Lucknow: The UP forest department has prepared a plan to check man-monkey conflict, which includes both short-term and long-term measures, said minister of state for environment, forest and climate change (independent charge), Arun Kumar Saxena on Thursday.He said that coordination committees, headed by DMs, have been constituted for the purpose. “Field officials have been asked…
MUMBAI: The traffic on Mumbai-Pune Yashwantrao Chavan Expressway will be temporarily diverted for a few hours on April 23 and 24 on account of bridge maintenance work.In a release issued on Tuesday, the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) said the block is planned from 12 am to 3 pm on April 23 and 24,…
CHANDIGARH: Close on the heels of seven Rajya Sabha MPs, including six from Punjab, leaving AAP to join the BJP, senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader and former minister Bikram Singh Majithia on Tuesday claimed that two Lok Sabha MPs of AAP may also quit the party. Majithia posted on X, “Another day, another departure…
NEW DELHI: Janata Dal (United) supremo Nitish Kumar on Tuesday tendered his resignation as Bihar chief minister, days after he was elected to the Rajya Sabha.In a social media post on X, Nitish said that the new government will have his “full cooperation and guidance.”“We had decided that I would now leave the post of…
AHMEDABAD: More than 400 people fell ill after a suspected food poisoning incident at a wedding in Abhlod village of Gujarat’s Dahod district, officials said on Tuesday. Several of the affected people were hospitalised, and a probe has been initiated by health authorities to determine the cause.In a separate incident, a suspected food poisoning case…
Ahmedabad: Three members of a family, including a 6-year-old child, were killed in a horrific road accident after a speeding pickup vehicle rammed into their motorcycle on the Lakhtar-Viramgam highway near Kameejla village on Friday. The impact was so severe that one of the victims’ limbs was severed, police said.The deceased were identified as Alpesh…
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Tamil Nadu Status Quo or Shake-Up? Anbarasan eyes third term CHENNAI: A third consecutive win from Alandur for DMK MLA and MSME minister T M Anbarasan will cement Alandur, a seat that has swung between DMK and AIADMK, as a DMK stronghold.The constituency is broadly divided by GST Road into relatively well-developed neighbourhoods such as…
Jaisalmer: A 38-year-old vice-captain in the Merchant Navy from Rajasthan’s Sriganganagar district is among 21 crew members stranded after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) seized the Liberia-flagged container ship Epaminodas in the Strait of Hormuz Wednesday. The vessel was heading to Mundra Port in Gujarat when it was intercepted by the IRGC.Sanjay Mahar, a…
Varanasi: To promote sustainable, low-cost farming practices to address rising input costs and climate challenges, the International Rice Research Institute – South Asia Regional Centre (ISARC), Varanasi in collaboration with the department of Agriculture, Himachal Pradesh, conducted a series of training programmes and field visits on natural farming across Mandi and Kangra districts from April…
