New Delhi: The city is likely to reel under a heatwave condition from Wednesday to Friday with mercury expecting to reach around 44 degrees Celsius in parts of Delhi. A yellow alert is in place.As strong winds blew on Tuesday, the maximum temperature dipped to 38.8 degrees Celsius, one degree above normal.“Westerly winds prevailed with…
Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Tuesday sent a two-member panel on an immediate surprise survey of hawkers from the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) area to Hutatma Chowk, near the court premises, and onwards to Colaba to assess the compliance of its earlier order. It also directed the police to set out how it…
Bengaluru: In a brazen late-night heist, car-borne miscreants allegedly made off with three cows from Vaddarapalya in Electronics City recently.The animals, tied in the parking areas of two farmers’ homes, were quietly whisked away under the cover of darkness. Two cows were stolen from one house, while a third was taken from a nearby residence.According…
Time’s up: Chief minister M K Stalin, who set out on a morning walk in Kolathur, released a video message, and ended with a roadshow. CHENNAI: Political leaders in Tamil Nadu went into an uneasy sleep on Tuesday night, after more than a month of high-decibel campaign of claims, blames and fairy tales ended. After…
Hyderabad: Researchers at the CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CSIR-CCMB) have found that cyanobacterial communities in Chilika Lagoon, Odisha, undergo seasonal genetic shifts. This discovery could improve monitoring of harmful algal blooms and guide conservation planning in vulnerable water bodies.The study, published in Environmental Advances by Manisha Ray and Govindhaswamy Umapathy, reconstructed 83 cyanobacterial…
Currently, transformer replacement often takes several hours and sometimes even days in rural areas, causing prolonged outages Gurgaon: In a bid to reduce power disruptions during peak summer, the state power department has directed discoms to replace faulty transformers within two hours in urban areas and four hours in rural areas. The move aims to…
Kolkata: The anti-ragging committee of Jadavpur University has decided to issue a show-cause notice to the placement officer from whose office sensitive information of an RTI was leaked to some engineering students, who harassed another third-year engineering student. The third-year engineering student filed an RTI to know about the data related to the placement cell.“The…
Panaji: Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Tuesday said that YouTuber Gautam Khattar will be arrested within two days and brought to Goa. An FIR has been filed against Khattar for making statements against St Francis Xavier, leading to outrage across Goa.“Anyone who hurts Goans’ sentiments in this manner will not be let off. The case…
Varanasi: To promote sustainable, low-cost farming practices to address rising input costs and climate challenges, the International Rice Research Institute – South Asia Regional Centre (ISARC), Varanasi in collaboration with the department of Agriculture, Himachal Pradesh, conducted a series of training programmes and field visits on natural farming across Mandi and Kangra districts from April…
Gandhinagar: BJP MP from Anand, Mitesh Patel, stirred controversy by stating that even if a single opposition candidate wins from Anklav in the local body elections, he or she will not receive any funds from his local area development grant. The Congress reacted by saying that the people will give a befitting reply to Patel.“There…
