HYDERABAD: The city recorded its highest temperature of the season on Thursday, with several parts of the city crossing the 43 degrees Celsius mark for the first time this summer.The highest temperature in the city was recorded at 43.4 degrees Celsius in Karwan, followed by Chandrayangutta at 43.2 degrees Celsius and Amberpet at 43 degrees…
Kolkata: The Trinamool-run KMC board was on the verge of a crisis after the municipal secretary, Swapan Kumar Kundu, on Thursday postponed the KMC House, where policy decisions were taken. Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee has convened a meeting of party councillors in the KMC on Friday.According to the KMC Act, the civic board chairperson gives…
Body recovered after two days (Left: Photo credit: X/ANI), Deepak with his family (Right) BAHRAICH: In a tragic incident, a 30-year-old man died after a crocodile dragged him into the Ghaghara river on Wednesday noon. The incident happened when he was attending his mother-in-law’s funeral in Gonda.The victim, Deepak Sharma, a resident of Greater Noida,…
In all, 29 drums have been placed outside Palladium Mall Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has initiated efforts to address traffic jams near Palladium Mall Junction and Iskcon Temple on the SG Highway. Traffic management work has been undertaken on the stretch by placing drums and plastic road barriers to ensure lane discipline. The…
KULLU: Terming landslides near the Shimla highway bypass project an ‘act of god’, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has refused to pay environmental compensation for the alleged damage to an apple orchard during four-laning work from Shakral to Dhalli near Mashobra in Shimla district.In a counter-affidavit filed before National Green Tribunal (NGT), NHAI has…
Pune: The reliance of city residents on water tankers has increased alarmingly in recent years, with blame falling squarely on the poor water supply infrastructure of civic authorities. Reports of absent, insufficient or even contaminated water supply have become a regular affair.Citizens also pointed out that unchecked concretisation and rampant loss of green cover in…
Pro-tem speaker Chandra Mohan Patowary, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, panchayat and rural development minister Atul Bora and others congratulate Ranjeet Kumar Dass (centre) after the latter was unanimously elected as the speaker of the Assam assembly Guwahati: Four-time MLA and BJP veteran Ranjeet Kumar Dass was unanimously elected as the speaker of the newly…
Lucknow: Even as a severe heatwave swept through the state, chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday directed officials to exercise complete vigilance regarding relief and rescue operations.He asked all departments to work in coordination to protect the general public from heatstroke, dehydration and other heat-related problems. Yogi issued instructions that the district administration, health and…
Cong protests over NEET paper leak at Shaheed Smarak in Jaipur Rajasthan on 21 May 2026; police use water cannons to stop march Cong protests over NEET paper leak at Shaheed Smarak in Jaipur Rajasthan on 21 May 2026; police use water cannons to stop march Cong protests over NEET paper leak at Shaheed Smarak…
Competition commission of India NEW DELHI: In a sweeping order examining pricing practices at private super-speciality hospitals in Delhi NCR, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) raised concerns over how admitted patients are routed towards in-house pharmacies, diagnostics and consumables, with the regulator observing that patients often become “locked-in” once admitted.The 32-page order relating to…
