Chennai: Relief from heat may be around the corner as weather models indicate a possibility of widespread rainfall on Friday. The models also suggest intermittent showers across parts of the city and suburbs from July 17. But until then, the IMD has forecast a slight increase in daytime temperatures to 39-40°C on Wednesday.“There is a…
Hyderabad: The Telangana govt is preparing a new policy to strengthen healthcare services in tribal and remote areas, health minister Damodara Rajanarasimha announced on Tuesday.Reviewing infrastructure needs in fast-growing constituencies, including Ibrahimpatnam, the minister said hospitals in tribal areas would be planned based on distance rather than population to ensure easier access to medical care…
GURGAON: A major fire broke out at the Lifelong industrial warehouse in Jhund Sarai on Pataudi Road near the KMP Expressway on Tuesday night, prompting a large-scale firefighting operation. No casualties were reported. According to fire department officials, the Manesar Fire Station received a call through the emergency 112 helpline at around 10.30 pm about…
Kolkata: “You cannot be inhumane,” the Calcutta High Court told KMC on the public notice, not undersigned by any official, issued for eviction of dwellers under the Hastings flyover and extended the interim protection till July 28.The division bench of Acting Chief Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty and Justice Partha Sarathi Chatterjee was hearing a PIL, which…
Panaji: Goa’s first roll-on/roll-off (Ro-Ro) ferries, named Gangotri and Dwarka, operating on the Ribandar-Chorao Island route completed one year of operations on Tuesday.Director, river navigation, Vikramsinh Rajebhosale said the vessel has been operating for around 12 to 13 hours daily over the past year, with breakdowns limited to a maximum of about 15 days for…
The relative humidity (RH) was 73% at 8.30am, which reduced to 50% at 5.30pm Ahmedabad: Several pockets of the state may experience “above normal to appreciably above normal” maximum temperatures for the next three days, indicated India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast on Tuesday. It is primarily due to the absence of rainfall with no major…
Chandigarh: In a bizarre theft, burglars broke into a slaughterhouse in Industrial Area Phase I and stole 15 pigs, seven hens and two LPG cylinders during the intervening night of July 12 and 13.Employees of the slaughterhouse said it was the first time livestock had been stolen from the facility.The matter came to light Monday…
According to petitioner’s counsel Satish Dhoka, the case is the first of its kind in Pune district courts where a divorce petition was decided after the respondent participated through video conferencing Pune: A district judge granted a divorce after interacting via video conferencing with a man lodged in jail, who declined legal aid and chose…
Lucknow: The UP economic offences wing arrested a former deputy director (construction) and former assistant accounts officer of the state agricultural produce market committee (mandi parishad), Banda, for misappropriation of over Rs 8 crore in construction of the Vishisht Mandi at Karvi in Chitrakoot district. The two absconding accused were arrested on Jul 14 EOW…
Association members at a presser in city Tuesday Jaipur: Liquor contractors in the state Tuesday renewed their demand to extend the operating hours of liquor shops from 8pm to 11pm and warned a protest outside the chief minister’s residence on Aug 24 if the state govt failed to amend the excise policy.At a meeting Tuesday,…
