On Monday, the city experienced the second consecutive day of heat over 44°C, as the maximum temperature touched 44.2°C, 2.6 degrees higher than normal. On Sunday, the maximum temperature rose to 44.8°C, giving Ahmedabad its third hottest April day since records began.On Monday, the city did not get any respite during night hours, either, as…
Ludhiana: Amid a rapid and sharp rise in temperatures over the past several days, cases of sunstroke among children are being reported in hospitals. On Monday, one such patient was brought to the Civil Hospital.A pediatrician at the Civil Hospital, Dr Jaspreet Singh, said the child had been exposed to the sun after going out…
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh public works and urban development minister Vikramaditya Singh on Monday announced that hydraulic parking facilities would soon be developed in Shimla to ease traffic congestion and improve parking availability.The project, part of a comprehensive urban development plan worth Rs 1,200 crore, will be implemented at around 15 identified locations across the capital…
Guwahati: Gauhati high court has designated additional advocate general of Assam, Parangam Narayan Goswami, as a senior advocate, marking a significant milestone in his legal career.Goswami, who began practice in 2002, has handled a wide range of criminal and civil cases in both Gauhati HC and Supreme Court.Over the years, he has served as senior…
Lucknow: Around 327Kg ganja (contraband) being smuggled from Nepal into India was seized in UP’s Maharajganj on Monday after a joint team of SSB and excise department intercepted a truck following a brief chase on the Indo-Nepal border. The accused truck driver has been arrested.The seizure was made in the Thoothibari-Sonauli border belt following intelligence…
Jaisalmer: A man in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district died by suicide Sunday, a day after filing a police complaint alleging sexual harassment of his minor daughter, police said.The man, a resident of the Lathi police station area, lodged the report on Saturday night, accusing a boy from the village of sexually harassing his daughter for some…
Violence erupts in Jagaddal ahead of PM Modi’s visit: BJP-TMC clashes, bombing at MLA’s residence leave 3 injured Kolkata: Hours before PM Modi addressed a rally at Jagaddal in Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Monday, clashes broke out barely 400m from the venue between TMC and BJP workers, which escalated into gunfire, stone pelting…
Court life in 17th-century France under royal authority. Imagine a world where the most powerful people in the country are quietly terrified of their dinner plates. Where a wealthy nobleman dies suddenly and nobody quite believes it was natural causes. Where the woman who sells perfume on the corner might also be selling something far…
Famed actor Kevin Costner views failure not as a terminus, but as a catalyst for growth. He advocates for embracing setbacks as a way to ignite a deeper passion for one’s ambitions. Costner’s insights inspire us to learn from our failures and leverage them to propel us toward future victories, fostering resilience instead of defeat….
India batters during the 5th T20I against South Africa. (Pic credit: BCCI Women) South Africa capped off a dominant Women’s T20I series with a convincing 23-run win over India, riding on a sublime unbeaten 92 from skipper Laura Wolvaardt. Chasing a modest 156, India suffered yet another batting collapse to finish on 132 for eight,…
