Kolkata: Congress secured permission on Wednesday for Rahul Gandhi to hold three rallies in Bengal on Saturday — a day after police denied clearance for his April 23 appearances.Gandhi will address rallies in Sreerampore, Metiaburuz and at Shahid Minar in central Kolkata, in that order, said Congress senior Amitabha Chakraborty. Congress had originally proposed Ramlila…
Ghaziabad: A 65-year-old woman allegedly jumped to her death from the balcony of the 29th floor of Trine Tower, a high-rise in Indirapuram’s Ahinsa Khand 2, early on Wednesday morning.According to ACP (Indirapuram) Abhishek Srivastava, the woman, a resident of Vasundhara, had come to stay at her daughter’s house in Trine Tower on April 19….
Deepali Kusta Gawas and Roshni Rama Gaonkar defeated Punjab’s Meenakshi Soni and Diksha 20-22, 21-6, 15-12 Panaji: Goan teams made it to the semifinals of the U-17 National School Games Beach Volleyball Championship at Miramar in contrasting fashion on Wednesday.Narendra Vasudev Gaonkar and Vedant Devidas Kavlekar were the big favourites to win their boys quarterfinal…
Varanasi: Panic gripped Gangapur village under Maniyar police station in Ballia district on Tuesday after some children found a rusted mortar shell while digging silt from an old pond. Bearing the mark of a moon and star, it appeared to be a Pakistani mortar shell. Police isolated the area and started an investigation.After seeking report…
Ahmedabad: At busy Nehrunagar Park traffic circle, a new art installation is asking people to pause and rethink how the city functions. Titled ‘Post Times’, the public exhibition by artist Saumil Bhandari repurposes a public garden into an interactive commentary on urban life. Instead of quiet gallery walls, the artwork sits in the middle of…
Ludhiana: A blackout drill will be conducted at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) and in areas under the Aggar Nagar PSPCL division on Friday from 8 pm to 8:15 pm.During a meeting with stakeholders, assistant commissioner Payal Goyal urged residents to comply with the blackout exercise by switching off all types of lights. A siren will…
Chandigarh: Walk in with a bit of caution — you won’t find anything average here. The annual exhibition at Govt College of Art, Sector 10, Chandigarh, this year is anything but routine. From finely crafted terracotta, wood and stone sculptures to evocative oil paintings and intricate printmaking techniques like lithography and etching, bachelor of fine…
Pune: Pimpri Chinchwad mayor Ravi Landge has directed the civic environment department to identify, within seven days, housing societies discharging untreated sewage into nullahs and initiate strict action against them. The directive followed complaints that effluents from residential complexes and a private educational institute were polluting the Pavana river.Mayor Landge visited Kiwale on Tuesday, where…
Surat: Eight people were killed and at least 15 injured when a pickup truck carrying 35 people overturned near Virkshetra in Kaprada taluka of Valsad district on Wednesday.The victims were returning to their village after a post-wedding function, triggering shock across the region. Preliminary inquiries revealed that the accident likely occurred due to brake failure….
Guwahati: After the devastating urban flood in Guwahati, the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) has come under fire for allegedly deploying workers to manually clean clogged drains.Congress candidate from Dispur, Mira Borthakur Goswami, highlighted an incident in a Facebook Live video on Wednesday, showing a worker cleaning a drain full of sludge in the worst-affected Rukminigaon…
