Chennai: The water levels in the city’s five reservoirs have plummeted by about 42% compared to the same day last year, raising concerns over the city’s drinking water security. Officials said evaporation and percolation losses would consume nearly 30% of the stored water, leaving even less for daily piped supply.As of Tuesday, the reservoirs have…
Hyderabad: In the dispute over the alleged police action against BRS legislators, the Telangana high court modified its earlier direction, and has now asked the DGP to identify the officials allegedly involved in misbehaving with or manhandling women legislators and furnish their details to the speaker for appropriate action.“If the incident occurred outside the assembly’s…
According to the complaint, Hussain received the call at 8.15pm on Sunday Gurgaon: A BJP functionary from Nuh received a call demanding Rs 5 crore and threatening to kill him and his family if the money was not paid within two days. The caller claimed to be associated with the Lawrence Bishnoi and Rohit Godara…
Kolkata: While most SRFTI graduates build careers in Mumbai or elsewhere, a key set of alumni works within Tollywood, where reactions to Sunday’s campus attack remain split. A few filmmakers have openly criticised the smear campaign against current students, but many across the industry have remained silent.Beyond its strong presence in Kolkata’s documentary circuit, mainstream…
Once an overage vehicle is found plying, officials will seize it and complete the required deregistration process Noida: Transport authorities in Noida and Ghaziabad will seize and deregister vehicles that have crossed their permitted age limit if found plying on roads and send them to registered vehicle scrapping facilities. Owners of such vehicles registered outside…
Panaji: The Goa Football Association (GFA) has handed indefinite bans to 13 players and one official, a police constable attached to a club, for their role in alleged fixing of matches in the top tier Goa Professional League.All players were charge-sheeted last Dec after a preliminary report by GFA’s integrity officer and retired deputy superintendent…
Varanasi: A delay in feeding proved enough to upset Dhanraj, an elephant brought for the world-famous Ramnagar Ramlila, who broke his chains and spent several hours in a pond on Monday, triggering panic among people.Dhanraj broke free from his chains around 11:30 am and made his way into Pampasar pond near Panchvati ground, where the…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat’s market for vitamins, minerals and nutraceuticals has crossed the Rs 1,000-crore mark, growing 38.3% in four years as consumers increasingly turn to supplements for nutrition, fitness and preventive health.Pharmarack data shows the market grew from Rs 756.3 crore in Aug 2022 MAT to Rs 1,046 crore in Aug 2026 MAT. Vitamins remained the…
The varsity’s plant processes 150 kg of fresh peel daily across 50 kg batches, yielding a 14% extraction rate from kinnow peel and 18% from mosambi peel Ludhiana: Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has developed and commercialised a technology to extract pectin—a high-value industrial raw material—from discarded kinnow and mosambi peels.Developed by the university’s department of…
Congress MLA Pargat Singh Jalandhar: Ahead of Union home minister Amit Shah’s rally in Jalandhar on Wednesday, Congress MLA Pargat Singh on Tuesday asked him to clarify the responsibility of Central agencies in controlling drugs, particularly after the Union govt extended the BSF’s jurisdiction to 50 km inside the border in 2021.“BJP is making tall…
