Mumbai: Shrutika Baranwal was 30 minutes away from checking out of the hotel in Delhi’s Malviya Nagar when the fire broke out, claiming 21 lives including hers. A recent graduate of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Baranwal had landed a job and was in the capital for a work-related meeting. She had checked…
Bengaluru: Kristu Jayanti (deemed-to-be university) secured a research grant under Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC) of the education ministry, with a sanctioned funding of over Rs 1 crore. The project will be implemented from June 2026 to May 2028.SPARC is a national initiative aimed at enhancing India’s research ecosystem. The funded…
Matrimandir – Golden Temple for meditation in Auroville, an experimental township in Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu, India Chennai: A section of residents of Auroville will exhibit to the public in the city on June 6 photographs, videos, testimonies and documentary material on the turmoil at the international township.Titled, ‘Auroville: An Experiment Under Threat’, the exhibition…
Hyderabad: A cyber fraudster posing as a representative of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) allegedly duped a 74-year-old businessman from Santosh Nagar of ₹10 lakh by convincing him to install a fake mobile application to pay a pending water bill of just ₹10.According to the victim, he received a WhatsApp message…
Kolkata: Findings of a recent study released ahead of World Environment Day on June 5 have found how safer livelihood practices have reduced human-tiger conflicts across three fringe forest villages — Deulbari, Maipith and Binodpur — in the fragile ecosystem of the Sundarbans by 46% over seven years.The villages come under Kultali block, one of…
To accommodate the prevailing weather conditions, the first day of the championship was split into morning and evening shifts, starting with track and field events Ludhiana: The 101st Senior Athletic Championship commenced at the Guru Nanak Stadium in Ludhiana, drawing top senior athletes from various districts across Punjab. Organised by the Punjab Athletic Association, the…
Rewari: The Haryana Human Rights Commission has stepped into the probe of recent factory fire tragedies in Rewari’s industrial belt, seeking reports from five departments and raising concerns over worker safety, compensation and accountability.Taking suo motu cognisance of major fire incidents in Bawal and Dharuhera, the commission observed the matter involved workers’ safety, dignity and…
Pune: A decision on water cuts for the city is looming with a delay in the monsoon’s arrival and the El Niño effect on it this year.Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is likely to soon take a call on curtailing water supply because the collective water storage in the four dams in Khadakwasla circle that provide…
Imphal: The Manipur high court on Thursday directed the state government to submit an Action Taken Report (ATR) on the abduction of six Naga villagers from Leilon Vaiphei village in Kangpokpi district, whose whereabouts remain unknown more than three weeks after the incident.The direction came during the hearing of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking…
Jaipur: The state govt is planning to start a pilot project to develop prefabricated anganwadi centres, starting with those centres that are being operated from rented spaces.In a departmental review meeting Thursday, a presentation was delivered before Deputy Chief Minister Diya Kumari, during which various designs for prefabricated model anganwadis were discussed.The action plan for…
