Kolkata: Monsoon 2026 has brought bumper showers to Kolkata and most other parts of south Bengal despite a raging El Nino, which has been linked to a 13% rain deficit across the country.The monsoon is yet to withdraw from Bengal, but the city has already logged 1,718.9mm of rain between June and Sept, making it…
Noida: A week after nine passengers were killed when a sleeper bus caught fire on the Yamuna Expressway, private buses were still being spotted carrying excess cargo — including motorcycles stuffed into luggage boots, placed in carrier spaces or strapped to roofs with ropes and tarpaulin. The permitted luggage limit is 15 kg per passenger….
Season’s first charter flight from Yekaterinburg, Russia, carrying 162 passengers arrived at Goa International Airport, Dabolim on Thursday. Season’s first charter flight from Yekaterinburg, Russia, carrying 162 passengers arrived at Goa International Airport, Dabolim on Thursday. Season’s first charter flight from Yekaterinburg, Russia, carrying 162 passengers arrived at Goa International Airport, Dabolim on Thursday. Season’s…
Varanasi: A book exhibition commemorating the birth anniversaries of Mahatma Gandhi and Bharat Ratna Lal Bahadur Shastri was inaugurated at BHU by vice-chancellor Prof Ajit Kumar Chaturvedi on Wednesday.Organised by Sayaji Rao Gaekwad Central Library, the exhibition is being held at the Cyber Library Study Centre on Central Library premises. It will remain open till…
The 526 kg of heroin and methamphetamine, valued at more than Rs 3,000 crore intercepted by Indian Coast Guard and Gujarat ATS west of Lakshadweep Ahmedabad: Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and Indian Coast Guard seized around 526 kg of heroin and methamphetamine, valued at more than Rs 3,000 crore in the international market, after intercepting…
Amritsar: In an unusual instance of administrative duty allocation, MBBS doctors posted at govt dispensaries in Amritsar have been assigned ration-card verification work, with the administration now recommending withholding their Sept salaries after they allegedly failed to report for the assignment.A letter from the sub-divisional magistrate, Amritsar-II, to the additional deputy commissioner (rural development), states…
Pune: A powerful El Niño developing over Pacific and expected to intensify further could significantly influence India’s weather in the coming months, affecting the northeast monsoon, winter conditions and the Oct-Dec cyclone season, scientists warned on Wednesday.According to them, the impacts are unlikely to follow the traditional El Niño playbook of drought alone, with a…
The axe used in the killing Surat: A 26-year-old labourer from Bihar, allegedly on the run after murdering his father in Samastipur district in July, was arrested by Saroli police in Surat. Investigators said a family dispute over money preceded the killing.Shivshankar Sahani, who worked as a labourer in the transport sector, is accused of…
The residence of MLA Alo Libang at Yingkiong Itanagar: Protests against the proposed 11,000-MW Siang Upper Multipurpose Project intensified in Arunachal Pradesh’s Upper Siang district on Wednesday, disrupting traffic, damaging govt vehicles and triggering clashes during CM Pema Khandu’s visit.Demonstrators opposing the ongoing Pre-Feasibility Report (PFR) activities and survey work blocked key roads along the…
Lucknow: A Special Pocso court in Bahraich has acquitted a man in a nine-year-old case of kidnapping and gangrape of a minor girl by granting him the benefit of doubt after finding inconsistencies in the prosecution’s case and inconclusive linkage through forensic evidence.Additional sessions judge Arvind Kumar Gautam held that the statements of the survivor…
