Mumbai continues to reel under hot and humid conditions | Mumbai News

Mumbai: Mumbai continued to reel under intense heat on Monday, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing a yellow alert for hot and humid weather conditions at isolated places across the city.Several parts of Mumbai recorded temperatures significantly above normal, with the IMD Colaba observatory registering a maximum temperature of 35.4°C, which was 1.5°C above…

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Rain check for Ulsoor Lake: Desilting hits pause amid ecological concerns | Bengaluru News

Bengaluru: The redevelopment and desilting of Ulsoor Lake, taken up nearly two decades after major restoration efforts, has hit a temporary pause after recent rain refilled some areas. It has slowed critical desilting work before the monsoon sets in.The nearly Rs 4-crore rejuvenation project, currently under way at the historic waterbody, includes desilting and civic…

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Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari to hold finance, home till ministry is fully expanded; Dilip Ghosh gets rural development | Kolkata News

KOLKATA: In its first cabinet meeting on Monday, BJP govt in Bengal distributed portfolios to five ministers who took oath with CM Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday.Dilip Ghosh will hold three portfolios — panchayat and rural development, animal resource development and agricultural marketing — and Agnimitra Paul will handle municipal affairs and urban development with women…

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Goa Lokayukta Investigates Alleged Illegal Construction at Zuari Jetty | Goa News

Panaji: The Goa Lokayukta issued notices to the Curchorem-Cacora Municipal Council and Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) over a complaint alleging encroachment on govt land and use of altered records for a jetty along the Zuari riverbank.Curchorem resident Sushant Vasta alleged before the Lokayukta that a private company carried out construction on land partly…

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Thar drags bike 100 metres in Varanasi; woman, daughter killed | Varanasi News

Varanasi: A speeding Thar dragged a motorcycle for nearly 100 metres, killing a woman and her five-year-old daughter on the spot and leaving her brother-in-law seriously injured in Varanasi’s Bhullanpur area late Sunday.A woman and her five-year-old daughter were killed while her brother-in-law suffered serious injuries when their motorcycle was knocked off by speeding Thar…

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