Pune: Amplified by concrete buildings, asphalt roads, dense urban infrastructure and vanishing tree cover, birds are struggling to survive in the punishing summer.Pigeons, house sparrows, crows, mynas, bulbuls and sunbirds are increasingly being seen with beaks open in thirst, drooping wings and heaving bodies as they search for shade. Many grow disoriented, collapse mid-flight or…
Instead of landing at Amritsar, the flight was diverted back to Delhi due to heavy air traffic. It later departed again from Delhi and landed in Amritsar at around 2.10am on June 24. AMRITSAR: Air India flight AI 479, flying from Delhi to Amritsar, reportedly strayed into Pakistani airspace on Tuesday night before returning safely…
Chennai: Thousands of commuters using Pattabiram railway station have urged Southern Railway to open a ticket counter on the station’s western side as they are forced to climb the steep footover bridge and reach the eastern side to buy tickets and return to board the suburban trains.There are three platforms in the Pattabiram station. Platform…
A brief spell of rain lashed parts of Chandigarh on Tuesday, offering only temporary respite from the heat before humidity surged again. The sticky weather left residents uncomfortable as overcast skies persisted. The weather department has forecast more spells of rain and thundershowers in the coming days. Photo_ BALISH AHUJA Chandigarh_ Rain at Chandigarh_ Photo_…
Margao: A delegation of Congress, led by state party president Girish Chodankar and leader of opposition Yuri Alemao, met governor Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju at Lok Bhavan on Thursday and submitted a memorandum flagging what it called a serious deterioration in the law and order situation in the state.The memorandum urged the governor to call…
Saudi Arabia executes Iraqi men after convictions in northern border drug smuggling case / Image: File Saudi Arabia has executed multiple Iraqi nationals convicted of attempting to smuggle narcotics into the kingdom through its Northern Borders region, according to an official statement issued on Wednesday, April 30, by the Saudi Ministry of Interior.The ministry said…
Baba Siddique was gunned down on October 12, 2024, near his son Zeeshan ‘s office in Bandra East Mumbai: A special MCOCA court on Wednesday issued a show cause notice to the investigating officer in 2024 murder case of senior NCP leader Baba Siddique “for prima facie wilful disobedience” of the court’s earlier order directing…
Barnala: Three women who had separately alleged sexual exploitation on the pretext of marriage climbed an 80ft-high water tank inside the Barnala district administrative complex (DAC) on Wednesday, demanding registration of FIRs on their complaints. The police registered all three FIRs after the women remained atop the tank for nearly nine hours.The women had approached…
Navi Mumbai: After a BJP nodal youth committee member, Suraj Patil, was caught photocopying 3,400 SIR electoral forms on Thursday, and the police having registered an FIR against Patil on Friday, Sena (UBT) and Congress leaders demanded that Kharghar police file a case against the main conspirators.Sena (UBT)’s Balesh Bhojane alleged, “The police must ascertain…
Engineer arrested over rumours on slum fire incident (Picture credit: PTI) LUCKNOW: Police on Sunday arrested a 29-year-old civil engineer for allegedly spreading false and inflammatory information on social media regarding the Vikas Nagar blaze incident of last week.Sudhakar Tripathi, resident of Vikas Nagar, was arrested after four days of surveillance by Vikas Nagar police….
