Delhi’s chief minister Rekha Gupta has defended the upcoming ban on new petrol two-wheeler registrations from April 2028, citing the need to achieve clean air targets NEW DELHI: Chief minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday defended Delhi govt’s decision to stop fresh registrations of petrol-powered two-wheelers from April 2028, calling it a necessary step to meet…
Chennai: Parents of children born in hospitals within Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) limits will now receive their child’s birth certificate on WhatsApp.GCC is creating the new service linked to its chatbot number 9445061913. GCC city health officer M Jagadeesan said earlier people downloaded birth certificates manually using Namma Chennai app or from the GCC website….
Varanasi: In a major milestone for clean and safe energy adoption in Kashi, the city’s Piped Natural Gas (PNG) network has expanded to one lakh households. To mark the achievement, GAIL (India) Limited felicitated its 100,000th domestic consumer at a special ceremony held at Shanti Kunj Apartment in Tarna.Speaking at the event, Mayor Ashok Kumar…
Times News NetworkLudhiana: A 26-year-old resident of Joshi Nagar was allegedly attacked by a group of men while standing outside his house. The victim, Kunal, sustained multiple injuries. He claimed to have received 26 stitches on his head, besides wounds on his arms and other body parts.Kunal alleged that the assailants also fired gunshots in…
Police have charged three suspects with gang-rape, murder, and destruction of evidence. One suspect was lynched by a mob while another escaped custody. KOLKATA: The 12-year-old schoolgirl whose body was recovered from a local pond in Baruipur on Sunday was sexually abused, brutally tortured, packed into a sack and hurled into the water body when…
Chennai: Meena Muthiah, an educationist who turned Chettinad Vidyashram into one of Chennai’s most influential private schools and used her title, wealth and clout to promote education, arts and philanthropy, died in Ooty on Saturday. She was 92.Minutes after her death, Chettinad Vidyashram, the institution she founded and led as correspondent, called her a “visionary,…
CHANDIGARH: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday reacted to two blast incidents in Amritsar and Jalandhar that occurred within hours of each other, sparking panic across the state.Blaming the BJP, Mann said, “This is BJP’s way of working — in any state where they want to contest elections, they first create riots, carry out…
Photo credit: Jstage.jst.go.jp A small dinosaur bone discovered in Fukushima, Japan, more than two decades ago has given scientists a new glimpse into the diversity of ancient life along East Asia’s coast.The fossil, found in 1999 and left largely unexamined for years, has now been identified as part of the breastbone of a plant-eating dinosaur…
Winners and runners-up of various categories with guests and officials at the DMR Sports Academy in Jaipur Jaipur: The Badminton Championship organised under the banner of Shaheed Major Sankalp Yadav Memorial Khel Mahakumbh-3 concluded successfully here at DMR Sports Academy, with the participation of more than 250 players from Jaipur and surrounding region.The annual tournament…
Mumbai: The Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC), Worli Unit, arrested a suspected drug trafficker and seized 10 kg of charas worth Rs 10 crore near Bandra Terminus in Bandra (East) on Monday.Acting on specific intelligence, between 2.20 pm and 5.00 pm, ANC officials conducted a search operation in Mumbai that led to the detention of Santosh Sav…
