NEW DELHI: Delhiites continued to reel under hot and humid conditions. No significant change is expected during the next seven days.The maximum temperature Sunday was 38.9 degrees Celsius, which is near normal for this time of the year. It was 40.2 degrees Celsius a day earlier.The heat index, or “feel-like” temperature, settled at 43.4 degrees…
The rainfall was concentrated mainly over south Mumbai and parts of the western suburbs during the early morning hours. MUMBAI: Rain lashed parts of Mumbai on Monday morning, bringing relief from humid conditions and drenching several areas after weeks of a largely dry spell.Between 6am and 7am, the island city received an average rainfall of…
BENGALURU: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge pulled up party workers during the ‘Sankalpa Samavesha’ programme in Bengaluru after a section of the crowd disrupted the event by raising slogans in support of Karnataka chief minister DK Shivakumar.Visibly annoyed by the chants of “DK, DK”, the veteran Congress leader scolded the workers, calling them “useless fellows”, and…
Panaji: Catherine Fernandes remembers carrying a stone on her head as a ten-year-old girl, praying for rain. It was an old village ritual, the kind passed down without explanation, simply understood to work. Now 76 and living in Calangute, her knees no longer allow her to make that particular offering to St Anthony. But she…
Ahmedabad: A 48-year-old loan agent from Thaltej lost Rs 11.25 lakh from his and his wife’s bank accounts after fraudsters allegedly gained access to his mobile through a fake ‘traffic challan APK file’ sent on WhatsApp, according to a cybercrime complaint filed on Saturday.Police said the complainant, a resident of Thaltej, received a WhatsApp message…
Patiala: Punjab’s 920-MW Guru Hargobind Thermal Plant (GHTP) at Lehra Mohabbat in Bathinda shut all four generating units on Sunday and produced zero electricity as an indefinite strike by about 1,850 outsourced workers escalated into a complete work boycott amid peak paddy transplantation and the summer heat wave.GHTP chief engineer Tej Bansal confirmed the shutdown,…
Lucknow: A six-year-old child suffering from a rare congenital condition involving an abnormal connection between the airway and food pipe was treated successfully through robotic surgery at a city hospital. The child had recurrent chest infections and choking episodes during feeding. Doctors diagnosed the condition as broncho-oesophageal fistula (BEF), where the airway is abnormally connected…
Cockroach Janta Party’s protest on NEET UG fiasco NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke on Monday called for the immediate restoration of water supply at the protest site at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar. The newly formed pressure group has been staging a sit-in there over the NEET-UG paper leak issue.As the protest entered…
Top stocks to buy (AI image) JP Morgan has an overweight rating on Bajaj Finance with the target price at Rs 1,080. Analysts attended the management meet and came out with three important takeaways. For one, the company’s growth momentum on the ground remains strong despite macro concerns on higher global oil prices and supply…
Meghan Markle posts a special Father’s Day post with Prince Harry On Father’s Day, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex also joined the celebrations. Meghan Markle took to her social media account to share a tribute to the father of two as the family celebrated the auspicious occasion. Meghan Markle shares Father’s Day tribute for…
