Mumbai: The BMC has warned of stringent action, including registration of criminal cases, against individuals found illegally attaching electric motor pumps to water mains or direct tap connections to draw excess water during the ongoing 10% water cut across the city. The water cut has come into effect from Friday, as part of a move…
An Ahmedabad resident was robbed in an auto she took after arriving in the city from Keshod Ahmedabad: A 38-year-old homemaker was allegedly robbed of gold jewellery worth over Rs 4 lakh by four men in a shared autorickshaw after she arrived in the city from Keshod. Khokhra police have registered a case and are…
Yashbardhan Singh Chauhan is the new India Under-19s cricket captain BHOPAL: In 2020, a boy asked for a cricket bat of premium willow. The Covid lockdown had shut down the family’s civil construction business in Chambal and it was a luxury they could ill afford, but his father took a loan and bought one for…
Bengaluru: A local court in the city Friday acquitted a man of the charges of subjecting his wife to unnatural sex during the initial days of their marriage. The accused, Vikram Vincent, was also acquitted of the remaining charges, which included domestic violence and crimes under the IT Act.Vikram, a resident of Ejipura, runs an…
After repeated complaints from residents and market associations over public nuisance, safety concerns and traffic disruptions, a joint anti-encroachment drive by GMDA, HSVP and the police on Wednesday cleared illegally developed slum clusters from government land around Jail Chowk Gurgaon: A joint anti-encroachment drive by GMDA, HSVP and police on Wednesday cleared illegally developed slum…
Gorakhpur: CM Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday visited the residence of his Officer on Special Duty (OSD) Prakhar Verma in Betiahata to attend the mundan ceremony of Verma’s son.After reaching his residence, CM offered prayers and performed jalabhishek at a Shiv temple on the premises. He later congratulated the family members on the auspicious occasion and…
Chennai: Students who failed to pass their Class XII board exams in 2025-2026 will be offered special coaching for the upcoming supplementary exams scheduled to be held from June 29 to July 7. School education secretary B Chandramohan urged teachers to devote special attention to coaching the students who failed to pass the exam. This…
CHENNAI: Over 300 members of the AIADMK officially joined Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) on Saturday at the party headquarters in Panaiyur near Chennai, citing their inability to serve the public effectively under AIADMK leadership.Among those who joined TVK were former AIADMK minister Vellamandi Natarajan, Anna Trade Union Federation State Secretary Kamalakkannan, former AIADMK MLA from…
Pune: National Students Union of India (NSUI) launched a strike at the SPPU on Wednesday to demand that the entrance examination fees be decreased, extra credit courses made optional and stipend of the earn-and-learn scheme increased.The protesting NSUI members/ students include three on a hunger strike.The union said SPPU’s entrance fees have seen a sharp…
Marketplaces see a surge in plastic water storage drums as residents adjust to the city’s strict alternate-day water rationing amid an ongoing dry spell Pune: The second day of alternate-day water supply on Tuesday proved what residents feared: Weak pressure and delayed restoration.Residents in areas that were cut off on Monday under the new plan…
