Some areas reported night-long powercuts Chennai: As nights get hotter, many city neighbourhoods report prolonged power cuts over the past few days. For the second consecutive day, Chennai’s temperature crossed 40C on Thursday. This affected the city’s power demand, which surged beyond 4,800MW for the first time, breaching the previous record of 4,769MW in 2024.Residents…
Hyderabad: Nearly two weeks after the murder of Tanuja Ranjan, wife of retired IPS officer Vinay Ranjan Ray, investigators suspect that the prime accused, Kalpana and her two associates may have fled to Nepal.Tanuja Ranjan was murdered at the couple’s bungalow in Prashasan Nagar, Jubilee Hills, on May 8. According to investigators, the accused boarded…
Gurgaon: Cabs and autorickshaws operated normally on Thursday despite the three-day strike called by All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) over the environmental compensation charge (ECC) in Delhi-NCR. Commuters reported no trouble finding rides, both on the ground or through mobile apps, with services continuing as usual.Swati Sharma, a regular cab user, said she was…
Kolkata: The Special PMLA Court on Thursday remanded former state fire minister Sujit Bose to judicial custody till June 4 after the CBI opposed his bail plea, saying it may seek his custody again for further questioning.Opposing the bail application, the CBI referred to the statement of Pachu Roy, former chairman of the South Dum…
A gutted car being removed from a Noida road after the April 13 protests Noida: The bail plea of an industrial worker arrested for his role in violence that broke out during the April 13 protest in the city for a hike in minimum wages was rejected by an additional sessions court on Wednesday.Judge Somprabha…
Bicholim: Bicholim police on Wednesday evening arrested Sagar Ramesh Rawool, 34, a resident of Malaiwadi-Shirshinge, Sawantwadi, for the alleged murder of Shaila Sanjay Ghadi, 58, that was allegedly committed on May 19.Bicholim PI Vijay Rane Sardesai stated that as per the victim’s son, Shubham’s, statement, Rawool committed the murder due to a personal grudge after…
Varanasi: Gopiganj police in Bhadohi district arrested one Ajay Kumar associated with Raju Seth gang involved in criminal activities like certifying fake jewellery as real jewellery for seeking gold loan from the banks illegally.Bhadohi SP Abhinav Tyagi said that Seth and 21 members of his gang, including Ajay Kumar, were booked under Gangsters Act. This…
Applicants get 90 seconds to complete parallel parking. Many either run outof time or touch a boundary marker, both of which result in failure Parallel parking has become the single biggest hurdle at driving licence tests in Gujarat, tripping up three out of every four candidates who fail, even when their cars come fitted with…
Ludhiana: With day temperature shooting up to 43 degrees Celsius, stepping outdoors in the city on Thursday was both uncomfortable and perilous. The meteorological department has forecast heat wave to severe heat wave in Ludhiana in the next few days.Even the partly cloudy sky could not mellow the effect of the rising mercury. According to…
Mohali: Acting on Supreme Court directions on stray dog management, Mohali deputy commissioner Komal Mittal has asked all civic bodies in the district to identify land for setting up dog pounds, alongside initiating measures to handle rabid and aggressive canines.Mittal said the directions align with apex court guidelines on managing ferocious and rabid stray dogs….
