Ahead of its official India debut, Nissan’s all-new Tekton has already achieved the highest five-star safety rating under the Bharat New Car Assessment Programme (BNCAP). The certification appeared on the BNCAP portal before the SUV’s launch, putting its crash safety credentials in the spotlight even before Nissan revealed the model. The same listing also offered…
Arsenal are the Premier League champion (John Walton/PA via AP) Arsenal F.C. end 22 years jinx and became the Premier League champions after two decades of heartbreak. After Manchester City F.C. were held to a 1-1 draw by AFC Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium on Wednesday, as confirmed by the Premier League website. The triumph…
Kolkata: South 24 Parganas’ Falta, in the eye of a political storm, will be turned into a model block.While presenting the state budget on Monday, finance minister Swapan Dasgupta said, “Falta area in South 24 Parganas is planned to be developed as a model block. In the first phase, Falta BPHC will be upgraded to…
Ahmedabad: Ahmedabad sweltered under intense summer conditions on Thursday as the city recorded a maximum temperature of 44.4 degrees celsius — 2.5 degrees above normal — pushing residents deeper into heat survival mode.From dupattas wrapped tightly across faces to tea stalls offering brief refuge under makeshift tarpaulin sheets, the scorching afternoon heat dominated daily life…
SRINAGAR: A month after talks between Ladakh groups and a Union home ministry (MHA) panel in Delhi, the Union Territory observed Tuesday a complete shutdown against the Centre’s alleged backtracking on understandings reached during the parleys.Businesses across Leh and Kargil remained closed as large numbers of people gathered to hear functionaries of Leh Apex Body…
El Niño is a climate pattern of warming of the ocean surface in central and eastern tropical Pacific. NEW DELHI: With the shadow of El Niño looming large over India due to its potentially negative impact on monsoon, a study by a group of farm scientists from an ICAR institution shows that El Niño years…
Bengaluru: Karnataka high court recently quashed an FIR against a man accused of sexually harassing a woman after she came across him answering nature’s call near a railway track. The woman had alleged that the man exposed his private parts and made inappropriate gestures at her. The court, however, found that the gesture was a…
The six new stations are proposed at Maharana Pratap Swaran Jayanti Park in Sector 29, Basai water treatment plant, Tau Devi Lal Park in Sector 22, SGT University, KR Mangalam University and Starex University Gurgaon: Six new air quality monitoring stations are expected to be installed across the city by Dec this year, with the…
Hyderabad: With power demand increasing across the state during the monsoon season, Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) is fully geared up to ensure uninterrupted coal supply to thermal power stations, SCCL chairperson and managing director Buddhaprakash Jyoti said. He asked all area general managers to supply 28 to 32 rakes of quality coal every day…
Fazilka: An explosion was reported on the premises of the Jalalabad City police station in Punjab’s Fazilka district around 2am on Sunday.Fazilka superintendent of police Satinder Kumar said the cause of the blast would only be revealed once the forensic report was available. He said the police were thoroughly investigating every aspect of the case.Such…
