Volunteers painted Judicial Layout railway underpass in various shades of green to reflect the character of the area Bengaluru: Around 150 employees of a multinational company, collaborating with the Bengaluru North City Corporation, spent Thursday afternoon cleaning and painting the walls of the Judicial Layout railway underpass in north Bengaluru as part of a special…
The state consumed a record 313.5 million units (MU) of power on Saturday Gurgaon: Relentless heat, water-intensive farm activity and expanding industrial operations combined to push electricity demand to an all-time high on Saturday, with the state consuming a record 313.5 million units (MU) of power in a single day — 37.6% more than on…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended his greetings to the nation on the occasion of Eid ul-Adha on Thursday, as India celebrated Bakrid with special prayers and charitable festivities.“Eid ul-Adha greetings! May this occasion deepen the spirit of brotherhood and happiness in our society. Praying for everyone’s success and good health,” Modi posted on…
Noida: Noida: A fire broke out near the Sector 76 vegetable market on Tuesday afternoon, gutting goods in several shops and triggering panic in the area. No casualties were reported.The blaze was reported around 2 pm, with flames erupting in a slum adjacent to the market. Two fire tenders were rushed to the spot. Chief…
Lucknow:Lucknow police busted a sophisticated ‘corporate mule account’ racket and arrested four alleged operatives from Bihar who routed fraud proceeds through shell companies and corporate bank accounts.The accused Satyendra Savita (28) of Unnao and Nippu Kumar (23), Manish Kumar (25) and Sunny Kumar (26) of Bihar’s East Champaran were held during a joint raid by…
Jaipur: The state govt has signalled stricter enforcement of waste management rules across the urban areas. On Friday, Department of Local Self-Govt secretary Ravi Jain directed civic bodies to ensure full compliance with the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026, and warned everyone against any laxity in implementation.The review meeting, held via video conferencing, was attended…
Bengaluru: A 37-year-old cab driver was found dead inside his parked car, with the air-conditioner running, near Nelagedarahalli in north Bengaluru Monday morning.The deceased, Puneeth, was a resident of HMT Layout and a native of Channarayapatna in Hassan district. He came to Bengaluru a month ago and was working as a cab driver for a…
An unusual coin hinted at an 11th-century journey across the Atlantic. Image credit – Wikimedia A small discovery that sparked big questions later in the history of America. In 1957, a local resident discovered an odd-looking coin while digging at a nearby shell midden on the coast of Maine. While it initially seemed like nothing…
NEW DELHI: Four years after the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 set out to recast undergraduate education, research, credit mobility and industry linkages, the first AISHE stocktake of NEP implementation shows an uneven reform map. Only 56% of responding universities have introduced four-year undergraduate programmes, 49% offer multiple entry and exit, 55% participated in NIRF,…
Ashok Sharma (Pic credit: BCCI) NEW DELHI: India’s fast-bowling production line has unearthed another exciting prospect, with Rajasthan pacer Ashok Sharma making his international debut in the opening T20I against Zimbabwe in Harare on Thursday.The 24-year-old received his maiden India cap after a remarkable rise through domestic cricket and the IPL, as captain Shreyas Iyer…
