New Delhi: A new study on interstate truck emissions and freight movement patterns in the capital has revealed that nearly 16,900 heavy-duty trucks enter Delhi daily, contributing 23% of its everyday transport emissions, with this share shooting up to 61% at night and early morning.The study, ‘Towards Cleaner Freight in Delhi: Assessing Interstate Truck Emissions…
Mumbai: Four pedestrian bridges over railway tracks in south and central Mumbai, flagged as unsafe by the railways, will undergo structural audits by IIT Bombay, with the BMC set to seek approval from the civic standing committee to pay the IIT-Bombay institute Rs 12 lakh in advance for the exercise.The proposal, which will be placed…
Bengaluru: After spending more than two weeks seeking the reinstatement of her suspended class 10 son, a woman allegedly attempted to end her life on the premises of a private school on Bengaluru’s St John’s Road Monday.Sumithra, a homemaker from Ulsoor, allegedly consumed insecticide inside the washroom of the school after weeks of pleading with…
Chairman of Prime Minister’s economic advisory council S Mahendra Dev Chennai: Chairman of Prime Minister’s economic advisory council S Mahendra Dev on Monday said contribution of Tamil Nadu for the growth of the nation was important as it was one of the fastest growing economies. He said achieving a ‘one trillion dollar economy’ was possible…
Hyderabad: Telangana high court on Monday directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to consider providing enumeration forms in Urdu for the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in constituencies where the Urdu-speaking population exceeds 20%.The court was hearing a petition challenging the printing of SIR forms only in Telugu.While declining to pass any interim…
Gurgaon: A 52-year-old Delhi resident died after the auto-rickshaw he was travelling in crashed into a divider near the New Colony cut on Old Railway Road on Sunday morning. Police suspect the auto was hit by an unidentified vehicle before the crash.The deceased, William, a resident of Palam, worked at a shop in Sadar Bazaar,…
Kolkata: At least three students were injured – one of them seriously – after the pool car they were travelling in was hit by a private car near the J&N Island, next to the Red Road-Outram Road-Dufferin Road Crossing. The accident took place at 7.37 am on Monday.The Maidan PS and South traffic guard, along…
Noida: A suspected short circuit in an air-conditioner triggered yet another highrise fire in NCR on Monday morning, gutting a 21st-floor flat in the city and forcing residents to flee through smoke-filled corridors.The fire at Aranya society in Sector 119 came weeks after the devastating Hauz Rani blaze in Delhi that killed 23 people, and…
Vasco: A fresh landslide at the Mormugao harbour hillock on Monday sent large boulders rolling onto the road, partially blocking access and raising renewed safety concerns for commuters and local residents. No casualties were reported.The latest incident marks the second landslide in the area in recent days, intensifying fears among those who use the route…
Gorakhpur: Around 300 student and teacher activists from all 17 organisational districts of the Goraksh Province participated in the four-day provincial training camp of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), which concluded at Swami Vivekanand College of Pharmacy in Basti.Held from June 25 to 28, the camp focused on leadership development, organisational skills, ideological orientation…
