The seeds of RG’s collapse were sown early, says a political analyst Margao: Revolutionary Goans (RG), which once appeared poised to reshape Goa’s electoral arithmetic as a credible third alternative, is now in a freefall. Founder and party president Manoj Parab’s resignation from both his post and the party last month has brought into the…
Panaji: In the petition concerning shortage of escrivaos at comunidades, the Bombay high court directed the administrator of comunidade, south zone, to immediately depute a clerk/escrivao to the comunidade of Cortalim by April 27.The HC recorded the statement on behalf of the administrator’s office on March 23, directing that an escrivao be deputed to Cortalim…
Rising temperatures, smog, garbage, ecology under stress … are Ooty, Kodai and Yercaud too popular for their own good? The way the weather’s been hotting up in the hills over the past couple of months, you would think you were still down in the plains. Ooty touched 27.6°C this May, crossing seasonal averages. Yercaud hit…
Chandigarh: With outstanding arrears of Rs 8,200 crores, Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam and Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam are pressing the case for fuel surcharge adjustments on electricity consumers across the state.Notably, in a bid to recover a total of over Rs 2,500 crore, the companies have proposed a FSA of 47 paisa per…
Jaipur: The Jaipur Metro Phase-2 project has received a major push after the long-pending issue of land for the service depot was finally resolved. A 27-hectare land parcel near Bambala Puliya in Sitapura has now been finalised for the metro depot for the 41-km-long Phase-2 corridor.The nearly Rs 13,500 cr project will also receive financial…
VARANASI: A 12-year-old Bihar girl allegedly sold by her mother “for Rs 16,000 and 10 saris” to a 40-year-old man from Chandauli in neighbouring UP was repeatedly raped by him after a sham temple marriage, only to be abandoned and preyed on by an auto driver in Varanasi before being rescued.Investigators said Chandauli’s Lahru Yadav…
Hyderabad: In a first-of-its-kind initiative in the country, Telangana police have deployed a sovereign artificial intelligence platform to identify child sexual abuse offenders, analyse massive volumes of digital evidence and accelerate investigations into crimes against children.Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB) will analyse lakhs of CyberTipline reports linked to child sexual exploitation and abuse material (CSEAM),…
Mumbai: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert for hot and humid conditions in isolated parts of the city till Saturday.Day temperatures on Thursday showed a rising trend. At IMD Colaba observatory, the maximum temperature was recorded at 33.2 degrees Celsius, close to normal. However, IMD Santacruz observatory recorded a higher 35.9…
Pedestrian killed after third-floor balcony collapses (Representative image) MUMBAI: A 51-year-old pedestrian working at a nearby petrol pump died after a portion of the third-floor balcony of a ground plus three storey MHADA cessed building collapsed at Walkeshwar late on Tuesday night.The incident which was reported to the Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB) at 11.22 pm…
Former J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti (File photo) SRINAGAR: People’s Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti flew from New Delhi to Tehran on Thursday evening to attend funeral ceremonies of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei from July 4, becoming the only non-Shia politician from J&K and Ladakh invited by Iran.PDP representative Waheed Parra said Tehran had arranged a special…
