New Delhi: The environment department has prepared a draft Delhi State Action Plan on Climate Change (SPACC) 2.0, which has been submitted to the Union ministry of environment, forests and climate change for approval. The last such plan came into force in 2019 and was based on the data up to 2011.Officials said the new…
Guwahati: A 26-year-old man allegedly died by suicide after jumping into the Brahmaputra at Khankar picnic spot on Saturday morning.Police said the man jumped into the river at around 10 am and his body was recovered about two hours later. The deceased has been identified as Kaushik Medhi.Police suspect a love angle, though further investigation…
Margao: A 130-bedded working women’s hostel being built at the Cuncolim industrial estate under a central govt scheme faces an uncertain future after the Goa Industrial Development Corporation’s (GIDC) board flagged a sharp cost escalation and asked state govt to consider either scrapping the project or shifting it to an alternative location.The project, funded under…
Guwahati: Assam governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya on Sunday invited Himanta Biswa Sarma to form the new govt after NDA staked its claim with the support of 102 MLAs in the 126-member state assembly.Sarma, accompanied by BJP-appointed central observer JP Nadda, co-observer and Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini, senior leaders of state BJP, and alliance partners…
‘Pathira Kurukkan’ announced: ‘In Harihar Nagar’ gang reunites; Jagadish-Mukesh-Siddique-Ashokan return in a comedy entertainer Malayalam cinema’s beloved quartet of Jagadish, Mukesh, Siddique and Ashokan is all set to reunite on the big screen.The actors, who became fan favourites through the iconic ‘In Harihar Nagar’ franchise and several other films together, are returning after a 16-year…
Seema Kapoor recalls Om Puri’s affair during her pregnancy, losing her baby after their split (Image credits: Instagram) Late actor Om Puri’s first wife, writer-director and author Seema Kapoor, has opened up about the most painful chapter of her life, revealing how their marriage fell apart after another woman entered the actor’s life, how she…
Hyderabad: Roads and buildings minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy on Sunday mocked the BRS, saying that after changing its name from TRS to BRS, the party’s next avatar could well be “HRS” (Harish Rao Rashtra Samithi), in a swipe suggesting that former minister T Harish Rao was emerging as its dominant face.Addressing a public meeting in…
The Tamil film industry has been left with a huge void after the untimely demise of iconic filmmaker K. Bhagyaraj. He was a man with a unique talent for telling stories through cinema. Known as “the King of Screenplay,” K. Bhagyaraj entertained people for over 50 years with a storytelling style that uniquely blended emotion,…
Chennai: The skywalk across Grand Southern Trunk Road connecting Kilambakkam bus terminus and the newly constructed suburban railway station is expected to be completed and opened to the public in May. The work has overshot multiple deadlines, forcing commuters to continue darting across GST Road through high-speed traffic to reach the MTC and mofussil terminus.Officials…
IT stocks staged a sharp rebound on Monday, with shares of Infosys, TCS, Tech Mahindra and Persistent Systems climbing up to 5% as investors returned to the sector after months of AI-led pessimism and ahead of a closely watched US Federal Reserve meeting.The Nifty IT index climbed around 3% to 29,905 in morning trade, taking…
