Agartala: TIPRA Motha secured a resounding victory in the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (ADC) elections, winning 24 out of 28 seats as results were announced on Friday.BJP managed to win only four seats, while neither Congress nor CPM secured any. This marks a significant shift from the 2021 ADC elections, when BJP contested…
Kolkata: Senior officials of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) met state officials at Nabanna on Tuesday to discuss possible support for Bengal’s industrialisation and infrastructure agenda, a day after the state govt presented its first budget.The meeting, attended by CM Suvendu Adhikari’s adviser Subrata Gupta, focused on developing industry-supporting infrastructure, including city economic regions (CERs),…
Superdry co-founder James Holder has been convicted of rape by a jury at Gloucester Crown Court. The incident occurred after a night out in Cheltenham, with prosecutors arguing the woman’s intoxication impaired her ability to resist. Holder’s defence claimed the encounter was consensual, but the jury found him guilty of rape. A jury at Gloucester…
BMC is set to auction a 5,166 sq m plot in Worli that houses its Municipal Testing Laboratory Chaitanya.MarpakwarMumbai: The BMC has received only two bids for the auction of its Municipal Testing Laboratory (MTL) plot in Worli. The BMC had last month floated a tender to auction the prime Worli plot for ‘commercial exploitation’….
Mandya: With early-summer heatwave tightening its grip, water level at Krishnaraja Sagara (KRS) reservoir — lifeline of Old Mysuru region, including Bengaluru — has slipped below the 100-ft mark.Though there’s no immediate threat to water supply in the next month and a half, authorities are exercising caution and have advised the farming community against opting…
Anita Advani, the live-in partner of late superstar Rajesh Khanna, has opened up about a difficult phase in the actor’s life, recalling how he was left isolated when his films stopped performing at the box office.Speaking in an interview with Vickey Lalwani, Anita reflected on the time when the actor’s career saw a dip and…
Ludhiana: Two bike-borne men snatched a purse containing gold jewellery, cash, and documents from a Samrala-based woman near the Baba Than Singh Chowk. The incident occurred while the woman was commuting in an e-rickshaw after a shopping trip to the city’s busy Chaura Bazaar.The victim, Jaspreet Kaur, told the police that she and her sister…
UK proposes major electricity pricing reforms to boost renewables / Image: file The UK government is moving ahead with a major overhaul of its electricity pricing system, aiming to break the long-standing link between gas prices and household power bills. At the centre of this push is the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero,…
More than 50 per cent of mango farmers are now selling directly to consumers Slice one open, and your neighbour will guess, correctly, what you have brought home from the market. The Kesar mango has always announced itself this way. It is a scent that travels farther than the fruit, and has, for nine decades,…
Representational Image (Image credit: AP) NEW DELHI: To accelerate adoption of renewable energy among low-income and vulnerable households, govt has approved installation of over 13 lakh rooftop solar systems under the utility-led aggregation (ULA) model across 10 states/Union territories (UTs).The push is part of Centre’s broader focus on expanding solar energy capacity as a cleaner…
