Varanasi: The Varanasi Municipal Corporation launched a free Wi-Fi facility at the court complex on Wednesday, with mayor Ashok Kumar Tiwari inaugurating the service.The civic body had earlier started the digital connectivity initiative at Assi Ghat and Dashashwamedh Ghat. In the second phase, free Wi-Fi was extended to BHU Hospital and Trauma Centre. With the…
Ahmedabad: Palak Shah left his Sarkhej warehouse at 5pm, expecting to reach his Naranpura home soon. Five hours later, he was still stranded near Juhapura after covering barely 3km. “I have never felt so helpless,” said Shah.A 2km-long serpentine queue stretched between Sarkhej and Juhapura as the waterlogged road slowed vehicles and caused several to…
Filed by NidhiLudhiana: After the residents raised the issue of open garbage dumping at 100-feet road in Sherpur, the civic body on Thursday started cleaning the site. Mayor Inderjit Kaur conducted a surprise inspection and issued a strict warning to the officials and residents over open dumping of garbage. The residents complained that there was…
Even Minor Devpt Works Being Routed Through F&CC Chandigarh: More than half of the current municipal council’s tenure has passed, but the city municipal corporation is yet to constitute any of its 12 sub-committees, including three mandatory panels empowered to take financial and policy-related decisions. The delay has raised questions over the relevance of these…
Albert Einstein’s statue at IUCAA Pune: More than 100 years after Albert Einstein proposed his theory of general relativity, the world’s largest analysis of gravitational waves from colliding black holes has found that its laws still hold true, even under the most extreme conditions in the universe.The research, carried out by LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) Collaboration, analysed…
Heavy rain in Suratcausing waterlogging in many areas, people wades through and drives through waterlogged areas with difficulty Surat: Repeated flooding after heavy rainfall left several parts of Surat city and district inundated on Thursday, with overflowing creeks and incessant rain remaining the primary causes.Officials and residents also blamed the city’s inadequate storm water drainage…
Aizawl: A meeting was held on Thursday at the conference hall of the deputy commissioner of south Mizoram’s Lawngtlai district amid concerns raised by major civil society groups and student organisations that foreigners could be enrolled during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.The meeting was chaired by deputy commissioner and district election…
Lucknow: Eight days after a tiger killed a farmer in Sitapur, the big cat remains untraced, triggering panic across several villages. Fresh pugmarks and the first trap-camera images have confirmed its continued presence in the area.The pugmarks were spotted on Thursday morning in a field owned by local farmer Vishnu.Villagers claimed they noticed both large…
Rajkot: A 40-year-old factory worker died after being brutally assaulted on suspicion of theft at an industrial unit in Magharvada village of Rajkot district, police said. The incident led to the registration of a murder case against 10 accused and several unidentified persons.The deceased, identified as Chandraveer Chauhan, was a native of Uttar Pradesh and…
Makes Chief Secy Responsible For Timely Compliance Jojari River near Jodhpur Jojari River near Jodhpur Jaipur: Delivering a sharp rebuke to the Rajasthan govt over toxic pollution in the Jojari and Bandi rivers, the Supreme Court Thursday held the Rajasthan chief secretary personally responsible for ensuring timely and effective compliance with all its directions and…
