Bengaluru: Guarantees are back on the table, this time for Greater Bengaluru Authority elections. Mobility, waste management, water supply and civic infrastructure will remain hot-button issues amid suggestions to collapse five corporations into North and South divisions for better administrative control.Buoyed by the success of five guarantees embedded into its manifesto for the 2023 assembly…
Chennai: Change was at the core of TVK president C Joseph Vijay’s election campaign. After his first day in assembly as chief minister on Monday, he signalled a pleasant change in political civility by visiting DMK president M K Stalin and other party leaders at their respective homes.The warm gesture brought smiles across party lines….
Hyderabad: Five persons, including two children, were killed when a Suzuki Hayabusa motorcycle crashed into a sedan on the Mahabubnagar bypass road in the early hours of Monday. Police said the superbike was cruising at around 160 kmph — nearly three times the permitted speed limit of 60 kmph — and was reportedly involved in…
Police said the victim was returning from Agra after meeting a friend Gurgaon: A 40-year-old man died after his motorcycle was hit by an unidentified vehicle near the KMP toll plaza in the Bilaspur area late Saturday night.The victim, Mahender, was a resident of Hayatpur. Police said he was returning from Agra after meeting a…
Kolkata: At least 25 shops — 13 owned by Hindus and 12 by Muslims — were gutted in a fire at Hijli under Talpati Ghat Coastal police station in East Midnapore late on Sunday night, with police suspecting an electrical short circuit as the cause.Police on Monday said forensic experts had been called to examine…
A container has been placed behind the clock tower and it will serve as a temporary police check post The clock tower was scheduled to be inaugurated on April 17, but it was cancelled after the workers’ protest A container has been placed behind the clock tower and it will serve as a temporary police…
Panaji: Somewhere in the vast, unforgiving expanse of the Southern Ocean, with swells towering above and freezing winds howling across the Drake Passage, six women officers of the Indian Armed Forces held their course. Just sails and an unshakeable determination to go all the way around the world.This Wednesday, the Indian Army Sailing Vessel (IASV)…
Governor Anandiben Patel and chief minister Yogi Adityanath perform puja during Somnath Amrut Mahotsav, celebrating 75 years of the inauguration of the restored Somnath temple, in Varanasi on Monday Varanasi: Stating that temples like Kashi Vishwanath and Somnath reflect how Sanatan is not confined within temple walls but is deeply rooted in India’s collective consciousness,…
Tips to stay safe during the heatwave Ahmedabad: If summers of recent past have been unbearable, there are reasons. While the average general temperature during the hotter months of an year has gone up, factors ranging from loss of vegetation, rise in built environment, and urban heat island phenomenon have contributed to it. Monday’s scorching…
Hisar: In a tragic turn to a couple’s suicide pact, a 24-year-old woman from a Bhiwani village died by hanging at a hotel in Hisar, while her 26-year-old partner survived and now faces serious charges of rape and murder based on her family’s allegations.The couple, who shared a romantic relationship, had checked into the hotel…
