MUMBAI: To tackle unauthorised parking and improve traffic flow, BMC and traffic police are sprucing up public parking lots (PPLs) and considering a colour-coding system to mark no-parking zones around them. Over a fortnight, the traffic police have taken action against 84,000 vehicles for parking violations.At a recent meeting between traffic police chief Satya Narayan…
Rohtak: The property ID issue has emerged as a key flashpoint in the Sampla municipal committee chairperson election, shaping voter sentiment ahead of the May 10 polling.The contest has turned multi-cornered, with BJP’s Parveen Coach and independents Rakesh Sarpanch, Sudhir Ohlyan, Ankit Ohlyan and Anil Sharma in the fray. With no Congress candidate, the campaign…
Rajkot: Gujarat reeled under intense heat on Sunday as temperatures soared past the 40 degrees mark across several cities, with inland regions bearing the brunt of the rising mercury amid prevailing heat wave conditions.Rajkot emerged as the hottest city in the state, recording a maximum temperature of 41.7°C, about 2.4 degrees above normal. Ahmedabad and…
Mumbai: BJP’s Kirit Somaiya has urged the Municipal Commissioner, Mayor, and Police Commissioner not to allow goats to be slaughtered in residential complexes, housing societies and chawls on the occasion of Bakri Eid.Somaiya alleged that even after the BMC and court have imposed restrictions on several occasions, the rules are violated. The BMC should give…
Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia Deshmukh stand with CJP’s ‘Sansad Chalo’ protest say youth voices deserve to be heard: ‘Let us listen, support, and empower them’ Actor-couple Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia Deshmukh have voiced their support for the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) ‘Sansad Chalo’ protest, joining a growing list of film personalities backing the youth-led movement…
Punjab Police bust foreign-linked drug module, 4 held (Image used for representational purpose only) CHANDIGARH: A major crackdown in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur has led to the busting of a narcotics and illegal arms module, with four people arrested and a large haul of drugs and weapons seized, police said on Monday.“In a major breakthrough, District Hoshiarpur…
Dhubri: Two persons were killed on the spot in high-intensity lightning strikes at two different locations in the Gossaigaon sub-division of Kokrajhar district on Saturday.In the first incident, lightning struck one Rafendra Narzary (40) of Jaraguri village while he was ploughing the field. He died on the spot and was found by other villagers, who…
Lucknow: Seeking to attract fresh investments into Uttar Pradesh, state govt will hold an investor outreach programme, Uttar Pradesh Global Growth Dialogue-2026, in Bengaluru on Wednesday, with chief minister Yogi Adityanath to lead the event.Officials said the roadshow, being organised in the country’s technology capital, is aimed at showcasing UP’s transformation into a major investment…
Woman dies after panic over monkey attack at Kalugumalai Temple hilltop in Tamil Nadu. TUTICORIN: A 24-year-old woman, who got married a month ago, died after falling off the hilltop of the Kalugumalai Ucchi Pillayar temple on Friday evening in the Tuticorin district.The deceased was identified as Anitha, 24, wife of Suresh, an abroad worker…
Mumbai: Security protocols were swung into action after the Azad Maidan police server room received an email warning of a bomb planted on Esplanade Court premises on Thursday. “The threat email was sent from a fake VPN address. We later found that it was a hoax. No court proceedings were halted,” said a police officer,…
