Rajya Sabha MP Balbir Singh Seechewal. Ludhiana: In a bid to find a lasting solution to pollution in the Buddha Dariya, the Punjab govt has decided to bring officials, industrial representatives and other stakeholders together under a committee headed by Rajya Sabha MP Balbir Singh Seechewal.The nine-to-ten-member committee has been constituted by Chief Minister Bhagwant…
A spell of heavy rain lashes Mahalunge, Balewadi, Sus and Baner areas on Friday Pune: Maharashtra is likely to see above-normal daytime temperatures through Nov, while minimum temperatures may remain near or below normal in parts of Madhya Maharashtra and Marathwada, according to the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) monthly outlook.While some parts of the state…
Surat: A special court hearing Anti-Corruption Bureau cases on Saturday convicted former Surat Municipal Corporation junior engineer Rati Zaveri in a graft case and sentenced him to three years’ imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 1 lakh for demanding and accepting a Rs 20,000 bribe.Rati Zaveri, who was posted as a junior engineer in…
Aizawl: The Siaha district unit of the Mizoram Commercial Vehicles Owners Association (MCVOA), in southern Mizoram bordering Myanmar, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the United League of Arakan (ULA) and its armed wing, the Arakan Army (AA), to improve cooperation in cross-border trade.Sources in Siaha said the MoU was signed at the…
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh govt has directed King George’s Medical University (KGMU) to initiate action against faculty members and employees named in the inquiry report filed by the special task force that makes allegations of sexual exploitation, harassment, pressure for religious conversion and suppression of complaints in various departments.Acting on govt’s communication, vice-chancellor Prof Sonia…
Rajkot: A 16-year-old Class XI student was allegedly raped 22 times over a period of one year by a youth who befriended her last Navratri, according to a case registered at University police station. Police have arrested the accused.According to the complaint filed by the girl’s mother, the accused, came in contact with the girl…
Four-day sporting event, featuring eight sports, to bring together young athletes in Jaipur from November 2–5, 2026 Jaipur: FanToPark, the sports sponsor of the 14th Maharaja Sawai Bhawani Singh Memorial tournament, is supporting a four-day sporting event that will bring together around 4,000 students from 50 schools in Jaipur from Nov 2 to 5, 2026….
Quad leaders push for resilient supply chains and greater AI access in Indo-Pacific Targeting China’s military and economic practices in the Indo-Pacific region, Quad foreign ministers expressed grave concerns regarding economic coercion, including through arbitrary export restrictions as well as non-market policies and practices that result in overcapacity to disrupt global supply chain in critical…
Seti was trapped on a narrow stretch of land, with a sheer cliff on one side and an overflowing channel of the river on the other Trapped for 20 days on a narrow strip of land between a sheer cliff and the raging Budhi Gandaki river in Nepal’s Gorkha district, a dog named Seti was…
India’s indigenous B28 bullet train undergoes a key structural safety test at BEML’s Bengaluru facility ahead of planned trial runs in 2027. NEW DELHI: New Delhi: The country’s first indigenous high-speed train, B28, has undergone the vehicle body shell test, also known as the “squeeze test”, an important safety assessment to determine whether a train’s…
