Mumbai: Housing societies across Mumbai have been urged by the BMC to take responsibility for watering trees within private premises as soaring temperatures continue to impact the city’s green cover. Simultaneously, the civic body’s Solid Waste Management department has begun watering roadside trees through tankers during road-cleaning drives in several parts of the city. Civic…
Bengaluru: As Happy Streets by The Times of India makes its debut in JP Nagar this Sunday, the neighbourhood near Adarsh Rhythm Apartments, Panduranga Nagar, will host a range of interactive events to encourage creativity, awareness and community participation.Visitors can engage in conversations around civic values and citizenship at the Reclaim Constitution stall, which will…
Chennai: Domestic, commercial and other low-tension electricity consumers in the state can now enable auto-debit facility to ensure timely payment of power consumption charges and avoid penalties. TNPDCL has introduced the feature in collaboration with Federal Bank through the National Automated Clearing House (NACH) platform.Officials said that all low-tension consumers, including household services, can register…
Panaji: FRRO Goa deported nine foreign nationals in May 2026 so far, while a fresh enforcement drive in Mandrem on Thursday detected seven more overstaying foreign nationals.Since Jan, 27 overstaying foreign nationals of various nationalities have left the country.During the Mandrem drive, FRRO Goa detected five Russian nationals, one Ukrainian national and one South African…
International Cricket Stadium in Gorakhpur Gorakhpur: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath will lay the foundation of the International Cricket Stadium in Gorakhpur on Saturday, marking a major step in the city’s emergence as a sports hub. The nearly Rs 393 crore project, considered one of the CM’s dream initiatives, will come up at Tal Nador along…
Ahmedabad: It was of deja vu for a Vejalpur family on Friday after a 20-year-old college student died in a road accident nearly a decade after her father was killed in a similar manner.Kavya Pandya, a BSc IT student at Rai University, was crushed to death by a speeding dumper truck near Azadnagar bus stop…
Chandigarh: With outstanding arrears of Rs 8,200 crores, Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam and Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam are pressing the case for fuel surcharge adjustments on electricity consumers across the state.Notably, in a bid to recover a total of over Rs 2,500 crore, the companies have proposed a FSA of 47 paisa per…
Pune: The IITM, in collaboration with the IMD among others, has developed an artificial intelligence-powered forecast system that can predict the onset of monsoon at the local-level up to four weeks in advance.The Local Monsoon Onset Forecasting System — launched recently — has been designed as a probabilistic forecast platform. It combines artificial intelligence, weather…
Agartala: The Tripura high court has ordered the formation of an SIT to probe allegations of assault, corruption, misconduct, and biased investigation involving police personnel at the East Agartala Police Station, after finding apparent lapses in the initial investigation.The order came in response to a writ petition filed by Ratna Roy, a resident of Dhaleswar,…
Rajkot: Three men have been arrested and a fourth is absconding after an unidentified man was beaten to death in Khokhari village of Paddhari taluka in rural Rajkot, allegedly over false suspicions that he was part of a ‘child-lifting’ gang.Paddhari police arrested Bhikhu Jadeja, Jigar Jadeja and Raghu Sitapara, while a search is on for…
