Varanasi: The city recorded 42.3 degree Celsius on Thursday, while the minimum temperature was 24.2 degree Celsius. But, beating the scorching summer heat in Varanasi is a cherished ritual, often accomplished through the city’s rich, creamy and cooling traditional beverages – thandai and lassi. Served in traditional kulhads (terracotta cups) that add a distinct, earthy…
Ahmedabad: A burglary at a locked bungalow in Sector-2C of Gandhinagar resulted in the theft of valuables worth Rs 99 lakh. Police later cracked the case, arrested one accused and recovered property valued at over Rs 1 crore.The bungalow belongs to an NRI businessman residing in Africa, who had visited Gujarat in Jan. Police said…
Chandigarh: Punjab finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema, who is heading the cabinet sub-committee constituted to resolve employees’ issues, on Thursday directed the state health and family welfare department to write to the Union govt to seek an increase in incentives provided to Accredited Social Health Activist (Asha) workers and facilitators.The minister said the Union govt…
Pune: Cybercrooks duped a Vimannagar-based engineering products manufacturing firm of Rs73 lakh through spoofing emails between June 2024 and April last year.The firm’s director lodged a complaint with the Pune cyber police on Wednesday.An officer from the cyber police said the complainant’s company belonged to the engineering products manufacturing sector. The firm had contacted its…
Silchar: A shocking hit-and-run incident on a busy arterial road in Sribhumi town left two pedestrians critically injured after a speeding four-wheeler allegedly lost control and rammed multiple vehicles on Thursday morning.According to local sources, the car was moving at high speed along the main road when the driver suddenly lost control. The vehicle first…
Lucknow: The special House session of the Lucknow Municipal Corporation convened by mayor Sushma Kharakwal, who belongs to BJP, on Thursday passed a proposal condemning parties opposing women’s quota bill, amid uproar and protest by opposition membersBJP has majority in the LMC House. The session began on a stormy note as corporators from the Samajwadi…
Kota: A 35-year-old man died allegedly by suicide in the bathroom of a rehabilitation centre in Kota Wednesday late evening, police said.The deceased man was identified as Mahesh Kumar, a resident of Chawani Ramchandrapura in Kota. He was admitted to the drug rehabilitation centre in the city a few days ago.Mahesh allegedly hanged himself in…
PM Modi and US President Donald Trump (File photo) TOI Correspondent from Washington: US President Donald Trump on Thursday befouled Washington’s already dodgy ties with the two largest countries in the world, reposting a four-page racist screed by a supporter that called India and China “hellholes” and accused them of exploiting America’s birthright citizenship privileges.The…
Iran’s Reza Pahlavi, exiled son of Shah Reza Pahlavi, waves to supporters after he was attacked with a red fluid Iran’s exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi was splashed with red liquid—believed to be tomato juice—on Thursday as he exited a building in Berlin in an attack captured on camera.A video showed Reza Pahlavi walking along…
Pradeep Ranganathan‘s latest film ‘Love Insurance Kompany (LIK)’ is seeing modest collections in its second week. The Pradeep Ranganathan and Krithi Shetty starrer has crossed Rs 57 Cr worldwide. Directed by Vignesh Shivan, the futuristic romantic drama continues to attract audiences despite not creating a major buzz at the ticket windows. Box office performance so…
