New Delhi: By midday on Thursday, the heat outside Jama Masjid metro station felt almost physical, like it was pressing down on people.People walked quickly. Some had handkerchiefs wrapped around their faces. Women shielded themselves with dupattas. Others wiped sweat from their foreheads.Just outside gate 3, the air changed inside a large tented enclosure that…
Navi Mumbai: A 31-year-old woman residing in Taloja village has been booked for allegedly inflicting a knife injury on her husband’s genitals after a domestic quarrel on Wednesday past midnight. The accused injured her husband around 2 am, when the man was fast asleep. As he raised an alarm, his mother came to his rescue,…
Bengaluru: Amid mounting public outrage and sustained protests against polluting industries in Koppal district spanning several months, officials from the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) on Thursday cracked down on two steel factories accused of causing severe environmental pollution and posing health risks to residents in nearby villages. The action came days after villagers…
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Hyderabad: Working as a bureaucrat in a state govt can never be easy for an army officer who has spent a lifetime in fatigues, traversing the peaks and valleys of the Himalayas. But Colonel Parikshit Mehra loves a challenge. Give him a puzzle or a tough situation, and he will find a way out.The officer,…
Enumerators conducting door-to-door Census survey at DLF 4 in Gurgaon Gurgaon: MCG commissioner and chief Census officer Pradeep Dahiya on Thursday directed all heads of departments, offices and branches of the civic body to relieve officers and employees engaged in Census-2027 duties from their regular responsibilities.The house-listing exercise of Cenus-2027 is currently under way under…
Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday said the Railway Protection Force (RPF) had been asked to keep a watch on “Bangladeshi infiltrators” at railway stations across the state.Speaking after an administrative review meeting in Howrah, Adhikari said he had spoken to the Howrah police commissioner and the RPF regarding the matter. “If they spot…
Panaji: The Goa Investment Promotion Board moved to declare a 7,800sqm privately-owned parcel at Majorda in Salcete taluka as an investment promotion area to facilitate an expansion project proposed by JMJ Beach Resorts, according to a notification published on Thursday. The land corresponds to Survey No. 67/2.The notification followed an application submitted to the Goa…
Varanasi: As the holy city experienced hottest day of the season at 45 degrees Celsius on Thursday, the city roads as well as ghats wore a deserted look, as residents shielded themselves against heat and humidity with fans, coolers and ACs and stayed indoor even in the evening hours. Last time the city recorded 45…
The report also highlighted that against the capacity of 14,108 inmates, the state prisons held 17,766 inmates, which was 25.9% higher Ahmedabad: In 2024, the state prison department recorded 201 inmates absconding during the parole period, accounting for 63% of the country’s total absconding prison inmates (319). Out of the total, 153 or 76% were…
