Bengaluru: A war of words broke out between Congress and BJP Friday, a day after the state govt decided to withdraw criminal cases linked to the 2022 communal riots in Aland of Kalaburagi district. A total of 52 cases, including seven linked to the Aland riots, have been withdrawn.While BJP alleged minority appeasement, Congress defended…
Chennai: After being kept on hold during the Assembly election model code of conduct, revised toll charges at around 60 national highway toll plazas across Tamil Nadu will come into effect from Saturday, increasing road travel costs on key inter-city routes.Most of the plazas are located on Chennai’s outskirts and major corridors, including Paranur and…
Flyer held with ganja worth Rs3cr Hyderabad: An Indian national who arrived from Bangkok was arrested after 10kg of hydroponic marijuana worth an estimated ₹3.5 crore was seized from his luggage at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport on Thursday.During the intelligence-based interception, officials of the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of Hyderabad Customs recovered nine black-coloured…
People walk along a metro track as power outages hit metro operations Gurgaon: Large parts of Gurgaon were thrown into darkness on Friday evening when a fault at a 220kV substation in Sector 72 knocked out supply across multiple areas at the worst possible time — with the city reeling from searing heat, temperatures touching…
Kolkata: State govt has initiated a comprehensive manpower audit of contractual employees engaged across various departments through third-party agencies to assess the actual requirement of such staff and identify possible financial irregularities linked to these appointments.According to sources, the exercise aims to determine the exact number of contractual employees deployed in different govt offices, their…
‘No water, no shades’ Gig workers battle scorching days with barely any relief: Raushan Pandit, 18, works 16-hour delivery shifts through the heatwave, carrying glucose powder as his only defence against dehydration Chaudhary Kushal Pal Singh, 40, drives goods between Zepto’s Faridabad warehouses — and spends entire shifts waiting beside his truck in unbearable heat….
Panaji: The aloo paratha, once toasted on a gas tawa, is slowly getting a smoky makeover, with hotels and restaurants now turning to the tandoor to prepare it. Goa’s food and beverage industry says that with commercial liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) prices at Rs 3,150 per cylinder, the tandoor is slowly gaining traction among chefs…
Varanasi: Municipal commissioner Himanshu Nagpal has given officials a 15-day ultimatum to clean and repair all gully pits on a war footing.To tackle waterlogging ahead of the monsoon, the Varanasi Municipal Corporation is cleaning all small and large drains, sewers, and gully pits across the city.On Thursday, mayor Ashok Kumar Tiwari reviewed the progress of…
Ahmedabad: A sessions court in Ahmedabad has sentenced a karate trainer employed by a private school in Vastral, Chakra alias Arya Dube, to three years in prison under the provisions of the Pocso Act for showing pornographic videos to Class 5 girl students.While sentencing Dube to jail, special Pocso judge A B Bhatt imposed a…
Chandigarh: The region’s premier medical institute has drawn sharp internal criticism for busing hundreds of school students across fuel-intensive mountain terrains for an outreach programme, defying its own digital infrastructure and regional fuel-conservation directives.The Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) transported 837 students and 71 teachers from remote districts of Himachal Pradesh…
