Floods have damaged numerous hydropower projects, blocking tunnels with debris NEW DELHI: A Delhi-NCR team of “rat miners”, whose manual excavation helped rescue all 41 workers trapped in Uttarakhand’s Silkyara tunnel in 2023, has offered to join rescue operations in flood-hit Nepal, where at least 900 workers are missing from 12 hydropower projects and about…
NEW DELHI: Days after INDIA bloc’s meeting witnessed an intense discussion on NEET and other paper leaks, students’ woes and youth unemployment, Congress has announced that leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi will hold town hall discussions around the country on these issues.The first phase of the party’s nationwide campaign will start…
Navi Mumbai: The Rasayani police in Raigad, in coordination with NGO Help Foundation, rescued eight passengers travelling in an MSRTC bus after the vehicle got stuck on a rainwater-flooded road near Sarsai village along Karjat-Pen Road on Sunday afternoon, due to the Patalganga river crossing the warning level following incessant rains for the past three…
Shubman Gill retired hurt after suffering cramps India captain Shubman Gill retired hurt after suffering cramps in his right leg during India’s chase of 259 in the first ODI against England at Edgbaston, Birmingham, on Tuesday.Gill was batting on 80 off 75 balls when he experienced discomfort in the 26th over of the innings. After…
Kolkata: Three separate snatching incidents were reported across the city between May 14 and May 16, leaving the victims — two of them senior citizens — shaken and police probing possible linkages, officials said on Sunday. Police said, all three incidents involved men on bikes.The first incident involved a reported snatching of a 9g gold…
No Confirmation On Cyclone Yet Kolkata: Dusk descended on the city in the afternoon ascloud columns, as high as 8-12 km, engulfed the skies on Thursday. While areas, such as Salt Lake, New Town, Lake Town, Dum Dum and Howrah, were pounded by heavy rain, accompanied by thunder and lightning, the intensity was slightly less…
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh chapter of the All India Students’ Association (AISA), under its ‘GenZ Rising’ campaign, announced a statewide GEN-Z Mahajutan Yatra on Tuesday.The yatra aims to connect ongoing student and youth struggles across the state with a broader movement for education, employment, social justice and democratic rights. The yatra will begin in Prayagraj…
File photo: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti SRINAGAR: Under fire for her Jantar Mantar remark that appeared to justify the use of force in Kashmir on grounds of “militancy”, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti Tuesday apologised, but claimed it was a slip of tongue and accused governing NC and chief minister Omar Abdullah of deliberately misinterpreting her…
The RBI said the move would help UPI “continue to scale, innovate and serve consumers.” NEW DELHI: The Reserve Bank of India has backed the introduction of a Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on large-value UPI transactions, saying the move would help strengthen the long-term sustainability of India’s digital payments ecosystem.The National Payments Corporation of India…
Noida: Community centres in the city were built as sectoral amenities about three decades ago. In the late ’80s and ’90s, almost every other wedding, birthday party and other occasion was held at one of these centres. But now, they are fraying.Older facilities in sectors 11, 12, 19, 40, 44, 55 and 71 show signs…
