Photo credit: PTI NEW DELHI: The exit of Raghav Chadha and six other Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha MPs drew a sharp reaction from social activist Anna Hazare on Friday, who said the leaders may not have left if the party had stayed on the “right” path.“Everyone has the right to hold an opinion…
The districts have been identified based on their vulnerability to flooding due to recurring waterlogging or their proximity to rivers and canals Gurgaon: Haryana will conduct a state-level flood mock drill on May 14 across 13 vulnerable districts, including Gurgaon and Faridabad, to strengthen disaster preparedness ahead of the monsoon.The exercise is being organised by…
Employees in the Phase 2 area gradually start returning to work Police personnel conduct a route march in the aftermath of the workers’ protest in Noida Phase 2 on Wednesday Employees in the Phase 2 area gradually start returning to work Police personnel conduct a route march in the aftermath of the workers’ protest in…
Hyderabad: Commuters and residents have been facing persistent inconvenience for nearly a month due to ongoing pipeline works on Road No. 12 near Kamaan, opposite the ministers’ quarters.A stretch of about 1 km has been dug up, leaving the road badly damaged and devoid of proper footpaths, resulting in severe disruption to both vehicular and…
Stalin lost from Kolathur to TVK’s V S Babu by 8,795 votes. Photo by B A Raju CHENNAI: Just before the election campaign drew to a close, two DMK functionaries from Kolathur constituency said they were targeting not just a victory, but a huge victory with a margin of more than 75,000 votes. They reasoned…
US judge found that USCIS’s indefinite pause on applications from immigrants from travel-ban countries was unlawful A US federal judge has ruled that immigration authorities cannot indefinitely pause green card applications from immigrants linked to countries under travel restrictions, calling the policy unlawful and ordering the government to resume processing certain cases.In a 39-page decision,…
Hyderabad: For the second time in as many months, rumours of fuel shortage triggered panic buying across the city on Monday, leading to long queues, traffic congestion and tense scenes at several petrol pumps. Fuel bunks in areas including Banjara Hills, Jubilee Hills, Begumpet, Sri Nagar Colony, Irrum Manzil, Khairtabad, Alwal, Trimulgherry, Rajendranagar, Nampally, Mehdipatnam…
Mumbai: The Sessions court which on March 27 had acquitted all seven accused in the alleged ‘fake encounter’ case in 2016 of Haryana-based gangster Sandeep Gadoli, on Wednesday in its reasoned 542-page judgment said five of the accused, all police officers from Haryana, had acted in self or “private defence.” The five had exercised “their…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat’s 2024 Chandipura virus outbreak was the worst in 20 years. And now, for the first time, scientists have decoded the virus’s genetic blueprint from that episode. Researchers from the Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre (GBRC), the state health department, and the National Institute of Virology, Pune, sequenced the full genome of the virus and…
Hyderabad: Telangana’s power distribution sector is undergoing a substantial restructuring with the establishment of Rythu Discom, a third electricity distribution company conceived primarily to serve the agricultural sector. The new entity has been allocated a 42% market share, determined on the basis of electricity consumption trends recorded over the past five years. As a result,…
