Chennai: One person was killed while another was injured after two motorcycles collided on the Maduravoyal bypass on Sunday night. The accident occurred when a bike travelling from Maduravoyal towards Puzhal was hit from behind by another two-wheeler moving in the same direction. Satish, 34, from Thiruverkadu died in the accident. Purushothaman, 21, a food…
Voter list checking (file) Hyderabad: Tracing the names of parents and grandparents in the 2002 electoral rolls has become a Herculean task for many voters ahead of Telangana’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) mapping exercise.Chief electoral officer C Sudarshan Reddy has said electors whose names are not found in the 2002 rolls can search for details…
Metro work in process in Sector 33 Gurgaon: Haryana cabinet on Monday approved the revised project cost of a metro project in the city.The estimated expenditure for the 28.5-km Millennium City Centre-Cyber City corridor — with 27 stations — shot up to Rs 8,500 crore (nearly 56% up) from Rs 5,453 crore. The decision was…
Kolkata: Hypertension is a silent killer affecting one in every three adults, and often has no symptoms, warned doctors on World Hypertension Day on Sunday. There was a significant increase in the number of patients aged between 30 and 40 years suffering from hypertension, and a sizeable section of them is having cardiac issues, including…
Noida: After pursuing a complaint for nine years, a Delhi resident has finally secured relief from the district consumer commission in Noida. The commission asked Dell Technologies and the online platform that sold the laptop to refund the cost of the device with interest and also pay litigation costs after it developed defects within the…
Canacona: By early March, long before summer reached its peak, wells had already dried up across Ziltawadi, a forest village at Gaondongrim, Canacona. In these elevated parts of Goa’s southernmost taluka, tap water is irregular through the year and becomes even more erratic in summer. With wells empty, families are now forced to dig holes…
Varanasi: To promote green mobility, the Varanasi Development Authority has ordered 100 e-bikes for its staff busy in field work.VDA vice-chairman Purna Bora said, “Over 90% of the VDA’s officials and other employees remain busy in field. Approximately 300-400 litres of petrol and diesel is estimated to be consumed in their field visits and other…
Ahmedabad: A 19-year-old man has been booked for allegedly abetting the suicide of a 19-year-old Nepalese woman in Krishnanagar on Friday. A complaint was filed by the father of the victim, Chetna Bisht, after which the accused, Chetan Bohra, was booked.According to the victim’s father, Jiyune Bisht, 52, a farmer, Chetna began pursuing undergraduate studies…
Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday said Punjab had shown the entire country the path to protecting the honour of the Gurus by enacting the strictest law against sacrilege and appealed to all state govts to bring in similar laws.After paying obeisance at Patna Sahib, Mann said Punjab was ready to extend every…
Surat: A 21-year-old BJP youth functionary was allegedly stabbed to death by three persons in the Udhna area of Surat late on Saturday night.The victim, identified as Jay Dalal, succumbed to his injuries during treatment at a private hospital in the early hours of Sunday. Dalal was the vice-president of the BJP youth wing of…
