National Highway 11 near Harmada in Jaipur Jaipur: Acting on a Supreme Court order and Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) directives, the state has barred land-use conversion for housing within 40 metres of national highway centre lines and for commercial activity within 75 metres.The July 27 notification cites that following a Phalodi accident,…
NEW DELHI: Average rainfall in India during the second half of monsoon season (Aug-Sept) is most likely to be ‘below normal’, IMD said Friday, flagging the continuing risk of El Niño, which is associated with a weak monsoon.Last month, IMD had cited El Niño’s impact to forecast below normal rains in July. The month’s rainfall…
YouTuber and science educator Hank Green is facing criticism after admitting he used AI to help research a recent episode of his Ask Hank Anything series. The debate started after viewers shared a clip from the episode online and claimed one part sounded like it came from an AI chatbot. Green denied that AI wrote…
Authorities released an early ransom note in the investigation into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie in hopes that someone will recognize the writing style. A second note released Friday indicated Guthrie died shortly after she was kidnapped.Both notes initially were sent to a Tucson television station days after the 84-year-old mother of “Today” show host…
India’s biggest medal day yet sees six podium finishes, historic judo golds and the tally rise to 23 in Glasgow. India enjoyed their biggest medal-winning day of the 2026 Commonwealth Games on Friday, collecting six medals across judo and athletics to take their overall tally to 23 and strengthen their campaign in Glasgow.The impressive haul…
New Delhi: Two days after a 20-year-old daytime caretaker was shot dead in a building in northwest Delhi’s Keshav Puram, police arrested Saurabh, 23, the main accused, from Gajraula, UP. He was allegedly in a relationship with the victim, Jyoti, and was the building’s night caretaker. Police suspect an altercation between them that led to…
BJP neta Ganesh Khankar’s statement comes days after the BMC floated a proposal to induct new Toyota Innova Crysta SUVs for the Leader of the House, Leader of the Opposition and chairpersons of statutory committees Mumbai: Amid the controversy over the BMC administration’s proposal to lease new Toyota Innova Crysta SUVs for top political functionaries,…
Members of Karnataka Film Supporting Artists’ Association staged a dharna at Freedom Park in Bengaluru on Friday over the Cauvery water-sharing dispute Bengaluru/Mysuru: With the Cauvery water-sharing dispute raging, forecasts of below-normal rainfall in Aug have deepened furrows on both sides of the border and have strengthened Karnataka’s argument against releasing water to Tamil Nadu.July…
Sub-inspector Prakash walked through a maze of lanes and bylanes in Otteri last week searching for Munniyan, a ganja peddler. He had passed the suspect, but returned empty-handed. Reason: Munniyan tonsured his head and changed his appearance to escape the officer’s eye.A week later, police returned to the locality carrying a smartphone with IDENTIX app….
Hyderabad: The technical oversight committee (TOC) constituted by the Union ministry of jal shakti has expressed satisfaction with the extensive studies and tests being carried out for the repair and rehabilitation of the Medigadda, Annaram and Sundilla barrages under the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation project.The committee has asked Telangana officials to proceed with preparing detailed repair…
