Calangute: A coconut tree collapsed late on Monday night at Porbawaddo in Calangute, bringing down electricity cables and branches of a mango tree on the main road to Arpora. No one was injured, but power supply to the area was disrupted.The incident comes less than 10 days after a huge bhendi tree was uprooted in…
Varanasi: The hard riverbed along a stretch of the Ganga in Ghazipur will no longer hinder the movement of cargo vessels and large cruise ships, even during peak summer when water levels drop sharply, once the ongoing dredging project is completed.After reviewing the progress of the dredging work, divisional commissioner S Rajalingam said the first…
A truck on AMC duty was partially swallowed by a sinkhole near APMC in Ahmedabad’s Vasna area Ahmedabad: Tuesday remained a wet day, with various parts of the city getting light drizzle to moderate rain. Between 10am and 4pm, Ahmedabad recorded an average rainfall of 17.6mm. The city’s Kathwada area recorded the highest rainfall at…
Ludhiana: Cooperative institutions are no longer being viewed merely as credit societies or procurement agencies but as vehicles for value addition, diversification and rural entrepreneurship, speakers said during the concluding session of Cooperative Week at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) Tuesday.Organised by the Punjab govt’s department of Cooperation from June 29 to July 6, the week-long…
Chandigarh: If plans laid out by Chandigarh administrator Gulab Chand Kataria are implemented, travel in the city will become a lot easier and cheaper. Kataria on Tuesday directed the administration to overhaul the city’s public transport network by increasing bus frequency on high-demand routes, rationalising services on low-demand corridors and strengthening connectivity across the Tricity…
Sant Tukaram Maharaj Palkhi leaves Dehu temple on Tuesday Pune: The Pune city police will deploy around 7,000 personnel and use various AI-based tools and GPS during the palkhi processions in the city between July 9 and 11.A total of 350 CCTV cameras have been installed along the routes. These cameras are equipped with a…
Guwahati: AIUDF chief and Binnakandi MLA Badruddin Ajmal triggered a political controversy on Tuesday after advocating police encounters against drug traffickers, saying stronger measures were needed to curb Assam’s growing narcotics problem.Participating in a discussion on the state’s drug menace in the state assembly, Ajmal warned about the increasing impact of narcotics and said, “Save…
Lucknow: To improve fire safety in buildings following the Aliganj fire mishap, the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) has decided to conduct a fire safety audit of around eight lakh residential units, apartments and commercial buildings across the city.The authority will hire a private agency for the exercise. It will begin with LDA-developed colonies before being…
Jaipur: The Supreme Court Tuesday paved the way for the long-awaited elections of the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) by upholding the Rajasthan High Court‘s order from July 1, which mandated fresh elections within three months under the supervision of a court-appointed administrator.A bench comprising Justice KV Vishwanathan and Justice Alok Aradhe was informed that Additional…
NEW DELHI: CBI filed its first chargesheet Tuesday in the Rs 4,097-crore Reliance Commercial Finance Ltd (RCFL) bank fraud case before a special CBI court in Mumbai against seven accused, including Reliance Infrastructure Ltd, Reliance Home Finance Ltd (RHFL) and five former senior RCFL executives.Devang Pravin Mody, former director and CEO of RCFL; Ravindra Somayajula…
