In Pune city, the price of a domestic LPG cylinder now stands at Rs944.50 Pune: Handewadi resident Pratik Mungekar and his wife have barely used their lone LPG cylinder for nearly a month, hoping to rein in household expenses amid rising fuel and cooking gas costs. Instead, the move has only added to their financial…
Thane: The Thane Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) booked a revenue official from Ambernath on Friday late night after he was trapped while allegedly accepting a bribe for himself and his colleague to modify the land records in the complainant’s favour, officials informed on Saturday.The complainant approached the officer in-charge for Dwarli, Adivali and Dhokli villages in…
Lucknow: Under the National Health Mission, 14 urban primary health centres (UPHCs) in the city have been upgraded to polyclinics to provide specialist healthcare services closer to residents.Earlier, these centres offered only basic outpatient care and lacked specialist doctors, advanced diagnostic facilities, and referral support for complex cases, officials said.The upgraded polyclinics will now offer…
Jammu-Srinagar Vande Bharat Express JAMMU: Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Thursday flagged off a 20-coach Vande Bharat Express between Jammu and Srinagar, marking the first direct rail link between the two cities. PM Narendra Modi had inaugurated the broader Katra–Kashmir service last year. Regular operations will begin May 2, with two pairs of trains running…
Bengaluru region ranked third among all regions under CBSE, after Chennai pipped the city to the second spot BENGALURU: Bengaluru region, which includes all CBSE schools in Karnataka, achieved a pass percentage of 98.9% in the Class 10 exam, same as that of academic year 2025. The results were announced Wednesday.Bengaluru region slipped to third…
In Gujarat, cooperative sugar societies have ensured that farmers receive maximum benefits not only from sugar production but also from the income generated through various by-products such as molasses, ethanol, and power generation through co-generation Gandhinagar: In a major relief to the state’s agriculture sector, the Gujarat govt has officially approved the sugarcane prices paid…
New Delhi: Efforts will be made to curb illegal roadside parking, while modern technology will be deployed to better manage streetlights and strengthen women’s safety, lieutenant governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu said on Saturday.Speaking during an interaction at Delhi Development Authority’s Heritage Week and Rooh-e-Delhi programme at Mehrauli Archaeological Park, the LG said resident welfare associations…
MUMBAI: A 50-year-old man from Virar suffered a head injury after a tree branch broke and fell on him during heavy wind and rain in Andheri (East), police said.The incident occurred at around 8.50 am when Aadesh Gaikar was riding his motorcycle from Virar to his workplace in Andheri, police said.People who witnessed the incident,…
Dewald Brevis with MS Dhoni (Dewald Brevis’s Instagram) NEW DELHI: South African batter Dewald Brevis has revealed how a simple piece of advice from MS Dhoni has stayed with him since his very first IPL season in 2022. Brevis, who joined Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2025 as a replacement player, said Dhoni taught him…
NEW DELHI: A 17-year-old Jharkhand student’s forensic dissection of CBSE’s controversial ‘On-Screen Marking’ (OSM) tender has escalated into a full-blown political and institutional row, intensifying demands for a complete re-evaluation of class XII board exam answer sheets and an independent audit of the board’s digital evaluation system.This comes amid continuing complaints from students and parents…
