Ahmedabad: The health department of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has issued a ‘Yellow Alert’ for the city from April 19 to 25. Residents are advised to take precautions against heat during this period. “According to the forecast by the India Meteorological Department, the maximum temperature in the city is expected to hover around 42°C,…
BENGALURU: Residents of Mico Layout in southeast Bengaluru were left outraged after two unidentified men allegedly went on a late-night rampage on Thursday, smashing flower pots outside homes and hurling verbal abuses in a quiet residential neighbourhood.The entire incident was captured on a nearby CCTV camera, providing clear footage of the vandalism.According to the CCTV…
Teenager Made More Than $400,000 in a Year Selling Old Legos in eBay Auctions: ‘I Had to Get an Accountant at 16’ An 18-year-old student from South London has turned a small teenage hobby of reselling second-hand Lego into a business with annual sales of more than $400,000 (£312,000). Jamie Bell runs the business, called…
Calcutta High Court (file picture) Kolkata: Calcutta HC on Monday referred to the dispute over Congress’s Nowda party office as akin to the Delhi ‘masnad’, “first the Ghori dynasty, then the Sultanate, Mughals and the British.” The court refused to interfere in Congress neta Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury’s case, directing him to approach the civil court.Chowdhury…
Chennai: Residents along OMR have urged the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board to carry out a detailed investigation into the recurring “dead fish” odour and make the findings public.The smell surfaces in the evenings and is strongest between Tiruporur and Semmencheri. It briefly eased after TNPCB inspected a pharmaceutical unit at the SIDCO Industrial Estate…
Virat Kohli (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: Royal Challengers Bengaluru and India maestro Virat Kohli’s evolution in T20 batting has become one of the defining stories of the IPL 2026 season, with former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar attributing the change to a crucial realisation — that the superstar is “not indispensable” anymore.Kohli on Monday became…
Bengaluru: Most deaths in accidental fire incidents in Karnataka do not occur in factories, shopping complexes or public buildings. They take place inside homes.Data from the National Crime Records Bureau’s (NCRB) Accidental Deaths & Suicides in India between 2020 and 2024 show that residential buildings remained the deadliest location for fire accidents in Karnataka, mirroring…
Bengaluru: Karnataka high court has upheld a uniform property tax for all five-star hotels within the erstwhile BBMP limits, now under Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA), ruling that such hotels form a distinct category and can be taxed uniformly regardless of their location.A division bench of Justice DK Singh and Justice TM Nadaf, in a July…
Keri: Every summer, as the water level in the Anjunem reservoir drops, the remains of temples from the submerged village of Gulle emerge again, revealing fragments of the area’s history. Heritage enthusiasts are pressing govt to take swift steps to safeguard and conserve these structures while they are exposed.The Anjunem Irrigation Project, completed around three…
Representational file photo The West Bengal Legislative Assembly on Monday passed two Bills amending the state’s OBC reservation laws, bringing changes that will affect reservation in government jobs and services. The amendments provide a seven per cent reservation for 66 OBC communities and reorganise the state’s OBC categories in line with directions issued by the…
