Mumbai: In a significant infrastructure upgrade aimed at enhancing suburban rail capacity and commuter convenience, Central Railway has commenced a 15-day special traffic and power block at Titwala station for the extension of its platforms to accommodate 15-car local train rakes. The work, being carried out during nightly blocks from Aug 29 to Sept 12,…
CM DK Shivakumar and former CM Siddaramaiah at an event in Mysuru on Saturday. Siddaramaiah will likely be part of discussions on cabinet expansion Bengaluru: A day after governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot formally accepted the resignation of planning and statistics minister B Nagendra, chief minister DK Shivakumar’s visit to Delhi has triggered speculation that he…
With the state’s groundwater crisis worsening — data showing a decline in almost every district — and the legislation meant to fix it still awaiting the governor’s nod, farmers in Tamil Nadu’s delta region are looking forward to the opening of the Mettur dam sluices on Sept 1.Piezometer readings from the State Ground and Surface…
Kolkata: The glacier-collapse flood on the Nepal-Tibet border has put the spotlight back on a threat that is particularly relevant to Darjeeling and the wider Eastern Himalayas: an earthquake, rock or ice avalanche, extreme rain or the sudden failure of a glacial lake can set off a chain of landslides and flash floods capable of…
Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, and party functionary Manish Sisodia meet Ravi Shankar at Art of Living ashram in Bengaluru Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab affairs in charge and former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on Sunday visited the Art of Living…
Lucknow: Raksha Bandhan celebration was organised by Maa Janaki Seva Nyas at City Montessori School, Gomti Nagar on Sunday.Chief guest and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Awadh prant pracharak, Kaushal Kishore, said, “Raksha Bandhan not only celebrates the bond between brothers and sisters, it symbolises trust, responsibility, respect, social unity and protection too and it is the…
Alwar: Bharatpur Police have arrested a 35-year-old man carrying a Rs 5,000 reward for allegedly keeping a retired education officer under digital arrest for 165 days and getting Rs 66 lakh transferred from him.Bharatpur Cyber Police Station arrested Ompal, a resident of Sambhal in Uttar Pradesh, Sunday. Three other accused, Bhupendra Yadav, Farukh Ahmad Pari…
Asian Games gold medallist Manpreet Kaur, farmer leader Nirmal Singh and 38 others from Punjab joined the BJP on Sunday, ahead of the state Assembly elections scheduled early next year, the party said.The new entrants include former members of the Aam Aadmi Party, Congress and Shiromani Akali Dal, along with people from the farming, trading,…
Nassau County Sheriff’s Office deputies stopped a Florida resident at a retail parking lot on Thursday, preventing him from handing over $14,000 to phone scammers. The intervention took place at a Lowe’s home improvement store on State Road 200 after the man’s wife overheard a suspicious phone call at their home. Worried by the pressure…
Bitumen prices remain elevated in India as supply improves but crude sourcing challenges keep road construction costs high NEW DELHI: India had faced a severe bitumen shortage at the peak of the West Asia crisis despite receiving crude supplies from Russia. The reason was that Russian oil is predominantly “sweet crude”, making it unsuitable for…
