Mumbai: The country’s first offshore airport near Kore beach in Palghar district is feasible, according to the pre-feasibility report, said chief minister Devendra Fadnavis.On a daylong visit to various infrastructure sites in Palghar district on Sunday, Fadnavis said a presentation on the offshore airport was made to him and he has given orders for a…
Blast accused Nagendra caught on CCTV Bengaluru: An attempt to escape an abusive relationship ended in a desperate fight for survival inside a moving cab, culminating in a bomb blast that killed the man who had allegedly vowed that they should “die together”.In a detailed statement to police, 23-year-old operation theatre technician Ramya described how…
Indian schoolchildren play a cricket match on a dusty school मैदान, with a bowler delivering the ball as classmates watch from the sidelines in a typical school sports scene in India. Chennai: From kho-kho and kabbadi, to volleyball, football and badminton, state board students are spending their after-school hours training to participate in zonal level…
The council is already working on rolling out initiatives like staggering employee log-out timings from various IT parks, promoting carpooling and issuing real-time traffic alerts with the help of the traffic police Hyderabad: Even as the govt has begun nudging IT companies to take steps to reduce traffic congestion in the city’s IT hubs, especially…
Mapusa: Suvarna Jadhav, 30, died on Sunday while undergoing treatment at GMC, Bambolim, in connection with the Jadhav family suicide case at Karaswada, Mapusa. Her death followed that of her husband, Ajay, 38, and their seven-year-old son, Atharva, who were found dead in their rented apartment in Mapusa.Autopsy reports for Ajay and Atharva did not…
Ahmedabad: Ghosts have been reputable informants in famous murder cases. In the most storied of them all, the elder Hamlet’s ghost reveals his killer’s identity to his son. A case in Sarkhej produced a Shakespearean plot with a twist. The prime accused in a murder case repeatedly told police that the victim’s ghost was haunting…
Chandigarh: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the BJP on Sunday blamed the Aam Aadmi Party govt for the “severe power crisis” in Punjab. The opposition parties alleged that the govt had “failed” to prepare for the surge in electricity demand during the paddy transplantation season.Citing the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) figures, senior…
Dhubri: Assam health minister and Dhubri’s guardian minister, Ashok Singhal, on Sunday launched the statewide pulse polio vaccination programme from Dhubri, in sync with the national immunisation campaign.Singhal flagged off the drive from Dhubri Media College and Hospital, targeting 2.92 lakh children under the age of five years in Dhubri district.Across Assam, 52,000 health workers…
Lucknow: The UP Police Recruitment and Promotion Board on Sunday announced list of candidates shortlisted for the next stage of the Home Guards Enrolment-2025 recruitment drive, calling 1,07,221 candidates for document verification (DV) and physical standards test (PST) against 41,424 vacancies across the state.According to an official notification issued by the board, the shortlisted candidates…
Jaipur: Jackson Laboratories Pvt. Ltd., the Amritsar-based maker of TOCIN, has challenged a Rajasthan health department laboratory report that found no active ingredient in an oxytocin injection batch tested after five post-C-section maternal deaths at Kota’s govt-run New Medical College between May 5 and May 17.The company has moved a Kota court seeking retesting of…
