Mumbai: BJP corporator Makarand Narwekar has appealed to the BMC to exempt civic field staff from Special Intensive Revision (SIR) duties to ensure public safety amid monsoon crisis.Narwekar pointed out that across the BMC’s administrative wards, hundreds of municipal employees, including around 50 personnel from A Ward alone, have been pulled from their regular duties…
Following the boy’s death, angry parents allegedly assaulted the PT teacher and demanded that he be handed over to them. (AI-generated photo) BENGALURU: A Class 6 student of a private residential school in Karnataka died under “mysterious circumstances” on Wednesday, with his parents alleging that he was assaulted by the school’s physical training (PT) teacher…
Banana blues for Trichy farmers: With Cauvery water yet to be released, farmers fear planting could lead to losses The delayed opening of the Mettur dam is forcing Trichy’s banana farmers to rethink how much they can plant this year. And as an El Niño-induced drought worsens the crisis, farmers are being advised to reduce…
Tummala urges Centre to allot Sathupalli coal block to Singareni Hyderabad: Agriculture minister Tummala Nageswara Rao has urged the Centre to allocate the Sathupalli block-3 coal mine to the SCCL, arguing that the move would help fast track coal extraction and bolster the country’s energy security.In a letter to Union coal minister G Kishan Reddy,…
A day after the gridlock, police stepped up monsoon preparedness by deploying 260 additional personnel, taking the traffic wing’s field strength from around 1,250 to nearly 1,500 Gurgaon: Nearly 500 distress calls poured into Gurgaon traffic police helplines between 6pm and 8pm on Tuesday as thousands of commuters were trapped in waterlogged roads and gridlock…
A still from ‘Ab Tak Chhappan’ that glorifiesextrajudicial murder as a heroic necessity but Diljit Doshanj’s ‘Satluj’and Jhumpa Lahiri’s ‘The Lowland’ criticise such attempts Kolkata: The police “encounter” killing of a prime accused in the Baruipur rape-and-murder case has brought the reality of extrajudicial justice to the fore, reigniting a discourse of Bengal for long…
Sanitation workers conduct fogging exercise in Sector 58 Noida: The Noida Authority has launched a month-long fogging and anti-larval drive across the city to curb mosquito breeding and prevent the spread of vector-borne diseases during the monsoon.Four Tata Ace vehicles equipped with fogging machines and anti-larval spray have been deployed across residential sectors and villages.Kapil…
Panaji: Five school students from Goa have been selected to represent India at the FIRST Global Challenge 2026, an international robotics competition to be held in Incheon, Republic of Korea, from Oct 7 to 10.The competition brings together teams from countries across the world, with each nation fielding one team to design, build and program…
Varanasi: A trader passing through Dalmandi on Tuesday died after suffering grave injury caused by a brick that fell on his head amid demolition of buildings taking place in the area on a large scale. The trader was heading to his shop when a brick fell on his head. He was rushed to trauma centre…
Ahmedabad: A 16-year-old love story that led a Hindu man to adopt a new name and religion has now resulted in a criminal case after an old passport exposed his dual identity during a routine passport verification.The Ahmedabad Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) booked a 38-year-old man on charges of forgery and cheating after investigators…
