Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Wednesday dismissed a petition filed by a UK-based father to return his minor child, who was allegedly illegally brought to India by the estranged mother and continues to remain in India, in violation of the 2023 order of a Family Court in England to bring the child back.The HC…
1st Major Rain-Related Tragedy In 20 Years In B’luru BENGALURU: Seven people, including a girl who had gone shopping for her seventh birthday on May 3, were killed and nine injured after a wall of Bowring Hospital in Shivajinagar collapsed on them during thunderstorms here on Wednesday evening. This is the first major rain-related tragedy…
Chennai: Residents queue up with buckets and cans, waiting for water lorries. Not far away from their houses are five big waterbodies. For decades that’s how it’s been in Tambaram. These lakes were never used to supply water and now it could be too late. Reason: they have shrunk by 44% over the years because…
HYDERABAD: In a suspected case of abandonment, five Siberian Husky dogs were found deserted near Nandigaon village along the Shankarpally–Patancheru road on the outskirts of Hyderabad early on Wednesday morning. Another dog was found dead, believed to have succumbed to heatstroke. Animal activists involved in the rescue fear that at least 30 more dogs may…
Kolkata: Come rain or shine, voters on Wednesday did not seem bothered by the weather, the sense of unease following the SIR exercise apparently being a stronger motive. Picnic Garden resident Gouri Routh, who was released from hospital two days ago, did not think twice about going to vote, even when it rained. Gouri and…
Panaji: The Bombay high court on Wednesday permitted a museum running from an illegal structure at Arpora to be de-sealed to feed aquarium fish after the owner told the court that it has 84 aquariums with 10,000 fish of 150 species that need to be fed.Observing that the fish, if left unfed, are likely to…
Gandhinagar: The Gujarat govt is preparing to roll out a wide-ranging policy aimed at fixing some of Ahmedabad’s most persistent urban problems: traffic congestion, road safety gaps, encroachments and the cattle menace. The announcement is expected soon after the new elected body of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is constituted in the coming days.The move…
Amritsar: A jatha from Bengaluru comprising Sikligar and Vanjara Sikh devotees arrived at Golden Temple on Wednesday as part of a special outreach initiative supported by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC).The group, led by Jarnail Singh and organised by Gurdwara Singh Sabha Bengaluru, along with the Karnataka Sikh Welfare Society, was received by SGPC…
Pune: Residents of Ravet and Kiwale, along with local corporator Aishwarya Taras, met officials from the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL) on Wednesday, demanding immediate measures to improve power supply in these fast-growing suburbs as complaints of frequent power outages have increased over the past few days.Residents said the situation has worsened over…
Silchar: A temporary footbridge over the Singla river at Anipur was washed away on Wednesday morning following a sharp rise in water levels triggered by incessant rainfall over the past two days, officials said.The footbridge had been constructed as an interim arrangement for pedestrian movement after an RCC bridge at the site collapsed nearly two…
