Varanasi: Over 4,500 senior women have availed of free travel in ordinary buses of the Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) in the Varanasi region since the Yogi Adityanath govt launched the Lokmata Ahilyabai Matrushakti Yatra Yojana on Aug 26.The scheme, aimed at providing relief to elderly women by enabling them to travel free…
Ahmedabad: A youth’s body found floating in Sabarmati river on Sunday bore a poignant message on his palm: “Mere papa ko meri body pahuncha dena” (hand over my body to my father).The body was spotted near the Riverfront around 10.30am. Police, fire brigade, and River Rescue teams pulled out the body.Police identified the deceased as…
A CCTV grab of the firing at the house of a Punjabi singer in a Barnala village Bathinda: Three masked assailants fired at least six shots at the home of Punjabi singer Gulab Sidhu in Pharwahi village, Barnala district, early Sunday. No injuries were reported.CCTV footage captured the attack at 1:33 a.m. The bullets hit…
Pune: A 26-year-old software engineer lost Rs 6.58 lakh in a stock market investment fraud between Aug 18 and Nov 10. He lodged a complaint with the Hinjewadi police on Saturday.An officer said the complainant wanted to invest his money in the stock market. While searching for brokerage firms on social media, he came across…
Shillong: Migrant workers play a significant role in Meghalaya’s economy and are employed in several sectors, including construction, infrastructure, healthcare, hospitality, agriculture and manufacturing, state labour minister Methodius Dkhar has said.Dkhar was speaking at the state-level launch-cum-orientation programme for the recently amended Meghalaya Identification, Registration, Safety and Security of Migrant Workers (MIRSS) Rules, 2020, organised…
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association (UPCA) is planning to host two Ranji Trophy matches at Green Park International Stadium in Kanpur during the 2026–27 domestic season, bidding farewell to the historic venue before it undergoes major renovation.Uttar Pradesh is expected to play three home and four away matches in the 2026–27 Ranji Trophy season….
Jaipur MP Manju Sharma unveils GreenFit Marathon Season-3 poster Jaipur: Tremendous enthusiasm is being witnessed among the residents of Jaipur regarding the GreenFit Marathon Season-3, an event organised to promote fitness and environmental conservation. More than 7,000 participants have already registered for the marathon, scheduled to be held on September 27, 2026, here at Vidhyadhar…
SRINAGAR: To revive the rapidly shrinking Tso Kar glacial lake, Ladakh administration has launched a project to divert an average of 132 cusecs (around 320 million litres) of untapped glacier water daily from Rupsho Kharnak stream in Changthang district to the lake. Officials expect the lake will be restored to its former glory within a…
In 1995, the Antiguan racer was perilously close to disappearing from the wild. Just 51 of these rare Caribbean snakes were estimated to survive, all confined to tiny Great Bird Island off the coast of Antigua. The species had little room to recover. Yet what followed became an extraordinary conservation turnaround. Over the next 21…
NEW DELHI: As Russian refineries came under attack from Ukraine, damaging energy infrastructure and crippling domestic fuel supplies, Moscow imported a record 172,000 tonnes of oil products in Aug, with nearly 70% of it coming from India, Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) has said in its monthly report.India, however, remained the…
