CHENNAI: The horrific, desolate and life-threatening infrastructural gap in Chennai’s MRTS stations has now claimed a life. Worse, the death came to light only four days later.Four days after a 55-year-old woman went missing at Mylapore MRTS railway station, her bloated body was found inside a room at the station on Monday. Police suspect she…
This image from video obtained and verified by AP shows thick black smoke and flames rising from a fire at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026. (UGC via AP) CORRECTION: Corrects the day and date to Thrusday, Oct. 8, instead of Friday, Oct. 9. Hyderabad: Hundreds of travellers from…
Gurgaon: More than half of the food safety violation cases reported in Haryana over 15 months resulted in fines of Rs 10,000 or less, prompting scrutiny of whether the penalties are enough to deter those selling adulterated or unsafe food.Of the 1,742 cases recorded across the state between April 1, 2025, and June 30, 2026,…
Cars stuck in traffic snarl in Maniktala. photo by Sayantan Chakraborty Kolkata: Accepting that the traffic “waiting time” has increased in office hours, the Kolkata Police commissioner on Tuesday promised respite in the next 24 to 48 hours even as commuters complained of slow vehicular movement for the second consecutive day.“We are aware of the…
Panaji: RG MLA Viresh Borkar, along with members of the Siolim block, submitted objections to the Oxel panchayat, opposing the final notification of zone changes under Section 39A of the Goa Town and Country Planning Act, 1974.Raising concerns about land-use reclassification and its potential impact on residents and the wider community, Borkar said they have…
Varanasi: A day after a 55-year-old biker died when a Chinese kite string slit his throat on Kajjakpura flyover, a citywide crackdown on the stocking and sale of banned Chinese manjha gathered momentum on Monday, with nine people arrested and over 137 kg of the dangerous kite string seized from shops, warehouses and other storage…
Ahmedabad: A police head constable apparently found a novel way to serve court warrants — by staying put at the police station and letting an imaginary neighbour do the talking. Gujarat High Court has now ordered both a departmental inquiry and criminal prosecution against P A Parmar of Veraval police station for allegedly fabricating a…
Ludhiana: A 26-year-old woman allegedly died by suicide at her matrimonial home in the Daba area just five months after her marriage. Police have arrested her husband and mother-in-law on charges of abetment to suicide following a complaint by the victim’s mother.The deceased, identified as Soni, was married to Sandeep, a factory worker and resident…
Congress MP from Rohtak Deepender Hooda Rohtak: A video featuring Rahul Gandhi and Rohtak Congress MP Deepender Hooda during the Congress party’s protest against the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in New Delhi has triggered a political controversy, with the BJP and the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) alleging that “Rahul did not…
A still from Paani Suar, directed by Akanksha Sood Singh, documenting efforts by local communities to develop a citizen-science monitoring network for dugongs in Andaman and Nicobar Islands Pune: As cities expand and new infrastructure reshapes landscapes, wildlife conservation increasingly depends on decisions about how roads, power lines, coastlines and urban spaces are planned.Four documentary…
