Chennai: Barricades installed for night-time policing across Chennai are triggering morning traffic snarls, with commuters citing poor planning and delayed clearance.The situation worsens during peak hours as barricades installed overnight are often left in place well into the morning. While these structures are intended to slow down vehicles at night and deter antisocial elements, they…
Kolkata: Met officials in the city said on Friday that it was too early to predict the southwest monsoon’s arrival date in Kolkata, although the IMD has forecast an early onset over Kerala. The weather office has announced that the monsoon is likely to set in over Kerala on May 26, with a model error…
Panaji: Water resources minister Subhash Shirodkar said on Wednesday that the state’s reservoirs have sufficient raw water storage to meet Goa’s requirement till the monsoon arrives. He also stated that the water resources department (WRD) is looking at the possibility of a desalination plant for Panaji and a water release automation for irrigation, among other…
Hyderabad: Justice T Madhavi Devi of the Telangana high court On Friday, hearing the interim anticipatory bail plea of Union minister of state for home Bandi Sanjay’s son, Bandi Sai Bageerath, said she was not inclined to grant any such protection at this stage. The judge said orders will be pronounced on the next vacation…
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Friday accused the BJP-led central govt of being unwilling to provide reservation to women, alleging a “deliberate conspiracy” to mislead the public and discredit the Opposition. Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters, he said the Women’s Reservation Bill, passed by Parliament in 2023 with support from…
The Banaras–Pune (Hadapsar) inaugural special Amrit Bharat Express train is decorated with flowers ahead of its departure from Banaras railway station Varanasi: In a significant push to rail connectivity between UP and Maharashtra, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday flagged off two new Amrit Bharat Express trains — Varanasi to Pune (Hadapsar) and Ayodhya to…
BENGALURU: Congress general secretary (Organisation) KC Venugopal on Saturday said the Congress Legislature Party had unanimously acknowledged the services of Siddaramaiah as chief minister over the last five years and credited the party’s top leadership for ensuring a smooth transition of power in Karnataka.Venugopal stated, “Today, the Congress Legislative Party unanimously acknowledged the services of…
A dehydrated eagle rescued during summer months Pune: As an intense heatwave stretches into June, wildlife rescuers are reporting a record number of bird rescues across the city and surrounding districts. Black kites and eagles have been the hardest hit, with rescuers attending to at least seven to eight cases of dehydrated, exhausted, or heat-stressed…
Kolkata: Newly appointed commerce and industry minister Tapas Roy has said he has instructed officials to prepare a white paper on the Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS), detailing how many editions of the summit have been held, the expenditure incurred and the extent to which investment commitments have actually materialised.Speaking to TOI, Roy said the…
PIL seeks disqualification proceeding against 3 AIADMK MLAs who resigned days after election (File Photo) CHENNAI: Desiya Makkal Sakthi Katchi’s M L Ravi has moved the Madras high court seeking to declare TN govt’s gazette notification accepting resignation of three AIADMK MLA’s Maragatham Kumaravel, S Jayakumar, and P Sathyabama as illegal, arbitrary, unconstitutional and contrary…
