NEW DELHI: After a brief rain relief, the mercury has started rising again, with the maximum temperature touching 40.1 degrees Celsius, three degrees above normal, on Sunday at the city’s base station, Safdarjung.For the first time this season, India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert for heatwave conditions in isolated areas from Wednesday…
Mumbai concert deaths (File Photo) MUMBAI: An international underground house and techno music event scheduled for Sunday was called off just hours before, with the BKC police denying it nod citing law and order concerns over crowd management. The denial comes amid controversy over the deaths of two MBA students after they consumed ecstasy pills…
BENGALURU: A 56-year-old realtor-cum-small-time financier was found dead inside his car in Electronics City Saturday.The deceased is Naryanappa, a resident of Basapura. Public called police control room in the afternoon on coming across Narayanappa sitting inside the car, next to the driver seat, unmoved. Police found he was dead and, with the help of his…
Chennai: Doctors in the fray are turning years of patient care into voter outreach, building campaigns around families they have treated and networks formed through practice.DMK has the highest number of doctors in its list at about 15, followed by TVK with about 11 and AIADMK with five. Other doctors in the contest include Tamilisai…
Hyderabad: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Sunday called on governor Shiv Pratap Shukla at Lok Bhavan and urged the latter to clear pending nominations under the governor’s quota, according to sources.Professor M Kodandaram and Mohammad Azharuddin have been waiting for approval as the duo have received endorsement from the cabinet. These nominations have been…
Kolkata: In a first-of-its-kind exercise in a poll-bound state, the chiefs of all Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) held a high-level meeting in Kolkata’s Science City to review the security situation and deployment of nearly 2 lakh personnel during the two-phase assembly polls in Bengal. Unit chiefs across Bengal attended the meeting. The auditorium was…
Vasco/Margao: Vasco police on Sunday filed an FIR against YouTuber Gautam Khattar for use of derogatory language, after his objectionable remarks against St Francis Xavier, at the Bhagwan Parshuram Janmotsav event in Vasco on Saturday kicked up a storm in the state.SP (Vasco sub division) Gurudas Kadam told TOI that FIR was filed late on…
Varanasi: A man was arrested at Sarnath railway station on Sunday when he was trying to board a train for Mumbai after his wife lodged an FIR alleging that he raped his 9-year-old daughter.During interrogation, the 35-year-old accused stated that he had consumed alcohol and erred.Chaubeypur police station in-charge Virendra Sonkar said that after lodging…
Ahmedabad: From 41.9°C recorded on Saturday, the mercury came a couple of notches down to 40°C on Sunday, which was closer to the normal temperature. On the other hand, the minimum temperature remained high at 26.9 degrees, which was 2.6 degrees higher than normal. According to India meteorological department (IMD) forecast, the maximum temperature on…
Hisar: The police probe into the violence that followed the INSO protest at Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology (GJUST) has taken a fresh turn, with the inquiry officer virtually giving a clean chit to CIA in-charge inspector Pawan while raising serious questions over former deputy CM Dushyant Chautala’s convoy and its pilot vehicle….
