The underpass will remain closed until the water level recedes and the passage is safe for traffic Gurgaon: Medanta underpass once again bore the brunt of the city’s perennial waterlogging problem.Authorities on Monday closed it to traffic around 3pm after heavy rain left the passage inundated.This is the fourth time this monsoon season that the…
Kolkata: With only a handful of Trinamool Congress councillors likely to attend it, an emergency meeting — likely to be attended by party chief Mamata Banerjee — called ahead of the lapse of the 72-hour deadline to appoint an administrator for the Kolkata Municipal Corporation was cancelled on Sunday. With her plans cancelled, Banerjee instead…
As climate change drives temperatures higher, farmers are facing a growing challenge: protecting crops from extreme heat without reducing the sunlight they need to grow. Conventional shade nets can lower temperatures, but they also block visible light, limiting photosynthesis and potentially affecting yields. Researchers and engineers in Japan believe they have found a better solution….
AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal (File Photo) NEW DELHI: AAP Delhi chief Saurabh Bharadwaj on Friday offered protection to students who participated in the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP)-led protest at Jantar Mantar, saying the party would stand by those facing threats. In a post on X addressed to “Delhi GenZ”, Bharadwaj said: “If any student…
Pune: A 25-year-old woman was killed after a minibus hit her scooter from behind at Yamunanagar in Nigdi on Tuesday afternoon. She was on her way to work when the accident occurred.Nigdi police identified the deceased as Shraddha Rajaram Mane, a resident of Nigdi and a native of Karad taluka in Satara district. She had…
‘Cocktail 2’ the all-new rom-com starring Shahid Kapoor, Kriti Sanon and Rashmika Mandanna, witnessed a significant slowdown at the box office on its first Monday. The film, which was off to a good start at the box office on its opening weekend, saw a huge drop in numbers on Monday, earning just around Rs 6.35…
Mumbai: Bombay high court on Wednesday granted interim relief to two women aged above 50, allowing them to go ahead with requisite tests necessary to verify fitness before proceeding with an assisted reproductive techniques (ART) procedure to conceive by accepting donor gametes.The HC last month appointed former Maharashtra advocate general Ashutosh Kumbhakoni as amicus curiae…
NEW DELHI: In a move that aligns with New Delhi’s consistent position that Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (POJK) is an integral part of India, the Delimitation Bill, 2026 incorporates a provision authorising Election Commission to conduct delimitation of J&K constituencies that are currently under occupation by Pakistan whenever they “cease to be so occupied”.The elected…
Kolkata: Just 72 hours to go from Saturday to Supreme Court’s deadline for adding voters cleared by SIR tribunals, and Election Commission has yet to publish the name of a single person whose voting right has been reinstated and who can participate in the first phase of the Bengal assembly polls on April 23. More…
London: Man held after van injures pedestrian during protests over removal of flags in Birmingham A man was arrested in London after a van struck a pedestrian following an incident linked to the removal of flags on lampposts in Birmingham. The incident took place on Thursday night, leaving a man in his 30s with broken…
