Varanasi: The city remained under intense heatwave conditions on Monday, though partial cloud cover brought some respite. Temperatures stayed high, with AP recording 41.5°C and BHU 41.1°C.After days of 43–45°C that made the city one of the hottest spots in UP, the clouds helped moderate the scorching sun.The city remained mostly sunny to partly cloudy,…
Gorakhpur: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday visited the residence of Siswa MLA Prem Sagar Patel in Pipra Babu village to pay tribute to his wife, Bindrawati Devi. Devi passed away on April 23 during a religious visit to Vrindavan.Expressing deep condolences, he prayed to Mahayogi Guru Gorakhnath for eternal peace to the departed soul….
Rob and Lucy Davies’ dream home extension turns into “nightmare”, ends in arrest/Image: BBC What began as a routine home extension for a UK couple turned into what they later described as a “nightmare”, leaving their house damaged and both of them briefly in police custody.Rob and Lucy Davies, a couple from Basildon in Essex,…
Despite the hardship, Neha wants to study management and become financially independent. She hopes to help other underprivileged children and improve her family’s standard of living. KOLKATA : On vibrant, neon-lit corners of Park Street, a 24year-old moves through the evening rush carrying a cluster of brightly coloured balloons to sell. Neha Khatoon is a…
Lucknow: Around 327Kg ganja (contraband) being smuggled from Nepal into India was seized in UP’s Maharajganj on Monday after a joint team of SSB and excise department intercepted a truck following a brief chase on the Indo-Nepal border. The accused truck driver has been arrested.The seizure was made in the Thoothibari-Sonauli border belt following intelligence…
CHANDIGARH: In the wake of Mumbai incident where four family members died allegedly after consuming watermelon, the food safety wing of the UT health dept launched a safety drive on Wednesday. Officials conducted random sampling of watermelons from 10 locations across the city to address growing public concern.The wing has also started tests in its…
Panaji: The Goa Human Rights Commission on Monday took suo motu cognisance of a news report on govt’s mandatory smart electricity meter rollout and sought a report from the chief electrical engineer of the electricity department.The commission said the report prima facie raised concerns of human rights violations and directed the chief electrical engineer to…
Chennai: A 70-year-old woman suffered injuries on her ear, after an unidentified man who entered her house at Perumpedu near Ponneri late on Friday, cut her earlobes, and fled with her earrings while she was asleep. The stolen earrings were imitation jewellery and not original gold, said police.The victim, Lakshmi, who lives alone after the…
Hyderabad: BJP floor leader Alleti Maheshwar Reddy on Wednesday alleged that chief minister A Revanth Reddy is opposing delimitation to get into the good books of the Gandhis and secure the post of national Congress president. He claimed that the delimitation exercise would increase the representation of southern states.“The Congress is acting with a colonial…
As ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2′ rakes in the big bucks at the box office, new reports are revealing details about the star casts’ huge pay packages, including bonuses they stand to receive on the film’s global success.The film’s leading ladies Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt, are reportedly cashing in on the fashion…
