NEW DELHI: A temporary shutdown of the Chandrawal Water Works-II pump house for urgent maintenance on April 15 is expected to impact water supply in several areas of Delhi. The shutdown will commence at 10 am and continue for six hours.Delhi Jal Board on Wednesday said that the repair work is essential to ensure the…
KOLKATA: Siliguri mayor Goutam Deb has indicated that he may step down and rent out part of his house. The move follows his crushing defeat to BJP’s Shankar Ghosh by 73,192 votes.Siliguri is a major urban constituency in Darjeeling district of West Bengal, encompassing Siliguri city and surrounding suburban areas. As a commercial and transportation…
In the parish of Bickmarsh, Worcestershire, a group of metal-detecting enthusiasts found a large cache of 63 early medieval Anglo-Saxon coins. An initial report was submitted by Go Detecting (Midlands) Limited, and subsequent to that, Worcestershire Archaeology completed an extensive survey and excavation of the site. Most of the coins were minted during the reign…
Chandigarh: The Chandigarh administration is all set to approach the Supreme Court on the settled issue of the retirement age of govt teachers.In a major reversal of its own stand on the issue, the administration is actively considering challenging the increase in the superannuation age of govt teachers to 65 years.If the administration approaches the…
District magistrate Medha Roopam inspected a medical camp at Ambedkar Bhawan in Surajpur on Friday Noida: The district administration is attempting a mega outreach to industrial workers after protests on April 13 underlined the hard conditions they are forced to live in because of very low wages. On Friday, it announced medical camps across the…
Lucknow: Students of Dr A P J Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU) can now look forward to internships and job opportunities across several sectors, as 16 new startups were incubated on Friday at the university’s Kalam Incubation Centre.These startups were selected by the incubation centre after several rounds of evaluation.In addition to getting a workspace…
You’re usually the brave one, but today you may crave moral support. The Moon can shake your faith, and Saturn is a burden on your thoughts, making you think about decisions that were good just a few hours ago. Don’t panic. This is a passing cloud.Expenses may rise above income. It could be household needs,…
A police escort vehicle assigned to former Punjab cabinet minister and All-India Anti-Terrorist Front (AIATF) chairperson Maninderjeet Singh Bitta was rammed by a car allegedly driven by a drunk man in the city on April 29 — and as his cavalcade crossed into Delhi later that night, a second incident occurred near Mahipalpur, where a…
LUCKNOW: Four minor siblings were found murdered inside their home in Ambedkar Nagar district, with police suspecting the involvement of their mother, who is currently absconding. The crime came to light around 3 pm on Saturday in the Meeranpur locality after neighbours alerted the police when repeated knocks at the house went unanswered. Police said…
US President Donald Trump has congratulated PM Modi on his “historic” election victory, a White House spokesman said Tuesday, in an apparent take on the recent round of assembly polls that were headlined by BJP’s big win in West Bengal.White House spokesman Kush Desai spoke of Trump’s warm sentiments for Modi, noting that the US…
