Noida: Noida power department has begun installing 250 new transformers across the district at an investment of Rs 25 crore, ahead of peak summer demand. The units, with capacities of 250 kVA and 400 kVA, will operate at a maximum load of 50% to prevent burnouts from overloading — a recurring problem during summer months…
Calangute: Shack operators have admitted that subletting of beach shacks to non-Goans has accelerated the decline in their business and quality standards. According to them, the locals have been subletting shacks to people from other states and are enjoying the high rents they get. The business starts to dwindle when the tourist season comes to…
Shimla: Leader of the opposition in the Himachal Pradesh assembly, Jai Ram Thakur, on Saturday criticised the state govt over reports that nearly 20% of trainee students at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Nursing Institute in Rampur-Khaneri, Shimla district, had been infected with tuberculosis (TB).Thakur termed the situation alarming and blamed the Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu dispensation…
Guwahati: Reiterating concerns over the persistent occurrence of road accidents in Assam, chief secretary Ravi Kota has outlined priority measures to improve road safety, focusing on enforcement, infrastructure upgrades and emergency response systems.The directions followed a state-level road safety review meeting in which officials assessed accident rates across all 35 districts for the first quarter…
Modern Coach Factory has sent the trainset for trials Lucknow: The Modern Coach Factory (MCF) in Raebareli rolled out its first Vande Bharat trainset on Saturday, marking its entry into the group of manufacturing units producing these semi high speed trains.The 16-coach chair car rake has been dispatched to the Research Designs and Standards Organisation…
Rajkot: Four members of a family drowned in Aji Dam near Rajkot on Sunday, police said, adding that three bodies have been recovered while a search is on for the fourth.The victims were identified as Bharat Jadav (42), an autorickshaw driver, his sons Dhaval and Rohit, and their cousin Dhruv Makwana. The family resided in…
Rajasthan Royals’ 15-year-old dashing opening batter Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has been one of the finds of the IPL 2026 Jaipur: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s rising stature and his destructive batting have made his wicket a special one for all the bowlers in the IPL. The way Kyle Jamieson reacted after getting rid of the ‘wonder boy’ cheaply at…
Bengal’s electoral outcome will now be decided on 293 seats after EC cancelled Saturday the April 29 polling in south Kolkata’s Falta constituency, citing “electoral offences and subversion of the democratic process”.A repoll has been scheduled for May 21, with counting on May 24.This is first time in Bengal where a full assembly constituency will…
Four foreign nationals in New Jersey have been charged with illegally voting in US federal elections and making false statements in their citizenship applications.US Attorney Robert Frazer announced that David Neewilly, 73, of Atlantic County; Jacenth Beadle Exum, 70, of Bergen County; Idan Choresh, 43, of Monmouth County; and Abhinandan Vig, 33, also of Monmouth…
Swara Bhaskar has strongly reacted to trolls who targeted her over post-pregnancy weight gain, calling out the “bizarre” criticism she has faced since embracing motherhood.The actress recently shared a throwback picture from 2018, which drew body-shaming comments online. In response, Swara posted a collage featuring the old image alongside a recent photo of her holding…
