Rain clouds hang over Chennai’s skyline as steady showers dampen the city’s high-rises and streets, bringing cooler weather and reduced visibility. Chennai: The city and its three neighbouring districts continue to face rainfall deficit. But weathermen said there is a chance of some recovery, as a weather system over north India could create favourable conditions…
Hyderabad: Union minister G Kishan Reddy on Saturday demanded the state order a comprehensive judicial inquiry by a sitting high court judge on inclusion of lakhs of acres of private and patta land in 22A in the prohibited properties list under Bhu Bharati.Addressing a news conference at BJP headquarters on Saturday, the Secunderabad MP alleged…
Kolkata: Even as Ayushman Bharat patient count has started rising across private hospitals in Kolkata, the first high-end procedure under the scheme was performed on Saturday. A 34-year-old Kolkata resident, admitted on Friday, underwent an aortic valve replacement — an expensive, life-saving and high-end cardiac procedure — at Charnock Hospital.Patient Dipankar Singh, admitted under cardiothoracic…
Margao: The Quepem unit of the Other Backward Classes (OBC) samaj has demanded that state govt take immediate steps to grant the the community political reservation in the legislative assembly on the lines of the reservation already available to Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST).Members of the community argued that since SCs and STs…
Ahmedabad: A 26-year-old owner of a medical and surgical store was allegedly assaulted by two men following a road rage case in Keshavbag on Friday night, police said.The complainant stated that at 10.15pm when he was travelling in his car and had stopped at the Keshavbag traffic signal, a car approached from behind, following which…
Tourists enjoy the sunshine after a spell of light rain in Shimla on Saturday Shimla: The meteorological department has forecast light to moderate rainfall at a few places across Himachal Pradesh on Aug 23 and 24.Light rain is also likely at isolated places in the state during the remaining days of the week. No weather…
Pune: Residents relying on quick commerce platforms for everyday essentials are increasingly complaining about receiving poor quality or spoiled products, including bread with mould, rotten vegetables and melted ice creams.“There have been many instances when I have received rotten vegetables and poor quality of fruits. Once I got tomatoes nibbled by some insect. Quick commerce…
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav addresses a press conference at party office in Lucknow on Saturday Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday listed an interesting benefit of ‘pariwarwad’ (dynasty politics) – something that the party has often been accused of indulging in.Addressing a news conference at party headquarters, Akhilesh said the recent attempts…
Jaisalmer: Several govt schools in Rajasthan’s border districts of Barmer and Jaisalmer are still functioning without permanent buildings, forcing students to attend classes in makeshift huts or in the open.In Barmer’s Ramsar panchayat, Govt Upper Primary School Azad Nagar in Gangala gram panchayat is a stark example. Sanctioned under the 2022-23 Budget and started in…
Press Club of India president speaks out on ‘Modi chalisa’ row. Photo credit: PTI New Delhi: Press Club of India president Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty on Saturday said the journalists’ body neither organised nor endorsed the ‘Modi Chalisa’ event at its premises, calling it “a victim of a breach of trust”.Sharing a video statement on X,…
