight-year-old boy was killed after an iron gate allegedly collapsed on him inside the premises of a day-care centre operated by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities on Saturday morning.Shiva Kashyap (8), son of Vikram Kashyap, a resident of Bahraich, arrived in Lucknow just four days ago along with his mother,…
