PGI Severe traffic congestion in and around Chandigarh caused major disruptions for the public due to recent high-profile VIP movements and security protocols. Commuters faced long, bumper-to-bumper delays, which recently sparked public backlash and viral protests, particularly when traffic was halted during heavy downpours on July 16, 2026. Photo by PRITAM THAKUR Chandigarh: PGI Chandigarh…
n the backdrop of opposition to the development planned at the Mahalaxmi race course, BMC Commissioner Bhushan Gagrani made a presentation on the Coastal Road garden and also on the development of the Central Park, as part of the dialogue with the South Mumbai Residents Association. Gagrani reiterated that no commercial exploitation would be carried…
Surat Municipal Corporation launched an inspection drive targeting restaurants and hotels selling food items Surat: The food samples collected from Shital Restaurant in Varachha after a family of five fell ill following a meal there on Aug 17, with a five-year-old girl subsequently dying, have been found safe for human consumption, according to a report…
Silchar: Indian Army personnel detected and destroyed three suspected improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Manipur’s Jiribam district, averting a potential threat to civilians and security personnel, Army sources said on Saturday.The suspected IEDs were detected in the Ahamadabad area of Jiribam on Friday following specific intelligence inputs. Troops of the Red Shield Division, under the…
Lucknow: Proving that champions never lose their touch, former international long-distance runner and Arjuna awardee Rachna Govil made a golden return to competitive shooting after an 18-year hiatus, winning two gold medals in the 10m Air Pistol event at the 45th Zonal Shooting Championship in Dehradun on Aug 24, at the age of 65.The former…
Palanpur: The murder of a 42-year-old IIFL Finance branch manager, whose body was found in his car on a road near Prantij earlier this week, was allegedly plotted by a woman and her lover, apparently because they didn’t want to repay the loans taken from his company and wanted the pledged gold ornaments back.Prantij police…
Collapsed school wall damages three cars in Ajmer Saturday Ajmer: A boundary wall of a school near Plaza Cinema in Ajmer district collapsed Saturday, damaging three cars parked outside the school. No one was injured in the incident.The wall of Arya Putri Senior Secondary School collapsed around 7:15 am, shortly before it was scheduled to…
Govt has issued office memoranda making Aadhaar linking mandatory several times Over 3,100 DBT schemes and 360 public services use Aadhaar-based authentication. Yet the bureaucracy that demands Aadhaar from citizens, often the poorest, has resisted linking their own Central Govt Health Scheme cards to Aadhaar.CGHS beneficiaries include serving and retired central govt employees and family…
Off the coast of southwest England, the small island of Lundy was once a textbook case of how invasive rats can devastate seabird colonies. By the late 1990s, puffin numbers had crashed to just 13 breeding pairs, and many other seabirds had abandoned the island altogether. In 2002, conservationists launched an ambitious rat-eradication project to…
‘Hanuman Ansh’ box office collection Day 30 LIVE: Neem Karoli Baba biopic is set to cross Rs 95 crore in India amid ‘Mirzapur The Movie’ fever ‘Hanuman Ansh’ is showing no signs of stopping after the movie became popular among the audience through word of mouth. The film, based on the life of Neem Karoli…
