The sales surge in Sept was broad-based, with both electric two-wheelers (E2Ws) and passenger vehicles posting new monthly records Chennai: September turned out to be a record month for electric vehicles, with total registrations across segments touching an all-time high of 3.3 lakh units. The final number is likely to be slightly higher as there…
Hyderabad: Unable to keep up with EMIs on a house he had bought for ₹36 lakh, a 31-year-old man allegedly strangled his grandmother and stole her gold and silver jewellery in Thoopranpet village of Choutuppal.Mantipalli Yadamma (70), who lived alone, was found dead under suspicious circumstances on Aug 27. Her relative Darshan alerted police after…
– The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has pulled up the Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEF&CC) Chandigarh regional office for failing to appear despite being served notice in the ongoing proceedings on environmental violations in the ecologically sensitive Raisina Aravalis in Gurgaon.._________________Picture by Vinay Gupta A forest department survey has found that…
Kolkata: Srishti Garg, a 17th-batch student of SRFTI, brought laurels to the film school as she won a special jury mention for her film, ‘Lunar Birds’, at the 18th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala (IDSFFK) on Wednesday. The film is inspired by the ‘Reclaim the Night’ movement.Made with a crew, comprising Sneha…
Technical glitch in food and civil supplies department’s mobile application disrupted certificate verification for much of the day on Thursday Fuel dispensed without PUCC checks at a Shastri Nagar fuel station as app glitch slackened the drive Technical glitch in food and civil supplies department’s mobile application disrupted certificate verification for much of the day…
The wildlife rescue squad of the Pernem range forest office carried out the latest rescue on Sep 29 Panaji: In two separate incidents, the forest department rescued two Indian pangolins (Manis crassicaudata) and released them into their natural habitat.The wildlife rescue squad of the Pernem range forest office carried out the latest rescue on Sep…
Varanasi: The Varanasi Development Authority has recorded a historic revenue haul of Rs 500 crore between Nov 2025 and the end of Sept 2026, marking the highest revenue generated in VDA’s history.The figure represents a striking surge from VDA’s earlier annual revenue of around Rs 120 crore. In less than a year, the Authority has…
This undated photo released on Israel’s Foreign Ministry social media shows Indian Captain Smit Machchhar in the cockpit of a plane in an unknown location Gandhinagar: Gujarat govt will honour pilot Captain Smit Machchhar with ‘Vishisht Gujarat Garima Award’ for saving the lives of 174 passengers during an attack on a flight from Dubai to…
Of the 23 stubble-burning cases reported from three states on Oct 1, Madhya Pradesh recorded 14, followed by Uttar Pradesh with five and Punjab with four. Bathinda: After leading the six states by a wide margin during the first fortnight of crop residue burning, Punjab saw its share of farm fires fall below 46% on…
Pune: Hinjewadi police on Wednesday registered a case against a couple for allegedly duping three people of Rs 8.15 lakh on the promise of giving them high returns on cryptocurrency investments. A 23-year-old woman from Wakad, who works with a private company, lodged a police complaint on Wednesday.An officer said the complainant came into contact…
