Rain lashed parts of Bengaluru from evening on May 29, bringing traffic to a stop Bengaluru: Ahead of the likely advance of southwest monsoon over Karnataka, intense premonsoon thundershowers swept across central and southwest Bengaluru Friday evening, flooding major roads and junctions, uprooting trees, and throwing traffic out of gear.According to India Meteorological Department (IMD),…
Chennai: Condemning Karnataka deputy chief minister D K Shivakumar over his recent remarks on the Mekedatu dam issue, Tamil Nadu energy and law minister R Nirmalkumar cautioned him against “stoking controversies for political mileage” over the interstate water dispute. Terming the remarks unwarranted, the minister warned that such rhetoric would only lead to unnecessary law-and-order…
Hyderabad: Former minister T Harish Rao alleged that the state govt was quietly reducing its paddy procurement target from 90 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) to 75 LMT. He said that if the govt continues on this path, it may soon declare that procurement has been completed while thousands of farmers are still waiting to sell…
Kolkata: The state health dept has taken disciplinary action against Birupaksha Biswas by terminating his senior residency. Biswas has been barred from state government employment. Biswas, who was into his first year senior residency (pathology) in Burdwan Medical College, has been asked to deposit a fine of Rs 20 lakh for the remaining two years…
Jeep safari at Kaziranga National Park & Tiger Reserve Guwahati: Kaziranga National Park has registered its best-ever year for tourism, with footfall rising by over 15% over 2024-25 to touch 4.68 lakh visitors in 2025-26, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Friday.The Unesco World Heritage Site is globally renowned for its “big five” — the…
LUCKNOW: Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd (TPREL) has unveiled an ambitious plan to install three lakh rooftop solar systems across Uttar Pradesh in next three years, banking on strong govt incentives, innovative financing models and growing consumer demand to transform the state into India’s leading rooftop solar market.The company launched its flagship “Ghar Ghar Solar”…
Passengers try to board an overcrowded bus in Jaipur Jaipur: Even as the state govt pushes fuel conservation amid global uncertainties and urges citizens to use public transport, a reality check Friday revealed that the Pink City lacks an adequate public transportation system.The number of buses operating in the city has declined sharply over the…
NEW DELHI: Pope Leo XIV’s first major moral reflection on artificial intelligence appears to closely echo Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s repeated calls for human-centric, ethical and inclusive AI governance, with both leaders warning that technology must serve people rather than reduce them to data, profit or power.In his encyclical Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human…
California man shares harrowing experience as his robotaxi started speeding at a construction site. A California couple had the most harrowing 20 seconds of their life when their self-driving Waymo robotaxi went haywire and began speeding through a highway construction zone. The company offered him $120 in free rides, compensating for the life-threatening experience he…
The government has asked state-run fuel retailers to expand liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) storage capacity to cover at least 30 days of demand, as supply disruptions linked to the West Asia conflict highlighted the need for larger reserves, PTI reported.“We are working on the strategic reserves. Oil marketing companies have been asked to work out…
