New Delhi: The city on Monday recorded its highest-ever peak power demand at 8,748 megawatts (MW), surpassing this season’s previous high of 8,647 MW, logged on June 18.Monday’s record electricity consumption was driven largely by the widespread use of air-conditioners and cooling appliances as the city continued to reel under sweltering heat with ‘feels-like’ temperatures…
Guwahati: Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) on Tuesday admitted that it failed to win the minority seats it had hoped to secure for the NDA.BJP leaders, including CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, repeatedly said BJP had no chance of winning in about 22 Muslim-majority seats. When AGP announced its list of 26 candidates for the assembly polls,…
Gold and silver began Monday’s session on a largely steady note on the Multi Commodity Exchange of India, as persistent inflation concerns continued to blur the outlook for US interest rates. At the same time, market participants kept a close watch on developments related to the ongoing US-Iran negotiations. In a post on Truth Social…
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…
Two youths Bathinda found dead in Bathinda Bathinda: In a tragic incident, dead bodies of two youths were spotted in Bathinda on Friday. A syringe was found stuck in the arm of one of the youths, raising suspicion that they might have died of drug overdose.The deceased have been identified as Gurwinder Singh (29) and…
Tata Motors is building up excitement around the upcoming Sierra EV, which is set to make its India debut on June 30. In its latest teaser, the carmaker has showcased the electric SUV tackling massive sand dunes. The new teaser hints at the Sierra EV taking on Abu Dhabi’s famous Tel Moreeb dune. Standing over…
ICE to soon equip officers with body cameras. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is set to equip its field officers nationwide with body-worn cameras by the end of September, following growing scrutiny over fatal shootings involving immigration enforcement officers.According to the Associated Press, ICE’s body-camera policy gives the agency broad discretion over the release…
CM Bhajan Lal Sharma’s moves with reduced convoy size Friday Jaipur: Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to conserve fuel amid rising global tensions and uncertainty in West Asia, the Rajasthan govt is preparing a series of measures to cut fuel consumption and encourage more responsible use of vehicles across the state.The proposed measures are…
Panaji: The Bombay high court has granted bail to five people arrested last year in connection with the daylight abduction of a businessman, Sandeep Chowdhary, from Ponda.Chowdhary was allegedly forced into a car, taken across the Goa-Karnataka border, and wrongfully confined in Bengaluru, from where he later escaped and was rescued by Goa police. He…
Cops registered an FIR against Prakash Solanki on Wednesday Rajkot: Police filed a murder case against a man after he allegedly pushed a 45-year-old woman towards a moving train following an argument over marriage near Gondal railway station in the wee hours of Monday.The victim, Manjuben Baraiya, suffered fatal head and arm injuries after being…
