Mumbai: CM Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday appealed to the people not to resort to panic buying of petrol/diesel as it disrupts the supply chain. “The centre has repeatedly said strategic stock is available and it is being supplied in proper amount. Panic disrupts the supply chain. There is no shortage. If people withdraw all money…
Kolkata: Booth-level officers finally got a breather from their “out of syllabus” work, after slogging for 176 days ever since the SIR exercise was rolled out. But BLOs pointed out that they were yet to receive their ‘release order’ from the EC though their assignments ended with the conclusion of the two-phase Assembly elections. “Now…
Mumbai: Three BMC security guards and three fire brigade personnel suffered minor injuries due to a chlorine gas leak from an old cylinder lying at an unused STP plant within the IIM Mumbai campus at Powai around 11 pm on Saturday. The security guards are from the Bhandup Water Treatment Complex, which is adjoining the…
Taylor Swift is one of the world’s most successful recording artists, known for her chart-topping albums, record-breaking tours and highly publicised relationships. Over nearly two decades, the pop superstar has amassed multiple Grammy Awards and significant cultural influence. Meanwhile, Travis Kelce is among the most prominent players in the NFL, serving as a tight end…
Guwahati: The NDA in Assam has named BJP MLA and medical professional Habbey Teron as its nominee for deputy speaker of the state assembly, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said.Teron, who represents the Amri (ST) Hills constituency in West Karbi Anglong district, is the first MLA elected from the newly-created assembly segment.“A medical professional by training…
A huge pink heart-shaped structure has recently been sighted by NASA’s astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS). This giant heart covers an area close to 10 kilometres and is located in Argentina. Although this image looks extremely romantic, the pink heart-shaped structure is the result of a natural occurrence and not symbolic at all….
Mumbai: A 39-year-old man with a criminal history was attacked with a sharp weapon and shot dead in Kurla West on Wednesday night. The killing appeared linked to an old rivalry, said police. Vinobha Bhave Nagar police have arrested Abhijit Jadhav, Shubham Ghadge, and Dinesh Pawar in connection with the fatal shooting and said they…
UK wildlife success story as Dartford Warbler numbers recover from near collapse / Image: File Six decades ago, the future of one of Britain’s most distinctive birds looked bleak. A series of harsh winters pushed the Dartford warbler to the edge of extinction, leaving conservationists fearing the species could disappear from the UK altogether.Today, however,…
More than a decade ago, when Masooma Ranalvi first spoke publicly about being subjected to khatna (the local term for female genital mutilation or FGM) at age seven, she helped push the practice within the Dawoodi Bohra community in India into the national spotlight. As the SC resumes hearings in the long-pending case in which…
Bengaluru: Most deaths in accidental fire incidents in Karnataka do not occur in factories, shopping complexes or public buildings. They take place inside homes.Data from the National Crime Records Bureau’s (NCRB) Accidental Deaths & Suicides in India between 2020 and 2024 show that residential buildings remained the deadliest location for fire accidents in Karnataka, mirroring…
