Dehradun: Women shop for �rakhis� ahead of the �Raksha Bandhan� festival, in Dehradun. (PTI Photo)(PTI08_23_2026_000210B) The final week of August and the first half of September are set to bring a string of festival-linked holidays for school students across several parts of India. With Eid-e-Milad, Raksha Bandhan, Janmashtami, Onam, and Ganesh Chaturthi falling during this…
Former Congress MLA Sanyam Lodha Jaipur: Former Congress MLA Sanyam Lodha Monday moved the Rajasthan High Court with a contempt petition against the state govt and the State Election Commission (SEC), alleging wilful disobedience of court directions mandating timely elections to Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) and Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs). The petition seeks initiation of…
Debutant filmmaker Uday Chauhan’s film ‘Pallaburusu’ starring Sudhakar Reddy and Murlidhar Goud received huge appreciation on its theatrical release on August 14. Based in a village, the film has a humorous yet meaningful take on a father and son’s relationship. After debuting on the big screens, the film has now hit the OTT world. ‘Pallaburusu’…
Ahmedabad: A regulatory red flag raised in United States has helped expose a suspected fake plasma racket operating across Gujarat and Maharashtra, bringing into focus a supply chain that feeds some of the world’s most critical medicines. Four people were arrested on Monday for allegedly using saline water and chemical colouring agents to manufacture counterfeit…
No infection was detected in the OT, strengthening the possibility that the complications were not caused by contamination in the surgical facility. Jodhpur: The final culture report of the operation theatre (OT) at Paota District Hospital has ruled out any bacterial or fungal infection, shifting the focus of the probe into complications suffered by eight…
Chennai: Riding against the flow of traffic to save a few minutes has become routine among commuters. Two-wheelers and autorickshaws frequently enter one-way stretches from the wrong end or travel against traffic even on busy arterial roads. With traffic police enforcement lackadaisical, wrong-side driving and riding has become a scourge on several stretches, putting other…
The expansion is an unusual second chapter for Stoneleigh, which was converted to a free public garden in 2016 when the family that owned the estate gifted it to Natural Lands. Two pieces of a historic Pennsylvania landscape were separated by a fence and a property line for more than a century. That division will…
During Vijay’s surprise inspection at the 100 tonnes-per-day biogas plant in Chetpet on Monday, officials explained the plant functions and how it processed wet waste using microorganisms which break down organic waste Chennai: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay has directed officials to expand biogas plants across Tamil Nadu to improve solid waste management and generate…
Blurb: Amendments to Comprehensive General Development Control Regulations will not allow PG facilities in new apartments and commercial complexesAhmedabad: State govt is changing rules to reject plans for mixed apartment-and-PG constructions, and to bar PG facilities in new apartments and commercial complexes.The term “Paying Guest” has never appeared in Gujarat’s urban planning rulebook. But on…
LFour unidentified gunmen fired at least 12 shots at a realtor’s house in Ludhiana’s Shimlapuri early Tuesday, also vandalising two vehicles parked outside.The homeowner, Ramesh Kumar, reported waking to gunfire and seeing four men shooting at his property and pelting his car with bricks. The attackers fled when Kumar raised the alarm.While Kumar claims he…
