The civic body has stationed suction and jetting machines at identified locations and prepared a division-wise roster of sewer-cleaning machines and drivers for quick deployment during the rainy season. Chandigarh: The municipal corporation’s engineering department has identified 23 waterlogging hotspots across the city, most of them located in low-lying areas. The locations were mapped following…
Activists working with juveniles in conflict with law said the age of committing crimes is decreasing steadily. How many times would the minimum age to try minors as adults be revised? Pune: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said in the assembly that the Maharashtra govt would urge the Centre to lower the age from…
SuratSurat: A 40-year-old man and his 20-year-old son were killed, while two women were injured, after the compound wall of an under-construction commercial complex collapsed on their house near Ali Matariya Lake in Bharuch on Wednesday amid the season ‘s first heavy rain.The victims were identified as Ashwin Vasava, 40 , and his son, Ashish,…
Guwahati/Itanagar: Union agriculture and farmers’ welfare minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday conducted extensive aerial and ground surveys of flood- and landslide-hit areas in Arunachal Pradesh and bordering Assam along with Union minister Kiren Rijiju to assess the extent of the damage. After inspecting affected areas in Arunachal Pradesh accompanied by CM Pema Khandu, Chouhan…
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh’s tourism push is shifting from drawing crowds to extracting stronger economic gains from record visitor numbers, with the state setting a new agenda around investment execution, better infrastructure and higher-quality visitor services.At a high-level review meeting on Wednesday, tourism and culture minister Jaiveer Singh said the department’s next phase will prioritise faster…
Rajkot: A 20-year-old homeopathy student was killed after his motorcycle was hit by a truck on the Rajkot-Ahmedabad National Highway on Wednesday.The deceased, Nikhil Brahman, was a third-year student at Aarya Veer Homoeopathic Medical College near Gunda village.According to the complaint, Nikhil, a native of Kapurasi village in Lakhpat taluka of Kachchh, was riding his…
Jaipur: The Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) has moved a step closer to its proposed elevated corridor over the Dravyavati riverbed by appointing a Pune-based engineering consultancy to prepare a detailed project report (DPR) to assess the project’s feasibility.The consultancy, awarded a contract worth Rs 5.8 crore, will examine whether the proposed 36km elevated road can…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Wednesday held that an accused person cannot claim default bail on the ground that the chargesheet, which was filed in court within the statutory period, was not provided to him according to that timeline.A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and N K Singh said, “We are of the view that simple…
Quote of the day by Mother Teresa (AI-generated image) Today’s quote of the day comes from Mother Teresa, the Catholic nun whose name has become shorthand for selfless service. She once said, “In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love.” It is one of her most…
After memorable collaborations in films like ‘Ennu Ninte Moideen’ and ‘Koode,’ Prithviraj Sukumaran and Parvathy Thiruvothu are set to share screen space once again in ‘I, Nobody.’ Directed by Nisam Basheer, the thriller has already created excitement among fans. But aside from the movie itself, there is one aspect of the posters that people have…
