Pune: Residents are making a beeline for water parks in and around the city as temperatures cross 40°C and summer vacations begin.“There are limited outdoor activities for children in the ongoing heat wave. We have decided to go to water parks for day-long picnics which the children will enjoy,” said Devanshi Tanna, a resident of…
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph is set to attend the Niti Aayog governing council meeting, convened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on June 11. He will leave for Delhi on a special flight on Wednesday morning.Vijay last met Modi during his two-day trip to the national capital a fortnight earlier. “The chief minister…
Thunderstorm activity is likely to intensify across Haryana on June 11 and 12 Gurgaon: India Meteorological Department (IMD) has placed the city under an orange alert for June 11 and 12, warning of thunderstorms, lightning and strong winds, with gusts likely to reach 60-80 kmph. The city will remain under a yellow alert on June…
Noida: National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has written to the district magistrate seeking a probe into allegations that nearly 40 students of Bal Bharti Public School in Sector 21 were forced to attend classes in a basement room that lacked proper ventilation and had no windows.The action comes after parents claimed students…
Protests end at Jantar Mantar NEW DELHI: If the students’ protest held the Modi govt hostage for a week, its potency was amplified by the political class that blockaded the Parliament alongside.But the symphony was not perfect from the start as the anti-BJP bloc had two opposing streams. The one led by Congress viewed CJP…
While the Middle East crisis rattled oil markets worldwide, Pakistan had been playing a risky game, staying out of the spot LNG market. Now, the country has flipped its stance, rushing into the spot market as strained Qatari exports and wider supply uncertainty begin to bite, even paying above Asia’s spot LNG levels.According to a…
A video of Uttar Pradesh Education Minister Yogendra Upadhyay defending Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan is doing rounds on social media amid demand for his resignation over exam-related controversies and the CBSE OSM system.In the video, Upadhyay questioned why a minister should resign over alleged irregularities and said responsibility cannot be directly fixed on the…
Former India leg-spinner L Sivaramakrishnan believes 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi should continue playing regularly instead of being rested, saying consistent game time will help the youngster learn, make mistakes and gain experience in different conditions.Sooryavanshi became India’s youngest international cricketer when he made his debut in the second T20I against England in Manchester on Saturday at…
Anand Pandit may be a familiar in Bollywood as a producer as he backed films such as Indra Kumar’s 2017 adventure comedy ‘Total Dhamaal’ and its latest sequel ‘Dhamaal 4’. But filmmaking is only one part of his business empire. Pandit also runs a luxury real estate venture that counts some of Bollywood’s biggest names,…
Gurgaon: An FIR has been registered against a teacher at a govt girls’ senior secondary school in Jacobpura after students accused him of making obscene remarks and using inappropriate gestures in class.The case was registered at City Police Station on Friday. Police said statements of students and their parents are being recorded as part of…
