Ahmedabad: The contest in Chandkheda ward during the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation elections turned high-profile as ‘cousins’ from the Congress and BJP were pitted against each other. Congress fielded sitting woman corporator Rajshree Kesari for one of the four seats in Chandkheda ward. The BJP, meanwhile, fielded Yashkumar Jadav, son of former corporator Jayanti Jadav, for…
Rajahmundry: A 26-year-old software engineer drowned in a mountain stream near Sokuleru viewpoint in Andhra Pradesh’s Polavaram district on Tuesday afternoon while taking photographs. Police and SDRF later recovered Kosuru Nilesh’s body.Nilesh, from Vijayawada and an employee of HCL in Hyderabad, and five of his colleagues, including three women, had been touring scenic spots in…
In Hindu astrology, the date of birth marks the start of a person’s karmic journey. The Ascendant sheds light on each individual’s approach to growth and enlightenment across different life areas. Saturn represents enduring lessons, while the Rahu-Ketu axis unveils past experiences. Atma Karaka indicates core teachings shaped by planetary influences in the birth chart….
A truck got trapped in a recently developed road in Dindoli, which suffered major damage when a portion of it caved in with movement of vehicles. Surat: Just five days after a road was restored following pipeline work, a section of it caved in in city’s Dindoli area on Wednesday, causing a truck to tilt…
Margao: Vavurla — an entirely tribal hamlet of a 300-odd strong population, perched atop the forested hills of Quepem that successive govts forgot existed — is connected to the world at last.After years of isolation that cost lives, the 3.5km road linking Vavurla to Kude is complete and motorable. For the first time in the…
Florida began sinking mermaid-shaped reef sculptures More than 300 sculpted reef modules, including ocean-friendly concrete mermaids, now sit on the seafloor off South Florida as part of a growing marine restoration project launched seven years ago. Known as the 1000 Mermaids Artificial Reef Project, the initiative combines public art with habitat creation to help restore…
Chennai: Madras high court on Friday restrained a Tamil magazine from claiming that the persons involved in the Palani temple land scam are related to a former minister, or that the land has been purchased by him through benamis.Justice Hemant Chandangoudar passed the interim order on a suit moved by the former minister R Sakkarapani…
Hyderabad: Patancheru police arrested three members of an interstate gang from Maharashtra in the murder case of a 35-year-old cab driver, N Rajasekhar of Rasoolpura. The accused had booked his taxi from Secunderabad and later stole his car after strangling him to death in the vehicle.On the night of Sept 10, a group of accused…
Animal activist say the Supreme Court’s order should not be misinterpreted or misused Mumbai: With the Supreme Court ruling that human safety takes precedence over the welfare of sentient animals, activists have raised concerns over misinterpretation and misuse of the order and opposed the plan for shelters.In Mumbai, the BMC has identified sites in Malad,…
Vasai: A 20-year-old man died due to electrocution on Friday afternoon, after he along with three others, were moving a hotel’s name board. The other three were not affected, but the 20-year-old, Abhay Tiwari, was declared dead on arrival when he was taken to a Mira road hospital. Naigaon police reached the spot and registered…
