Flooded Faizullaganj locality in Lucknow Every episode of urban flooding in Lucknow brings familiar explanations: unprecedented rainfall, climate change, overflowing drains and the inability of the Gomti to carry excess water. These factors matter, but they cannot explain the entire crisis.The more uncomfortable question is: what have we done to the river, its floodplain and…
Rajkot: A 66-year-old retired PGVCL employee who was living alone was murdered inside his house on Parekhbag Road in Lalpur, Jamnagar district, on the evening of Oct 12.Mansukh Vachhani suffered five blows to the head from a blunt object. As the house was ransacked with belongings scattered, police suspect he was killed during a robbery.The…
Ransacked house of former BJP MLA Attar Singh Bhadana in Weir, Bharatpur Bharatpur: Police Tuesday arrested five men in connection with the mob attack and murder of former BJP MLA Attar Singh Bhadana at his stone crusher plant in Bharatpur’s Bhaunda village, as investigators widened the probe to include firing, arson, vandalism and CCTV evidence…
Ashok Lavasa speaks online at the event NEW DELHI: Former election commissioner Ashok Lavasa on Tuesday said the Election Commission of India (ECI) was facing an unprecedented level of controversy and urged the poll body to regain public trust amid protests over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.Drawing a parallel…
Randy Guijarro of Fremont, California, paid $2 for an old photograph at an antique shop in 2010. The seemingly ordinary pictures turned out to include one of the most valuable images of the Old West, with an insurance value of $5 million.In 2010, Guijarro purchased the photograph for $2. He kept the 4-by-5-inch photograph, and…
MUMBAI: Sir Dorabji Tata Trust (SDTT) chairman Noel Tata and his son Neville Tata, who is also a trustee, have filed caveats in the Bombay High Court and the city civil court in response to complaints lodged by fellow trustees Venu Srinivasan and Vijay Singh before the Maharashtra charity commissioner. The complaints relate to the…
West Bengal sports minister Indranil Khan announced the November 25 El Clasico Legends blockbuster at Kolkata’s Salt Lake Stadium on Tuesday/ Image:X Kolkata is preparing for another taste of El Clasico, with Barcelona and Real Madrid legends set to bring their famous rivalry to India on November 25. The exhibition will give fans another chance…
General:You’ll move through the day with a spring in your step. The mind is alert, the body co-operates, and even routine tasks feel lighter than usual.Mercury sharpens your thinking, while a helpful Moon boosts confidence and social ease. That’s why things click in study, work, and public situations. There’s also a festive undercurrent around you….
New Delhi: Lieutenant governor TS Sandhu Tuesday said public-private partnerships (PPPs) were not suitable for every project and stressed that their adoption must be guided by feasibility, risk-sharing, financial sustainability and public outcomes.Addressing a capacity-building programme on ‘Leveraging PPP: Policy, Benchmarks, Partnership Frameworks and Outcomes’ at Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU), Dwarka, Sandhu said…
Nalasopara: A newborn was allegedly sold for Rs 40,000 a day after a 17-year-old girl gave birth at a private hospital in Nalasopara, exposing a suspected case of illegal premature delivery and child trafficking. Tulinj police have registered a case against the 22-year-old man accused of raping the minor, her mother, a woman neighbour, the…
