Chennai: A sharp rise and continued volatility in airfares across both domestic and international routes have forced travellers to rethink summer vacation plans. Many are altering destinations, trimming itineraries, or switching to budget carriers to keep their expenses in check while still making the most of the holidays.With the election having come to an end,…
Lucknow: For generations, menstruation arrived with little warning for many girls — often accompanied by confusion, anxiety and whispered explanations at home. But smartphones and social media seem to have changed the norm, finds a study undertaken by Queen Mary Hospital’s Centre of Excellence for Adolescent Health and Development.Noting that the city’s Gen Z girls…
Ludhiana: Khanna police have dismantled a drug supply network with the arrest of eight individuals, recovering 4 kg of opium and 44 kg of poppy husk. Alongside the narcotics, officials seized two tractors, two trolleys, a reaper machine, and a Mahindra Scorpio SUV used for smuggling. Senior superintendent of police (Khanna) Darpan Ahluwalia stated that…
Employees conducting a door-to-door census in Sector 19 Noida: District administration in Gautam Budh Nagar has written to police seeking FIRs against 86 enumerators deployed for Census 2027 who allegedly failed to collect their duty orders or cooperate with the enumeration exercise, officials said on Tuesday.Of the nearly 3,000 employees deployed as enumerators across the…
Bengaluru: A food delivery agent was allegedly assaulted while trying to stop an intruder, who entered his rented house and fled with cash and a mobile phone in the wee hours of Sunday.Shyamal, a resident of 5th Cross, Anepalya, and a native of West Bengal, said in his complaint that he and his roommate Nitai…
Gair mumkin pahad land forms part of the natural Aravali system Gurgaon: Tree felling and land disturbance continue in the Raisina hills of Sohna despite court monitoring and National Green Tribunal (NGT) orders to clear encroachments from protected Aravali land.The forest department has registered a forest offence case in the Raisina hills of Sohna —…
Chennai: Private bus operators have sought govt intervention alleging large price differences in sale of GPS devices (with panic buttons) and reflective stickers required for annual fitness certificate renewal.State transport department officials said steps are being taken to bring transparency in pricing and align with models followed in neighbouring states.At a meeting in Chennai on…
Chandigarh: After nearly a decade since it was first conceptualised and seven years after receiving approval from the Centre, construction on the controversial Industrial Area flyover-rotary-underpass project is finally set to take off.The ministry of road transport and Highways (MoRTH) on Monday instructed the Union Territory’s chief engineer to issue the Letter of Award (LOA)…
Palanpur: Skeletal remains of a woman (29) and her two-year-old daughter were exhumed from their home in Vadnagar, Mehsana, on Monday, a day after the husband died by suicide, leaving behind a note reportedly confessing to killing both of them six months ago.Girish Parmar (30), a worker at a local diamond unit, jumped from the…
Hyderabad: For the first time, the state govt took its land pitch outside Telangana. In April, the Telangana Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (TGIIC) held a roadshow in Bengaluru, not to promote tourism but to woo developers and investors ahead of the Raidurg auction.The strategy worked. A Raidurg land parcel fetched a staggering ₹237 crore per acre…
