Chennai: The ongoing Israel-Iran-US conflict has had a ripple effect on parents’ wallets this year, with prices of stationery items and bags rising by ₹5 to ₹300.The primary reason, according to retailers, is a spike in raw materials used to make plastic rulers, pencil cases, geometry boxes, pens, folders, book covers, bottles, and bag components….
Hyderabad: A 26-year-old accountant of a private hospital allegedly died by suicide by after jumping into Durgam Cheruvu on Friday. A missing person complaint was lodged at Nagole PS on the same day, and the body was identified on Saturday. Police said that the victim was unable to repay a hand loan she had taken…
Police seized the truck, which was abandoned by the driver, in Sector 65 Gurgaon: A home guard deployed at a police checkpost outside Worldmark Mall in Sector 65 died after an allegedly speeding concrete mixer truck crashed into a barricade and struck him late Tuesday night.Sandeep was placing a barricade during checkpost duty when the…
Kolkata: It would be open to KMC chairperson Mala Roy to conduct corporation meeting, Calcutta High Court’s vacation bench held on Wednesday, refusing an interim stay on notice, passed by the municipal secretary, postponing the 54th KMC meeting despite it being convened by the chairperson.The division bench of Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya and Justice Biswaroop Chowdhury…
Noida: With temperatures continuing to hover around 40 degrees Celsius and urban areas becoming major heat traps because of concretisation, air-conditioners are running almost round the clock in homes, hotels, offices and commercial establishments — leading to a rise in fires across Delhi-NCR.At least 30 major fires in Ghaziabad in the last two months were…
Margao: Scheduled Tribes (ST) representatives on Wednesday urged state BJP president Damodar Naik to press Centre for the early implementation of political reservation for STs in the Goa legislative assembly, more than six months after the enabling law received presidential assent.A delegation comprising tribal welfare minister Ramesh Tawadkar, MLAs Govind Gaude, Ganesh Gaonkar and Anton…
Ahmedabad: A Rajkot bullion businessman has accused a trader from Vatva of not returning the 2.3 kg of silver worth Rs 6 lakh he was given for purity test. Khadia police on Tuesday registered a criminal breach of trust case against the trader. According to the complaint, the incident occurred on April 2 at Manek…
A growing recognition of agriculture as a diverse, modern profession Ludhiana: Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has secured a record-breaking surge in student demand, logging 7,800 applications across its undergraduate and postgraduate programmes for the upcoming academic year 2026-27.University officials reported a 22% spike in Common Entrance Test participation, with 4,258 applicants sitting the examination as…
Chandigarh: All ration card holders have been told that the govt of India will now provide ration subsidy through a mobile application instead of depositing the subsidy amount directly into the beneficiaries’ bank accounts. For this purpose, special camps are being organized daily from June 3 from 8am to 5pm to assist beneficiaries in completing…
Damaged road outside Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation headquarters Pune: Areas of Pimpri Chinchwad are staring at another monsoon of pothole-ridden roads, as most of the road repair works planned by the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) are unlikely to be completed before the onset of the rains.Civic officials attributed the delay to a combination of…
