Ahmedabad: The state govt may have tightened prohibition laws by prescribing longer jail terms for violators, but in this case it failed to secure even the minimum one-year sentence for a man in an inebriated condition who was found loitering on a public street.A resident of Kankaria was booked under Sections 66(1)B and 85(1)(3) of…
From a planning perspective, the corridor has been structured into four phases The initial 31.6 km stretch from Akshardham to Khekra, close to the Eastern Peripheral Expressway, is primarily a brownfield segment, where the existing route has been transformed into a six-lane elevated road along with a parallel service lane. The second phase, covering 120…
Palanpur: Four workers suffered severe burns after a boiler exploded at a castor oil extraction mill in Kanodar town of Banaskantha district on Wednesday.Of the four, three people, including a woman, who suffered 60%-90% burns were rushed to Ahmedabad Civil Hospital and their condition is said to be critical. “One worker suffered 30% burns and…
Varanasi: On the occasion of the birth anniversary of Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar, a national seminar on the topic “Baba Saheb Dr BR Ambedkar: Role of Education, Justice and Equality in the Making of an Inclusive India”, was organised at the KN Uduppa auditorium, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, on Tuesday.In his presidential…
Nearly 1,500 Staff, Including 300 Docs To Be Recruited KGMU vice-chancellor Dr Sonia Nityanand reassumed office on Monday. Lucknow: Construction of the second trauma centre building at King George’s Medical University (KGMU) is progressing and the Rs 296-crore project is expected to be completed by Oct next year, vice-chancellor Dr Sonia Nityanand said after reassuming…
Bengaluru: A 40-year-old building in Bakshi Garden, Cottonpet, tilted Thursday afternoon after excavation for the foundation of an adjacent building, triggering panic among residents.No casualties were reported. Fire and emergency service personnel rescued the lone occupant staying on the first floor before the structure was demolished as a precaution.The building comprised a ground floor, first…
An aggressive campaign using commercial nets and angler bounties helped turn around a decade-long fight against non-native predators in northern Idaho’s largest lake. By 2016, ten years after the Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) began its suppression programme on Lake Pend Oreille, the number of adult lake trout had fallen by 64 per…
5 new sewage plants planned for Panchkula Panchkula: In a major push to Panchkula’s sewage treatment infrastructure, five new sewage treatment plants (STPs) will be installed and an existing plant upgraded to meet the needs of the city’s growing population and improve wastewater management.The projects received approvals during a recent review meeting, where it was…
On 14th July, 2026, Amavasya or New Moon is a potent day to sit in silence, reflect, cleanse and correct old patterns. In Vedic Astrology, Amavasya is related to the phase of the dark moon. If energy is not well managed, it can make the mind heavy, emotional and unclear. Hence, it is important to…
Bulk waste generators must process wet waste into manure, while others can hand over segregated waste to the MCC Mangaluru: The Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC), in a bid to make waste collection more effective, has appealed to all apartments in the city to segregate dry and wet waste at source.MCC commissioner Rahul Ratnam Pandey said…
