Silchar: A massive fire broke out at a govt textbook warehouse inside the education complex in Hailakandi district on Thursday afternoon, destroying large quantities of textbooks and educational supplies stored for distribution under the Samagra Shiksha programme.The blaze erupted at the warehouse between 1pm and 1.30pm, sending thick plumes of black smoke billowing across the…
Dog owners visiting the Swiss border town of Chiasso will soon have one more responsibility besides picking up after their pets. From mid-August 2026, anyone whose dog urinates on pavements or building facades in the town centre must rinse the area with water or risk a fine for repeat offences. The unusual regulation, believed to…
Chennai: Madras high court on Tuesday dismissed a plea seeking direction to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to obtain an undertaking from candidates contesting in two constituencies, requiring them to reimburse election expenses if they resign from one seat.The first bench of Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan passed the…
JE Dinesh Kr Verma, Supervisor Chandra Prakash, Private person Shravan Kumar (L-R) LUCKNOW: A day after the Uttar Pradesh Vigilance Establishment arrested a Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) junior engineer, supervisor and an alleged middleman in a Rs 7.5 lakh bribery trap, the complainant, NRI businessman Jitendra Narayan, claimed that the accused had initially demanded Rs…
Gurgaon: A decomposed body of a woman who had been missing for three days was recovered from Dhankot canal near Dwarka Expressway on Thursday morning.According to the complaint filed by the family at New Colony police station, the deceased, Monam, had gone missing from her home in Devilal Colony around 2 pm on Aug 10.Police…
Today has a soft centre for you, Aries, even if the morning starts in a rush. The Moon supports your partnership zone, and Venus adds warmth, so the person closest to you becomes a real anchor. If you’ve carried it all by yourself and you’re tired of it, don’t worry right now. Your partner or…
An area covered in mud and silt washed along the devastating flash flood, near Trishuli Dam, in Nuwakot district Pune: A 43-year-old IT professional from Rahatani in Pimpri Chinchwad is among the Indian tourists reported missing after flash floods struck the Nepal-Tibet border region on Wednesday.Jitendra Patil was part of a group of 60 Indian…
Gurgaon: Developers must set up corrugated metal or galvanised iron sheets around construction sites to control dust pollution, and tarpaulin and mesh screens will not be accepted as an alternative, MCG has said. All ongoing construction and demolition sites have been given 15 days to install the barricades and carry out dust control measures, failing…
Ex-AP minister skips ED summons in liquor transport case Hyderabad: Former Andhra Pradesh minister Karumuri Venkata Nageswara Rao failed to appear before the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) Hyderabad unit on Tuesday despite multiple summons in connection with the AP liquor transportation scam, agency sources said.According to ED sources, Rao had been directed to appear on July…
Mumbai: After Shiv Sena (UBT) corporator Deepak Sawant, AIMIM corporator Sameer Ramzan Patel too has lost his corporator seat as his caste certificate was declared invalid by the district caste validity committee.Patel was elected from Ward 137 in Govandi, which was reserved for the OBC category. Mayor Ritu Tawde announced Patel’s disqualification in the BMC…
