Bengaluru: The sudden hailstorm left more than just flooded streets in its wake — it struck at the heart of one of the city’s beloved literary corners. Bookworm, the iconic bookshop on Church Street, saw nearly 5,000 books destroyed after rainwater gushed into the shop within minutes.Recounting the ordeal, proprietor Krishna Gowda said the weather…
Chennai: This year, the seat matrix for the state’s undergraduate medical programme is unlikely to see an increase in govt medical colleges compared to 2025. Plus Max Medical College and Hospital, a new private college in Salem has applied to start the MBBS programme, while some existing colleges have sought higher intake. Officials at the…
Hyderabad: Pilot surveys aimed at filtering out ineligible beneficiaries of the Cheyutha welfare scheme (earlier known as Aasara pensions) have thrown up startling revelations. Officials have discovered that pensions continued to be credited to accounts of deceased individuals, while certain govt employees — including staff from GHMC — were also found to among the beneficiaries…
The accused, Junaid (25), a truck driver, was arrested from Maharashtra’s Palghar Gurgaon: A man was arrested by the cyber cell unit of Faridabad for circulating misleading and communally sensitive content on social media with the intent to create unrest.The post, shared by the Instagram account “voice_of_humans_01”, showed a youth being beaten up by a…
Srinagar/Kolkata: Lending support to Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee‘s charge that the only thing left to be deployed in Bengal for elections were naval warships and Rafale fighter jets, netas like former J&K CM Farooq Abdullah and Aaditya Thackeray also questioned it.“Are Bengalis not being trusted,” asked National Conference president Abdullah on Wednesday while…
Noida: A 21-year-old student died after he suddenly fell ill at a water park in Sector 38A on Tuesday afternoon. According to police, the post-mortem report indicates the student died of a cardiac event. The family alleged that lifeguards at the water park did not provide medical attention on time, and police are investigating the…
Valpoi: Residents of Valpoi were alarmed after white worm-like contaminants were reportedly found in tap water at a local household, raising concerns over water safety in the area.Siddesh Chari, a resident of Valpoi, recounted the disturbing incident. “On Tuesday, while bathing, I turned on the tap and noticed a white worm fall into the bucket….
Ahmedabad: Gujarat University has begun conducting the second phase of exams for candidates who cleared the first stage of its ongoing recruitment process for non-teaching posts. The exams are being held on April 29 and 30 to fill long-vacant administrative positions across the university.On April 29, written exams were conducted for multiple posts, with around…
Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday said canal water for paddy sowing will be released from May 1, with 21,000 cusecs set to be released across the state. Mann, who called the availability of canal water as a “decisive shift away from Punjab’s heavy reliance on groundwater”, said the state govt had invested…
Pune: Regular train operations at Pune railway station returned to normal on Wednesday after 24 hours of disruption caused by derailment of CSMT-Solapur Vande Bharat Express on Monday evening.The derailed Vande Bharat rake remained grounded at the Pune yard for inspection and forensic investigation.On the CSMT-Solapur route, the service is currently being maintained by a…
