Govt Thursday announced a steep increase in passport fees across categories, including a 67% hike for issuance or reissue of ordinary passport and a 250% increase in charges under the Tatkal scheme. The new charges will be effective July 1. MEA said an ordinary 36-page fresh passport for applicants aged 18 years and above will…
Lucknow: Long queues gained respite from oppressive heat and humidity with chilled beverages served at bhandaras across the city on third Bada Mangal. On Sitapur Road, crowds gathered for shikanji, rasna, froot juice and poori-halwa.In Indiranagar, volunteers distributed cold water and shikanji. Auto driver Ram Lakhan said, “It’s so hot and getting something chilled to…
The worst choke point begins after Old Mint Bus Terminus, where vehicles are diverted into the narrow Padavattamman Kovil Street and Peddu Street before reconnecting to Wall Tax Road 200m late Chennai: The busy four-way Basin Bridge junction, connecting Wall Tax Road, Vyasarpadi, Korukkupet and Mint, continues to witness severe congestion every evening, with motorists…
A Telangana farmer, G Mahesh, has been arrested for allegedly murdering a tenant farmer, P Mogili. HYDERABAD: Jammikunta police in Telangana’s Karimnagar district have solved the murder of a 51-year-old tenant farmer, arresting a 40-year-old farmer from a neighbouring village who allegedly planned the killing after watching YouTube videos on “how to commit a murder”,…
Today feels like a knot loosening. Tensions and lingering problems begin to ease, and you get some breathing room at last. Saturn, your ruler, is steadier now, while the Moon brings comfort through family, home, and familiar company. So instead of carrying the whole mountain on your back, you may actually sit down and smile…
Pune: A driver charred to death after his car crashed into the railings of a flyover and caught fire in Kamshet on Mumbai-Pune highway, about 50km from the city, in the early hours of Tuesday.The Kamshet police identified the deceased as Ketan Chavan (34) from Pimpri. The car was heading towards Pune.Assistant inspector Akash Pawar,…
Representative image Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari on Monday inaugurated Multi Lane Free Flow Mundka-Bakkarwala toll plaza on Delhi’s Urban Extension Road-II (UER-II), bringing the capital’s latest transport corridor into India’s expanding barrier-less toll network. The move is aimed at boosting connectivity while easing travel for adjoining villages and surrounding habitations.The…
Roll up your sleeves, Pisces. This is not a lazy day. Mars asks for hard work, and Saturn makes you earn your results step by step. The good news is that courage and extra effort will bring success. If you keep moving, the day will reward you.You may feel that every task needs one more…
New Delhi: Delhi Police has busted an organised mule bank account racket operating across India and arrested 10 accused who allegedly procured and supplied bank accounts to cyber fraudsters for routing proceeds of online scams.The syndicate primarily targeted unemployed and financially vulnerable individuals who had come to Delhi in search of work.The investigation was initiated…
Pune: The state is set to expand the Maha Dialysis scheme, with 12 new dialysis centres set to be inaugurated on May 1 on the occasion of Maharashtra Day.The scheme provides free dialysis facilities to kidney patients in rural areas through govt hospitals.The new centres, located in districts of Kolhapur, Chandrapur, Yavatmal, Beed, Nashik, Jalgaon,…
