Frank Beard, the drummer for the Texas boogie-rock trio ZZ Top who kept the tempo for the band’s biggest hits like “Sharp Dressed Man,” “Legs” and “Gimme All Your Lovin,’” has died. He was 77.Beard was in hospice care when he died Tuesday at his ranch in Richmond, Texas, with family members at his side,…
A power cut in Texas left Arya Gurumukhi and her family without heat for days during the severe winter storm of 2021. She was young, but the experience stayed with her. The problem was no longer an abstract question about climate or energy systems. It was something she had experienced inside her own home. Gurumukhi…
You’re carrying more on your shoulders than usual today, Leo. Mars increases the pressure on work. The Moon creates a sense of mental agitation and even the simplest tasks may feel heavier than they really are.The tense, uncomfortable sensation could be not due to something seriously wrong, but rather because all the small details pile…
New Delhi: It is “high time” the authorities decide the fate of residents of Sainik Farm, Delhi High Court said Tuesday, asking Centre to take a call on regularising the south Delhi area tagged as an “affluent colony” by Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and govt.“We are not concerned as to what kind of decision you…
Mumbai: Bombay High Court has rapped the collector (city) for insisting on a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from a housing society on Marine Drive as a pre-condition for registering a consent decree that transferred shop premises to sibling restaurateurs Sanjay and Rachna Narang.“The revenue authorities viz joint sub-registrar and collector ought to have acted in…
Bengaluru: A 12-year-old boy drew public attention by writing down a complaint copy on behalf of his mother at Nelamangala Town police station Monday.Accepting the complaint made against a neighbour for hurling abuses at his mother, cops registered a non-cognisable report case, summoned the neighbour and took an undertaking from him not to repeat the…
Operational guidelines being prepared Chennai: Finance minister N Marie Wilson in the state assembly said the Tamil Nadu assured pension scheme for govt officials will be implemented.“The recommendations given by the committee, headed by IAS officer Gagandeep Singh Bedi is taken by us. We are preparaing the operational guidelines for it. It will be implemented,”…
KBR Park one-way traffic system Hyderabad: Hyderabad police commissioner VC Sajjanar observed that the first day of the one-way traffic system around KBR Park has caused traffic congestion at certain places during the peak hours due to road design issues and lack of public awareness. The senior cop said that police in coordination with GHMC…
Gurgaon: A 25-year-old blind woman has alleged that a man she met while waiting for transport in Pataudi sexually assaulted her at hotels and stole money from her bank account over a period of two months.The woman, a govt employee who lives with her parents in Gurgaon, had travelled to Delhi for official work on…
Kolkata: A local grassroots worker claiming to be a booth president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been arrested in east Kolkata for allegedly abducting, assaulting, and extorting a prawn processing factory worker through an illegal “kangaroo court” while trying to settle “an illicit affair.”The incident unfolded under the jurisdiction of the Purba Jadavpur…
