Home feels like the centre of the day, and in a good way. The domestic atmosphere turns harmonious, almost like a room after it’s been cleaned and windows opened. The Moon supports peace at home, and Venus helps family members speak with less friction.You’ll enjoy familiar routines more than usual. Tea at the right time,…
New Delhi: For a week, Priyanka Yadav’s family waited outside her hospital room, hoping the 26-year-old would recover from the severe head injuries she suffered in a road accident while returning from a trip to Nainital.The Ghaziabad resident, who worked as an executive in the HR department of a private company in Noida, had been…
NEW DELHI: The risk of overall monsoon rainfall being ‘below normal’ continues to loom over India due to a strengthening El Niño, but World Meteorological Organisation’s (WMO) latest monthly global seasonal climate update, released late Friday night, offered a ray of hope. It predicted the possibility of a “positive” Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD), which could…
NEW DELHI: The foul smell hits the senses well before hundreds of dead fish are seen. At Sanjay Jheel in Mayur Vihar, deep cracks have appeared where the lake was supposed to be, replaced by scattered, shallow puddles. Birds pick at piles of dead fish. The revival of the 54-acre waterbody was undertaken in 2021…
Gender and social justice are discussed at Katradi youth camps It was the boys who followed me, I did nothing wrong, 16-year-old Bhuvana (name changed) plucked the courage to tell her parents while attending a ‘Bridging the Gaps’ youth camp with Chennai-based Katradi (Wind Dancer’s Trust). Bhuvana’s father had beaten her a few days before…
Mumbai: In a decisive ruling, the Bombay High Court has dismissed the Centre’s claims over 220 acres of salt pan land in Bhayandar, asserting the land belongs to a private party under a historic contract of 1870.Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad, in an April 30 judgment, observed that granting of lands undeniably…
CHENNAI: Former Tamil Nadu minister V Senthilbalaji appeared before the Triplicane police in Chennai on Saturday in compliance with bail conditions in the TVK MLA horse-trading case. He and his brother, Ashok Kumar, signed the station register and were questioned for about two hours before leaving. After the inquiry, Senthilbalaji criticised the state govt, accusing…
Silchar: Cachar’s pineapple sellers received a boost in its bid to access wider national and export markets after farmers, exporters, agri-entrepreneurs and institutional buyers from across the country participated in a buyer-seller meet organised by the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) in collaboration with the Cachar district administration on Thursday.State minister…
GST scam, representational image Ludhiana: Police have registered FIRs against nine firms and their proprietors for allegedly using forged documents and fabricated data to secure fake GST registrations.The action follows an extensive audit by state tax officials, who uncovered a systemic network of businesses claiming fraudulent Input Tax Credit (ITC) via fake invoices. Authorities confirm…
Chennai: Physical education (PE) associations have asked state govt to expedite postings and appointments for PE teachers and directors in more than 9,000 middle schools and 500 high and higher secondary schools. The demands come in the wake of school education minister Rajmohan saying that steps would be taken to fill PE teacher vacancies in…
