New Delhi: A skywalk-cum-double-decker foot overbridge (FOB) at Madhuban Chowk, which will allow metro passengers to seamlessly switch between the Red and Magenta lines while providing pedestrians a separate route across the busy junction, is likely to be ready by Nov-end.The Rs 9.6-crore project, being executed by the Public Works Department, is around 60% complete…
Mumbai: Two long weekends, two festivals and now two airports; Mumbai travellers have plenty of reasons to plan a short getaway this August. With Raksha Bandhan and Janmashtami falling on Fridays a week apart, demand for air travel has gone up, but fares vary sharply depending on the destination. While the addition of Navi Mumbai…
Chennai: Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) on Saturday launched a 40-day door-to-door campaign across five south Chennai zones to encourage households to segregate waste at the source, with field workers using stickers on houses to track compliance. The civic body said it will enforce penalties under the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026 for violations from next…
Chief minister A Revanth Reddy and IT minister D Sridhar Babu at the Ambedkar House in the UK Hyderabad: The Telangana Rising delegation, led by chief minister A Revanth Reddy, which is on a tour of the UK, met the academic team from Cambridge University and also visited the Senate House at the University of…
Kolkata: A 60-year-old woman, Meena Devi Thakur, sustained injuries after being allegedly assaulted by her domestic help, who fled with gold jewellery and cash worth lakhs from her central Kolkata residence. She is undergoing treatment at a nursing home.It had been alleged that she was held hostage by the accused, Sanjay Ghosh, on Friday afternoon….
Govt has invited objections to the proposal, asking them to be submitted in writing to the director of industries, trade and commerce within one month of its publication in the Official Gazette Panaji: State govt has approved the demarcation of 1 lakh sqm at Ambaulim, Quepem, as an Investment Promotion Area (IPA) for an eco-tourism…
Ahmedabad: City police have registered a complaint by a 20-year-old BCom student who alleged that a college acquaintance raped her repeatedly after promising marriage, then blackmailed her into stealing family jewellery.The woman said she met the accused at college in December 2025 and they began speaking after exchanging numbers. He allegedly claimed both families knew…
Praise for Sajjan Kumar sparks protests from PU student unions Chandigarh: Student organisations staged a protest at Panjab University (PU) on Saturday against the alleged “glorification of former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar” by some Congress leaders.The protest followed remarks attributed to Congress leader Deepender Singh Hooda and social media posts by some Congress leaders paying…
Pune: Four passengers travelling in an MSRTC bus sustained injuries after the bus rammed into a stationary private bus at Chakan on Friday morning.Chakan North police registered a case lodged by the bus conductor against the MSRTC bus driver for negligent driving.An officer from Chakan North police said, “Three women passengers and a male passenger…
Dhubri: A team of Dhubri Police Station seized 40 cattle near the Bangladesh border in Dhubri district in the early hours today.Acting on a tip-off, the Dhubri police team, led by officer-in charge Pritam Das, conducted an operation against the illegal transportation of suspected stolen cattle. The team tracked and followed a boat, a police…
