Punjab power minister Tarunpreet Singh Sond Chandigarh: The Punjab govt on Tuesday said 63,702 consumers who received provisional electricity bills during the April-July meter readers’ strike would not lose their 300-unit free power benefit, even as Congress MLA and former IAS officer Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal questioned the billing errors and demanded accountability.Power minister Tarunpreet Singh…
Police registered a suo motu case against the injured man for illegal possession of a firearm Pune: The Kasba Peth man (38) inflicted bullet injury on himself in his rented accommodation following an argument with his wife to allegedly frame the latter in the case, police investigation revealed.Deputy commissioner of police (Zone I) Krushikesh Rawale…
Residents preparing biochar Guwahati: A new Assam project could restore elephant habitat, improve farm soils and create village livelihoods all at once by turning invasive plants into biochar.At a two-hectare demonstration site in Khalingduar Reserve Forest under the Dhansiri Forest Division in Udalguri, conservation organisation Aaranyak, with support from the International Elephant Foundation, is removing…
UP Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak Lucknow: Patient footfall at govt hospitals in the state increased by about 16%, while OPD visits and inpatient admissions rose by 12.7% and 19.7%, respectively, according to official data from the Hospital Information System (HIS) for 2025-26 released here on Tuesday.Stating that the rise reflected growing public confidence in govt…
Ajmer: Cyber fraudsters duped a local businessman out of Rs 2.35 lakh while he was searching for plastic scrap on social media. The victim, Shalendra Singh Rathore, approached the cyber cell police station Tuesday after paying money for six tonnes of plastic scrap that was never delivered.Rathore’s troubles began when he received a WhatsApp message…
Statement taken out of context, not political: Gadkari’s office. NEW DELHI: Road transport minister Nitin Gadkari’s office said on Tuesday that his remark that the younger generation should be given more responsibility as “he could no longer take on as much work as before”, had been misinterpreted to suggest that he intended to quit politics.In…
Aerial view of Lake Merced and surrounding coastal landscape San Francisco city officials have opened a search for private partners to redevelop a 9.5-acre lakeside property that was used as a private shooting range for more than 80 years. The move marks the final stage of a major environmental transformation along the western shore of…
Remittances rose 6.5% month-on-month to $2.5 billion in June, nearly 20% higher than a year earlier. MUMBAI: RBI turned a net purchaser of US dollars in June this year, buying $561 million in the spot and over-the-counter market after net sales of $6.1 billion in May and $3.6 billion in June 2025.According to the central…
A look into Dolly Parton’s list of achievements over the course of her 70 years in the entertainment industry. (Instagram) The late Dolly Parton dedicated almost 70 years of her life to the entertainment industry. With more than 3000 song credits under her banner, the beloved country legend was one of the biggest and most…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (AFP Photo) NEW DELHI: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s journey in white-ball cricket has moved at remarkable speed. At just 15, the left-handed batter has already represented India and made his presence felt at the international level.Sooryavanshi ended the IPL 2026 season as Rajasthan Royals‘ highest run-scorer with 776 runs. He then produced another explosive performance,…
