Ahmedabad: After two days of red alert, the city remained cloudy, cool, and humid on Saturday. The rain clouds over the state are also likely to loosen their grip from Sunday, according to the Met department. A train runs along a residential neighbourhood as monsoon clouds hover in Bopal, Ahmedabad The India Meteorological Department (IMD)…
Heavy rain lashed the city on Friday, making it one of the wettest May days on record and driving daytime temperatures down to an unprecedented low for the month. Chandigarh_ Heavy rain lashed the city on Friday, making it one of the wettest May days on record and driving daytime temperatures down to an unprecedented…
An SUV without a registration number plate spotted on Pune roads Pune: Vehicles flaunting customised registration plates with personalised surnames, nicknames like “Bhau” and “Boss”, or simply no plates at all have become an increasingly common sight on city roads, raising serious concerns over road safety and enforcement.Many of these vehicles, particularly SUVs, use High…
The fire began after midnight Surat: A fire broke out at the congruously named Inferno Pizza restaurant in the Mota Varachha area in the early hours of Saturday. The blaze engulfed the establishment, located on the second floor of Opera Business Hub at Lajamni Chowk, and is suspected to have started due to a short…
Biswajit Pegu addresses the media Guwahati: Assam will begin the online self-enumeration process for Census 2027 on Sunday, allowing residents to submit household and personal details through a dedicated portal before door-to-door enumeration begins later this month.Biswajit Pegu, director of census operations, Assam, said the online self-enumeration facility will be available from Aug 2 to…
Lucknow: The physical inspection of schools ordered by the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court to assess infrastructure, student safety and traffic management began in the state capital on Saturday with the first day’s audit revealing varying levels of compliance.Of the 17 schools inspected, seven were rated “Better”, five “Average” and five “Poor”, officials associated…
Rajkot: A sessions court in Junagadh has sentenced two Bhavnagar men to 10 years’ imprisonment for conspiring to murder a woman and attacking her with a knife after she refused to maintain a relationship with one of them.Principal district judge B G Dave convicted Ashwin Solanki, 30, and Usmangani Bhadula, 23, under Sections 109(1) (attempt…
Jaisalmer: A 12-foot-long adult gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) was rescued from the Indira Gandhi Canal in Jaisalmer district after it drifted hundreds of kilometres from Punjab’s Beas River, and it was sent back to Punjab Friday under a special interstate conservation initiative for rehabilitation before release into its natural habitat.The joint operation was carried out by…
KULGAM: Panic. Shuttered doors. Phones ringing with anxious calls from home. Brick kilns across south Kashmir ground to a halt Saturday as migrant labourers stayed indoors, rattled by the killing of two co-workers barely 2km away and wondering if they should leave — or stay and earn.Around 11am, Sunil Kumar, 34, and fellow labourer Renku…
Quote of the day by Mohammed bin Salman. In November 2017, New York Times foreign affairs columnist Thomas L. Friedman conducted a landmark interview with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh. During their conversation, Friedman observed the relentless, around-the-clock work culture among the young prince and his senior advisers. Friedman noted that MBS’s intense…
