Varanasi: Two persons were killed and another sustained serious injuries after a van carrying DJ equipment rammed into a parked vehicle on the Varanasi-Shaktinagar Highway near Jai Gurudev Ashram in Gurmura under the Chopan police station area of Sonbhadra district on Thursday. The impact was so severe that the cabin of the vehicle was badly…
Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel meets students during the Kanya Kelavani programme at Ideal Pimpan Primary School, in Sanand taluka of Ahmedabad district Gandhinagar: Over the past three days, more than 16.35 lakh students across the state were enrolled in schools under Shala Praveshotsav, the govt’s annual school enrolment drive.From June 23 to 25, the campaign…
handigarh: The house-to-house enumeration phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls began across Punjab on Thursday, with 24,453 Booth Level Officers (BLOs) fanning out to verify the details of over 2.14 crore electors.The month-long exercise, scheduled to continue till July 24, will see BLOs visit every household in the state to distribute…
Water Shortage for Citizens, Tankers for Road Works.***Pune residents are facing alternate-day water cuts and low-pressure water supply, leaving many households and housing societies struggling to meet their daily needs. However, at Sinhagad Road and Vadgaon Budruk, entire water tankers are being used for cement road repair works, highlighting a stark contradiction in water management…
Guwahati: Rescue and relief efforts intensified in Arunachal Pradesh’s flash flood and landslide-ravaged Keyi Panyor district on Thursday, as authorities airlifted 17 stranded tourists and continued the search for four people who remain missing following the disaster.Teams of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), assisted by the Indian Air Force (IAF), resumed search operations early…
Lucknow: Nearly 24 years after he began his political journey as a ‘BJP karyakarta’, Union defence minister Rajnath Singh’s younger son, Neeraj Singh, has received his first major organisational recognition within the party. The 46-year-old was on Thursday appointed as a vice-president of the UP BJP, a move that is being viewed as a significant…
Jaipur: Ahead of the monsoon, the education department Thursday issued guidelines directing govt schools not to seat students in unsafe buildings as they prepare to reopen Monday. The department asked schools to clean terraces, clear drains and pipelines of garbage, and prevent water accumulation on and around school premises.The department instructed officials to ensure that…
India has quake warning system for Himalayan region (Photo credit: AP) NEW DELHI: India, like any other country, does not have scientifically proven earthquake prediction technology, but it does have seismic monitoring networks and regional earthquake early warning (EEW) systems in the Himalayan region that can provide a few seconds of advance notice just after…
Air Canada passengers instantly started praying as plane swerved repeatedly after pilot’s apparent seizure Panic spread through an Air Canada-operated flight after the aircraft began swerving in mid-air when its captain suffered a medical emergency. The frightened passengers started to pray as the plane was diverted for an emergency landing in Boston, reports the New…
NEW DELHI: Indian basket crude prices returned to pre-conflict levels Wednesday, with the basket priced at $70.71 per barrel, reducing the import bill, easing inflationary pressures and improving the financial position of the Centre and oil marketing companies. The Indian basket of crude oil is a derived basket comprising the sweet grade of Brent Dated…
