New Delhi: Anticipating a likely shift from road to Metro, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will introduce 24 additional train trips using six additional trains from Monday. The additional trips will be made every Monday and on days when required. DMRC said last-mile connectivity is available across 160 metro stations, currently serving around 100,000 passengers…
Mumbai: The city’s tobacco-free BEST Initiative has delivered a strong public health outcome, with 62 BEST drivers and conductors successfully quitting tobacco, which is 49% of the total enlisted for the quitting programme, according to survey findings released by the Cancer Patients Aid Association (CPAA) on Sunday.A baseline survey conducted in 2016-17 among nearly 3,000…
Bengaluru: Two men from Doddaballapur Rural have been arrested for allegedly attacking an architect and her husband in a road rage incident.B Rachana, 29, of Rajajinagar, said the trouble began Friday when she honked at an MUV that was blocking her path on Hesaraghatta Main Road near Doddabelavangala. Rachana was driving back home after handing…
V SriramThe year 2024–25 was a watershed for India’s state-owned power distribution sector, which turned profitable on an aggregate basis after more than a decade. What should ordinarily have been a routine business outcome becoming headline news underscores the condition of India’s state-owned electricity distribution system. While the sector has turned the corner nationally, Tamil…
Traffic gets jammed on the narrow, damaged road between Bachupally and Mallampet in Hyderabad. Pic: Venkat Rao M Hyderabad: The narrow road stretch between Mallampet ORR Exit 4A junction and Bachupally is continuously causing severe traffic congestion during peak hours, leaving residents, commuters, and local shopkeepers frustrated.Despite the opening of Exit 4A in 2023 to…
Kolkata: Three separate snatching incidents were reported across the city between May 14 and May 16, leaving the victims — two of them senior citizens — shaken and police probing possible linkages, officials said on Sunday. Police said, all three incidents involved men on bikes.The first incident involved a reported snatching of a 9g gold…
Panaji: Across Goa, orchards consist of century-old mango trees that have grown into towering canopies, making harvesting increasingly difficult and risky. Farmers often struggle to access fruits at the top, while ageing branches become weak and prone to snapping during storms and decay.Mango cultivators in the state are embracing scientific pruning and canopy management techniques…
Gandhinagar: The state govt will soon announce the launch of Namo Gujarat Kaushalya and Rojgar Mission (NGKRM), aimed at skilling workers across the state. A sum of Rs 226 crore has been allocated for implementation of the scheme for 2026-27.The Reskilling, Upskilling, and New-skilling (RUN) initiative is intended to enhance employee skills, enabling them to…
Chandigarh: BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh on Sunday hit back at Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann for questioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s foreign tours, saying Mann himself frequently travels abroad.Calling Mann’s remarks “the height of hypocrisy”, Chugh said, “A chief minister who himself travels abroad with a minister currently in ED remand in a…
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