Chennai: A 19-year-old burglary suspect, who escaped from the Neelankarai police station during interrogation, was recaptured by a special police team on Tuesday. The accused was arrested earlier in connection with a house burglary in Injambakkam along East Coast Road.Bicilin Ann Aldrin, 38, an electrician employed at a deemed university on Old Mahabalipuram Road, lived…
Kolkata: Upscale Ballygunge in south Kolkata, a Trinamool bastion for over 25 years, is a curious mix of cultures and people from various economic strata. Here, high-rises and affluent neighbourhoods sit alongside expansive slums. SIR deletions have somewhat wiped out the vast differences between the electorate, with all sections being affected.A staggering 71,000 names were…
New Delhi: India and Canada have decided to focus on low-hanging fruit, work on areas of convergence and avoid seeking concessions in sensitive sectors in the negotiations for the proposed free trade agreement, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal has said. The two countries are negotiating a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA). The third round…
A herd of 25 elephants reportedly approached a brick kiln area to feed on jackfruits when the calf, unable to notice the well in the dark, fell into it. Kharagpur: A two-to-three-year-old elephant calf died after falling into an open well in Bachhurkhoar village of Nayagram block, despite rescue attempts by its herd and forest…
Ahmedabad: An SRP constable was arrested by Ahmedabad railway police on Sunday evening after he was allegedly found drunk and causing a disturbance at Himatnagar railway station. According to an FIR lodged by a railway police constable, the incident occurred around 6pm during routine patrolling on Platform No. 1.Police noticed a man staggering near a…
Delhi transitioned rapidly from oppressive heat to severe monsoon downpours. Multiple weather systems converged, causing widespread and intense rainfall across the region. NEW DELHI: Barely 10 days ago, Delhiites were struggling through oppressive heat and humidity, with the “feels-like” temperature soaring well above the actual mercury. The city baked under stagnant air, sticky conditions and…
Chennai: West Bengal-bound trains from the city are packed as guest workers head home ahead of assembly polls on April 23 and 29. On Thursday evening,families from across West Bengal, working in and around the city, crowded Central railway station. As the Howrah Mail pulled in, railway protection force personnel made passengers queue up before…
Lucknow: Governor Anandiben Patel, also chancellor of APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU), on Tuesday asked teachers in govt engineering colleges to improve teaching methods so their students can match or outperform private-college counterparts in academic results and awards.Addressing the AKTU convocation, Patel said govt institutions typically admit top-ranking qualifiers, yet students from private colleges…
The highest registrations were for engineering in CAP in Maharashtra Pune: More than 2.19 lakh students have registered for the Maharashtra CET Cell’s CAP admission process for nine professional courses. Engineering has received the highest number of registrations, followed by three-year LLB, BEd and MBA.Registration for BE/BTech and MBA closes on July 12, BEd on…
Panaji: With the proposal to create beachside co-working spaces on the back-burner, the department of information technology, electronics and communications has stepped up to attract digital nomads by hosting a hackathon at Baga beach.The event will be hosted at four existing beach shacks from May 21-22, with 360 tech professionals and freelance developers already signing…
