Chandigarh: A controversy over the proposed 20,000 litres of free water supply to city households dominated the municipal corporation’s monthly general house meeting Thursday, with Congress alleging that a Chandigarh administration letter rejecting the proposal was concealed from councillors after being returned to the civic body last year.Congress councillor Gurpreet Singh claimed the house had…
BLOs at work in a Ravet gurdwara Pune: A staggering 2.07 crore electors in the uncollected category, which includes voters marked absent, shifted, dead, duplicate and others in the state, have set off a string of questions.Could diligent house visits by BLOs have kept this number low? Was there enough awareness about the SIR drive?…
Surat Govt. Medical College Surat Surat: The state health department on Thursday suspended Dr Sumaiya Mulla for 90 days for allegedly failing to discharge her duties as head of the microbiology department of Government Medical College, Surat, which was rocked by suicide of first-year resident doctor Harshal Pandya. Dr Harsh Pandya The action comes 10…
Shillong: Three Khasi Students’ Union members were remanded in judicial custody after violence marred a black-flag rally in the city.The district and sessions court in Shillong on Thursday remanded KSU president Raymond Kharjana, vice-president Pynskhemlang Sanmiet and general secretary Rueben Najiar to 14 days’ judicial custody. Police produced them in court after arresting them on…
Lucknow: UP, the first state in the country to introduce a dedicated policy for promoting exports of alcoholic beverages, has recorded the highest growth in alcohol exports during the first quarter of FY 2026-27. Compared with the corresponding period of the previous financial year, the state’s alcohol exports grew by 45.4%, significantly outpacing the national…
A complaint was registered at Savarkundla Town police station Rajkot: A 45-year-old man who allegedly stormed a church in Amreli district with a sword and a can of flammable liquid, threatened occupants and set the furniture ablaze, has been sent to judicial custody by a local court.A complaint was registered at Savarkundla Town police station…
Jaipur: National Green Tribunal (NGT) has given one week to the managements of SMS Stadium and Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur, to file their replies in a case regarding water use amid concerns over water scarcity.The matter was heard by NGT’s principal bench on Aug 17. In its earlier order, the tribunal restrained…
US ambassador Sergio Gor in Leh SRINAGAR: A day after meeting Jammu & Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah in Srinagar, US Ambassador to India, Sergio Gor, arrived in Ladakh Thursday on his maiden visit to the Union Territory, where he went sightseeing and rafting. There were also reports that he was likely to meet the…
North American river otter spotted in the Bronx River after 100 years. By the early 1990s, river otters became a rare sight in the Bronx section of the Bronx River. Wildlife enthusiasts were jumping in joy when something like a river otter was spotted on camera on June 23. The zoo officials later confirmed that…
Picture Credit: YouTube Screengrab Rajinikanth’s highly anticipated sequel ‘Jailer 2’ is set to hit the big screens in October. As the release date is coming close the makers unveiled a new song promo from the film. However it seems to have upset some fans in Kerala. The 32-second promo of ‘Ala Bolelo’ featuring Rajinikanth and…
