MUMBAI: The BMC on Saturday demolished illegal temporary structures and turf installations at the Priyadarshini Indira Gandhi Sports Complex in Mulund, less than 24 hours after a site inspection led by Mumbai mayor Ritu Tawde and former MP Kirit Somaiyya.The action was carried out by the civic body’s T ward office following complaints of irregularities…
Chennai: An 18-year-old engineering student died in a road accident during a motorcycle race on the Tambaram-Maduravoyal Bypass Road near Kovur on Friday night. Police said the student suffered head injuries after losing control of the motorcycle.The deceased, Jai Harish, of Kadapperi in Tambaram, was a second year electronics and communication engineering student at Sathyabama…
Hyderabad: The day after Cyberabad’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) registered a criminal case against businessman Gajjaja Yoganand based on a complaint from a non-resident Indian (NRI), Yoganand denied the allegations in a clarification.According to Yoganand, in 2021, Pavan Nallamala, an NRI, had provided him and Manjeera Constructions Ltd with an unsecured loan for a real…
KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari launched a fresh attack against Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, claiming that he has obtained a list of properties linked to Abhishek’s company, Leaps and Bounds, and warning that the assets would be probed.Addressing a public gathering in Diamond Harbour, Adhikari alleged that he possesses details of multiple…
Ahmedabad: Pragnesh Mehta (name changed), an 18-year-old medical aspirant who had travelled to Manali-Dehradun with his friends to celebrate completion of the NEET-UG exam, has been put on antidepressants by a psychiatrist after he suffered a mental breakdown following the cancellation of the test.“He has scored 90% marks in Class 12 board exams and was…
Amritsar: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has installed informative flex boards outside several gurdwaras to apprise the sangat of alleged shortcomings and panthic objections to the Jaagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar (Amendment) Act, 2026 passed by the Punjab govt. In a statement issued on Saturday, the SGPC said the boards have been…
Pune: Maharashtra has managed to bring down child mortality numbers in the last half decade, but still has an abysmal record of an average of 35 deaths a day of children under the age of five due to health issues.In 2025-26, the state health department reported 12,792 such child deaths in Maharashtra.State joint director of…
Silchar: A Rs10.7-crore under-construction bridge collapsed into the Jatinga river in Cachar district on Friday evening, triggering massive public outrage over alleged corruption and criminal negligence. Locals claimed the structure came crashing down because the contractor used temporary wooden supports instead of concrete pillars.Located in the Borkhola assembly constituency, the middle section of the RCC…
A student from Norway in Nandgaon Lucknow: For a group of students from Oslo, Norway, a visit to Nandgaon village in Mathura on Saturday turned into an immersive lesson in rural India — complete with farm activities, traditional hospitality and local food. Their experience formed part of UP Tourism’s World Agri-Tourism Day celebrations held across…
JCTSL currently operates around 190 low-floor buses in Jaipur Jaipur: While the govt continues urging people to use public transport and reduce fuel consumption, the poor condition of Jaipur’s city buses is steadily weakening public confidence in the system. At a time when rising petrol and diesel prices have made public transport a necessity for…
