New Delhi: At Pushta Road near Kailash Nagar, one of Delhi’s chronic traffic bottlenecks, the average monthly queue length has come down from 12.9 km during Sept to Nov last year to just 2.2 km between April and June this year — an 82.6% reduction, according to official data reviewed by Lieutenant Governor T S…
Education minister Dada Bhuse Mumbai: State education minister Dada Bhuse announced in the assembly on Monday that the government would undertake a special inspection drive to enforce the teaching of Marathi in all boards in the state from Standards 1 to 10. This includes central boards and international boards like the IB and IGCSE.“If any…
Bengaluru: Karnataka high court has directed an insurance company to compensate the family of a man who died after falling from a multi-utility vehicle (MUV), holding that accident victims should not be left without relief merely because of technical policy exclusions.The case arose after Shivanand Khannanavar suffered fatal injuries on falling from a Mahindra Jeep…
Hyderabad: Armoor police arrested BJP Armoor town president Mandula Balu for assaulting a private school principal for allegedly teaching Urdu to students. He was produced before the court and released on conditional bail on Monday. Meanwhile, state police issued notices to `X’ to remove videos of BJP workers assaulting the school principal from multiple handles,…
For high-risk buildings, the order says that only architects with a minimum of five years’ professional experience will be eligible to undertake third-party certification Gurgaon: A proposed system of self-certification has been put on hold. All approvals for building plans and occupation certificates (OCs) will continue under the existing rules, for now.The state will continue…
Empty 239 bus stand in Salt Lake near Mayukh Bhawan, photo Mayukh Sengupta Kolkata: All 41 odd buses plying on route 239 and operating on two alignments – one connecting Shapoorji to Babughat and Salt Lake 12 number Tank to Babughat – have stopped plying from Monday throwing hundreds of regular passengers in the lurch.The…
Panaji: Mormugao Port Authority (MPA) has picked Engineering Projects India (EPI), a govt entity, to revive its Rs 72 crore international cruise terminal.The project, which came to a halt in the last quarter of 2025, was under litigation, but now MPA hopes that the terminal will be completed before the 2027 cruise season.“EPI is a…
Varanasi: A 65-year-old man was killed and his 35-year-old son critically injured after a truck overturned on them in the Shivpur area of Varanasi on Monday. The incident sparked massive protests by villagers, who blamed the accident on mud accumulated on the road that allegedly made the stretch slippery.The protesters blocked the Gilat Bazar-Babatpur road…
Ahmedabad: For many women in Gujarat, marriage is no longer an immediate life goal. While many are pressing pause on marriage, an increasing number are choosing to remain single, reveals govt data. Higher education, financial independence and changing career aspirations are steadily reshaping long-held social expectations around when, or even whether, women should get married.Data…
Ajnala: An Ajnala youth who had gone to Slovakia on a work permit eight months ago in search of better employment opportunities drowned there, leaving his family devastated. The family has now appealed to the Centre, Punjab govt and the Indian embassy there to expedite the repatriation of his body.Gursewak Singh (24), a resident of…
