Chennai: Customs sleuths are investigating smuggling cartels engaging women to smuggle hydroponic ganja as at least three women have been arrested at Chennai airport in possession of 20kg of high-grade cannabis worth 20 crore.On Aug 22, customs sleuths, based on intelligence received from Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), intercepted a woman flyer who landed at Chennai…
AP’s water release triggers fresh standoff at Nagarjuna Sagar dam Hyderabad: Fresh tensions surfaced at the Nagarjuna Sagar dam on Wednesday after Andhra Pradesh and Telangana simultaneously began releasing water through their respective powerhouses, with each state accusing the other of acting unilaterally amid an unresolved dispute over Krishna river water allocations.The flashpoint emerged after…
A flooded section of an underpass in Rajiv Chowk Gurgaon: BJP and Congress on Wednesday traded charges on who is to blame for the city’s chronic waterlogging problem, two days after many children had a harrowing time after their schoolbuses got stranded in heavy inundation after rain at Subhash Chowk and parents faced a harrowing…
Construction of the Durga Puja pandal has begun at Allen Park Kolkata: Allen Park on Park Street, a venue that has been associated with Christmas celebrations since 2011 and Park Street Carnival for four years prior to that, will host a Durga Puja for the first time this year. The puja will be organised by…
Noida: Twenty-four years after they were arrested, a local court on Monday acquitted three men charged under the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, observing that the prosecution failed to prove their involvement in the cases registered against them. Four men, all residents of Vijaynagar in Ghaziabad, were charged under the Gangsters Act…
Panaji: Water resources minister Subhash Shirodkar said that the process is on to finalise three new dam projects on Mhadei for the state. He said that it could take around a year to get all permissions ready for the projects. Shirodkar said the increased raw water capacity can help up drinking water supply in Goa…
he heavy rain and strong winds also resulted in trees falling on 11 major roads, blocking vehicular movement. Varanasi: As heavy rain accompanied by strong winds lashed the city over the past two days, causing widespread waterlogging and disrupting traffic movement, the Varanasi Municipal Corporation launched an intensive operation to restore normalcy.Mayor Ashok Kumar Tiwari…
Ahmedabad: A 38-year-old widow from Kutch has moved the Gujarat High Court seeking custody of her six minor children, aged between three and 14 years, from her own eldest daughter and son-in-law.The woman has filed a habeas corpus petition through advocate A A Zabuawala after a magisterial court in Mundra earlier this year declined to…
Under the approved agenda, the municipal corporation was tasked with funding the uniform installation of security gates across all sectors to regulate nighttime traffic, while resident welfare associations (RWAs) were to manage daily operations and maintenance. Panchkula: Amid rising incidents of snatchings, burglaries, and vehicle thefts, local NGO Lok Sarvhitkari Society has written to the…
Overhead wires in several parts of the city create a web above pedestrians, motorists and buildings Pune: The civic body may have dug up 1,500km length of roads to lay optic fibre cables over the last decade, but the problem of overhead ones that deface the city and cause mishaps remains said citizens and activists.Electrical…
