Hyderabad: Extreme summers are not only increasing heat-related illnesses but are also majorly affecting residents of urban slums and informal settlements in Hyderabad. A survey was recently conducted across 15 to 20 urban settlements in the city by a Hyderabad-based non-profit, Helping Hand Foundation (HHF), which also works with the Telangana health department in govt…
Gurgaon: Two people died in separate hit-and-run accidents. A 26-year-old man died while undergoing treatment after a Rapido bike he was travelling on was allegedly hit from behind by an unidentified four-wheeler near Bristol Chowk on Golf Course Road early Friday morning.The deceased was identified as Sujoe Chaudhary, who was working here. The Rapido bike…
Kolkata: MMiC and ward 81 councillor in KMC Baiswanor Chattopadhyay has been summoned by the New Market Police Station in connection with a protest held against the locking of the historic KMC Council Chamber. Sources claimed the incident happened on Friday, when there was uproar among Trinamool councillors after they found the chamber locked. Trinamool…
Residents have written to the special commissioner of police (traffic), pointing out that e-rickshaws—especially their wrong-side movement on the busy Shukra Bazaar (Friday Market)—are causing severe traffic jams Ghaziabad: Residents and commuters express growing frustration over the traffic chaos caused by e-rickshaws travelling in the wrong direction on PWD road no. 70, particularly near New…
Panaji: A newly married woman longing to visit her maternal home was repeatedly denied permission by her mother-in-law, and was instead instructed to water cattle. Frustrated, the young woman completes the impossible task within minutes, astonishing the household and revealing rebellion hidden within the folk narrative.Such were the anecdotes that audiences watched during the Dovali…
Ahmedabad: On Sunday, the city’s maximum temperature stood at 42.2°C, which was 0.3°C above normal, or near normal. Meanwhile, the minimum temperature at 29.6°C was 1.7°C higher than normal. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the maximum temperature is likely to hover around 42°C on Monday.It was the second consecutive day of maximum temperature…
Amritsar: A police officer was shot dead by bike-borne gunmen near Majitha town in Amritsar district early Sunday morning when he was on his way to begin his shift.ASI Joga Singh is the third policeman to be murdered in Punjab since Feb 22 when an officer and a constable were shot dead inside a police…
Agartala: The Tripura high court has acquitted a man, who was convicted and sentenced to a 10-year imprisonment in a rape case, holding that consensual relationship between a married couple does not qualify as rape under Section 375 of the IPC.A division bench of Justice T Amarnath Goud and Justice S Datta Purkayastha on Saturday…
Jaipur: The department of social justice and empowerment has released the second-phase merit list for the Mukhyamantri Anuprati Coaching Yojana for the 2025-26 academic session, asking selected candidates to report to their allotted coaching institutes and mark attendance by June 10.Under the scheme, eligible students get free coaching at empanelled institutes for entrance tests and…
NEW DELHI: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the govt to consider including distinct categories such as ‘Intersex,’ ‘Transmen,’ and ‘Transwomen’ in Census 2027.In an advisory on ensuring welfare of transgender persons issued last week, the Commission has also asked the govt to reconsider changes made to the definition of transgender persons under…
