On August 2, 2006, the temperature in Massachusetts hit 99 degrees with 65% humidity. New Englanders cranked up their air conditioners and fans like never before, setting an all-time record for electricity use on the regional grid. Historically, New England has suffered from some of the highest retail electricity costs in the US. But about…
KOLKATA: A Trinamool worker accused of extortion took shelter under a huge pile of clothes kept inside a godown of the state government organization “Tantuja” at Amta in Howrah on Saturday when BJP workers of Basantpur Panchayat in Udaynarayanpur came looking for him at Amta Block 1. They spotted Brahmananda Chakrabarty at the state-owned Tantuja…
Navi Mumbai: Following the protest march by hundreds of PAPs from Panvel towards Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, Mumbai, on Wednesday for the long-standing demand that Navi Mumbai International Airport be officially named after the farmers’ leader Late DB Patil, despite the police rejecting the permission, the Navi Mumbai police, after detaining around 300 protesting men and…
With the motto of ‘you can’t heal the wound with someone else’s love,’ the sensational artist is ready with her confessional lyrics and intimate rock beats for her upcoming album. Introducing Olivia Rodrigo, the 23-year-old singer who turned the entire internet into her fanbase one fine day with her debut album and never looked back….
Chennai: A software professional died by suicide after recording and sending a video to her relatives and friends, accusing her husband of physically abusing her in Poonamallee, on Wednesday night.Shalini, 33, had been living with her husband Selvin, 36, also a techie, in an apartment at Poonamallee. Married about eight years ago, they have a…
MMRDA admit card 2026: The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) is expected to release the MMRDA admit card 2026 soon on the official website, mmrda.maharashtra.gov.in. The recruitment examination is conducted for Group A, Group B, and Group C posts. It is scheduled to be held on May 11 and 12, 2026. Once issued, the…
Trees Cut Extra City Heat By Half, But Not Quite Where Most Needed (Image credit: ANI) Study Finds That Urban Cooling Remains Weakest In Poorer, Hottest Regions Of The WorldTrees are countering nearly half the urban heating from pavements and buildings in the world’s cities, but they’re not doing enough cooling in hotter, poorer cities…
Madurai: Allinagaram was cloaked in silence on Wednesday as the news of Bharathiraja’s death crept through a street leading to his ancestral home. Elderly men who had witnessed him leave for Madras as a young dreamer recalled the years when he was still known as Paalpandi, and not Bharathiraja. The villagers weren’t mourning a renowned…
Guwahati: Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) on Monday urged residents to stay alert as IMD forecast more rain for Guwahati.The India Meteorological Department predicted moderate to heavy rain, accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning, in Guwahati and adjoining areas over the next two to three days. The forecast follows a heavy rain warning issued last…
Bengaluru: A 36-year-old woman running a cashew trading business was cheated of Rs 6.6 lakh by fraudsters who lured her with a fake cashew supply deal and later went incommunicado after collecting the money.According to the complaint filed by Lavanya (name changed), a resident of Haralur, the fraud began on June 5 when she received…
