CUDDALORE: S Ayyappan, 28, who was accused of stabbing a Class XI girl in Chidambaram for turning down his proposal, died by suicide on Sunday.Police said Ayyappan, an electrician residing in C Mutlur village near Chidambaram in Cuddalore district, was found hanging in his house. Police were alerted by his relatives and the body was…
Hyderabad’s shrinking green cover highlights the challenge of balancing development with climate resilience Hyderabad: Hyderabad’s climate resilience begins with its trees. But the city doesn’t even know how many it has.Hyderabad is getting hotter, its air is becoming dirtier, groundwater is depleting, and concrete continues to replace the very ecosystems that once kept the city…
Parts of the city, including Udyog Vihar, IFFCO Chowk and Rajiv Chowk, received a brief spell of light rain around 5.30pm on Monday Gurgaon: After a largely dry Monday, the city is likely to witness an intense spell of monsoon rain from Tuesday. India Meteorological Department (IMD) has placed the district under an orange alert…
Home guard cadre diverted Kolkata: The state administration has reportedly launched a comprehensive probe through Lalbazar — after appointing independent auditors — into serious allegations regarding the systemic “misuse of human resources”, including the controversial recruitment and deployment of nearly 800 temporary home guards between April 2024 and March 2026, by a few senior officials…
The seven-year-old girl was raped and murdered at an under-construction mall in Raj Nagar Extension on July 10 Ghaziabad: In a 200-page chargesheet, filed in the July 10 gang rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl in a mall under construction in Raj Nagar Extension area, police stated that the accused had inflicted three to…
Panaji: The animosity within RG took a dire turn on Monday with the party announcing that it has terminated the primary membership of its St Andre MLA Viresh Borkar, its lone representative in the state assembly, with immediate effect.Citing anti-party activities, indiscipline, and violations of the party constitution, RG directed Borkar to stop representing himself…
Gvernor and chancellor Anandiben Patel at the convocation of Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University Varanasi: Uttar Pradesh governor and chancellor Anandiben Patel on Monday urged students not to treat higher education merely as a means to obtain a degree, saying the true purpose of education is character building. She said meaningful education nurtures compassion, love,…
Coast Guard airlifts ailing seafarer off Porbandar coast Coast Guard airlifts ailing seafarer off Porbandar coast Coast Guard airlifts ailing seafarer off Porbandar coast Coast Guard airlifts ailing seafarer off Porbandar coast Coast Guard airlifts ailing seafarer off Porbandar coast Ahmedabad: The Indian Coast Guard on Sunday evacuated a 21-year-old seafarer from a merchant vessel…
Ludhiana: Frustrated by the prolonged delay in the repair of Noorwala Road, which was dug up nearly five months ago for the laying of a pipeline, shopkeepers and residents staged a two-hour protest under the National Highway flyover Monday. Area councillor Pallavi Vinayak and senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Ranjit Singh Dhillon joined the…
Jalandhar: A local MLA’s attempt to craft a “mini-bypass” over a railway track to ease traffic in Hoshiarpur district’s Garhshankar town has stirred a political row.Punjab assembly deputy speaker and local MLA Jai Krishan Singh Rouri dumped earth along the tracks to create the temporary route, later posting videos of the work on his Facebook…
