BJP functionaries gathered near the Ravidas Temple on Tuesday and filled 131 urns with soil from the saint’s birthplace Varanasi: Ahead of UP and Punjab polls in 2027, the BJP will launch its mega Dalit outreach programme from Sant Ravidas Temple in Varanasi on Wednesday by taking out a countrywide Kalash Yatra. For this, BJP…
Why Bopal, Ghuma, and Shela flood every monsoon Slug: Making of a DelugeAhmedabad: Every monsoon maroons residents of Shela, Bopal, and Ghuma. Last week’s torrential rain inundated many areas beyond the SG Highway in the newly integrated areas.Flooding is inexorable because urban growth outpaces the infrastructure needed to support it, according to experts.Prof Saswat Bandopadhyay,…
Times News NetworkChandigarh: With the Tricity reeling under intense humidity for the past few days, the rain on Tuesday came as a breath of fresh air. Maximum temperature in Chandigarh dropped by 5.2 degrees from the previous day to settle at 29.6 degrees Celsius, four degrees below normal.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Chandigarh recorded…
Pune: Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) carried out a demolition drive against illegal constructions on Nagar Road on Tuesday.The drive was held in Lohegaon and Kharadi. Unauthorised structures spanning over 21,000sqft were demolished during the operation, according to a press release issued by the PMC. “The PMC issued notices to these properties. When no action was…
Surat/Rajkot: Two students lost their lives in separate tragic incidents reported in Surat city and Dhrangadhra town of Surendranagar district on Tuesday.In Surat, a Class IX student was electrocuted during a physical training class on the terrace of a municipal school, while in Surendranagar, a 6-year-old boy died after falling through the floor of a…
Dimapur: The Centre on Tuesday handed over the probe into the July 13 explosion at Khopanala in Nagaland’s Chümoukedima district, which killed an Assam Rifles havildar and injured four other personnel, to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).The suspected improvised explosive device (IED), believed to have been concealed in an autorickshaw parked along the road, exploded…
Lucknow: The UP govt on Tuesday approved a proposal to serve semolina halwa to students every Friday under the mid-day meal scheme.The decision was taken at an executive committee meeting of the Mid-Day Meal Authority, headed by chief secretary SP Goyal. Clearance was also accorded to a proposal to increase the honorarium of system analysts,…
The deceased, Keyur Ramani, was posted at Rajkot Rural police station Rajkot: A 24-year-old newly recruited police constable was killed after his scooter was hit by a speeding auto-rickshaw while he was on his way to a training session at the Mavdi police headquarters on Tuesday.The deceased, Keyur Ramani, was posted at Rajkot Rural police…
CJP spokesperson Ashutosh Ranka at Rajasthan University Tuesday in support of Shubham Rewar, who has been on an indefinite hunger strike for six days Jaipur: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) national spokesperson Ashutosh Ranka Tuesday said students and the organisation have given the state govt three months to resolve issues faced by students at Rajasthan University,…
File photo: Supreme Court of India NEW DELHI: Taking a stern view of allegations that the Bihar govt is filling parts of three historic ponds in Darbhanga to create public amenities such as recreation spaces and stalls, Supreme Court on Tuesday warned the state govt “not to touch the water bodies under the garb of…
