Colva: A thick layer of water hyacinth, the invasive weed that has long choked the Sal river, has once again washed up along Mobor-Cavelossim beach, covering large stretches of the shoreline with decaying vegetation and raising concern among residents and authorities. The wash-up mirrors a similar episode in 2023, when hyacinth that had drifted into…
Varanasi: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday honoured 12 principals and headmasters from across the state for their outstanding contribution to improving school infrastructure and hygiene under the Swachh va Harit Yojana, during a programme in Varanasi.These schools were selected at the national level for developing better learning environments through cleanliness, safe drinking water, toilets,…
Ahmedabad: A Chandkheda-based travel agent has filed a complaint against his brother, two executives of a Gurugram-based company and others, alleging they cheated him of Rs 23 lakh. The accused allegedly persuaded him to invest in a waste material trading business on the promise of partnership and high returns.The FIR registered by the Detection of…
Chandigarh: Industry representatives, urban consumers and farmers from Gurugram and Nuh on Tuesday supported the proposal for parallel electricity distribution licensing during a public hearing of the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC), saying it would improve reliability, expand access to renewable power and provide consumers with a choice of suppliers.At the hearing in Panchkula, stakeholders…
Moshi garbage plant collapse Pune: A mountain of legacy waste piled up in the Moshi garbage depot for years collapsed on a three-storey administrative building located 30 metres away at Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation’s waste-to-energy plant around 1.30pm on Wednesday, causing a cave-in and trapping 20 people under the debris.Four people came out immediately after…
Guwahati: Around 228 km of the 276 km border, which Assam shares with Bangladesh, has been fenced and over 38 km remained unfenced, govt informed the state Assembly on Wednesday.Implementation of the Assam Accord, border protection & development departments minister Atul Bora, replying to queries by AGP MLA Prakash Ch Das, said, “Three districts —…
Lucknow: UP Congress president Ajay Rai on Wednesday wrote to PM Narendra Modi seeking an independent forensic and financial investigation into the donation theft.“Since you and your govt had taken credit for construction, inauguration and consecration of the temple, you must also ensure accountability over allegations relating to its financial management. Credit for the temple’s…
Jaipur: Senior professor and head of forensic medicine department at Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Hospital, 61-year-old Dr Nandalal (N.L.) Disaniya, was found hanging at his residence in Jaipur Wednesday. Police suspect suicide, though investigations are underway. His death has left colleagues, students and the medical fraternity in shock.According to police, Dr Disaniya’s family was away…
NEW DELHI: ED Wednesday said it had attached property worth Rs 113 crore of industrialist Bharat Raj Punj and his Lloyd Electric & Engineering Ltd in a case of alleged laundering of over Rs 376 crore of bank funds.The attached assets include land and industrial plots, residential properties in Delhi, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, MP, Telangana, Goa,…
‘What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love’ A person can be surrounded by others and still feel completely alone. They can have wealth, success, recognition and comfort, yet carry a quiet emptiness that no achievement can fill. For Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky, that emptiness was not simply…
