Bengaluru: Karnataka State Coir Development Corporation Ltd (KSCDCL) will open its first showroom outside the state in Jaipur Saturday, marking a key step in its plans to expand and promote eco-friendly coir products, including Dutch mats. The outlet, set up in collaboration with a regional distributor, will stock around 6,000 Dutch mats besides other products,…
Chennai: Police arrested a 35-year-old man on Tuesday for sexually abusing an 11-year-old girl on April 23.The girl’s mother, an IT professional, filed a complaint after she learnt about the incident from her daughter on Sunday. The incident occurred when the child was visiting her grandmother’s house for the summer holidays. She was playing when…
Hyderabad: Uncertainty over the timeline for the beginning of the admission process for intermediate has left colleges and students confused, while officials from the Telangana Board of Intermediate Education (TGBIE) informally indicated that discussions around a possible merger of the SSC and BIE could be one of the reasons behind the hold-up.While there has been…
On the night of July 9, when intense rainfall left several city roads inundated, Bhatt was walking back from work when he fell into the open drain and drowned Gurgaon: Last monsoon, a 22-year-old man fell into an under-construction stormwater drain along Hamilton Court Road. He couldn’t spot the danger that lay under his feet…
Kolkata: Vivek Agnihotri‘s ‘The Bengal Files’ will be released in the state this Friday. The film ran into trouble in Bengal when it was released in Sept last year.Soon after BJP’s win, Agnihotri posted on X about how his ‘The Kashmir Files’ was taken out of cinema halls. Referring to Mamata Banerjee, he alleged that…
Police initially suspected that Puneet Chauhan accessed the house in Choura Raghunathpur from a neighbouring house and jumped to his death Noida: A couple was arrested in connection with the death of a 35-year-old man who fell from the roof of their three-storey house in Choura Raghunathpur village in Sector 24 on May 4, after…
Panaji: After being told that the new 2,000-capacity casino vessel does not possess a certificate of survey, the Bombay high court on Wednesday said the vessel should not sail into the Mandovi without obtaining all required certifications and without its prior permission.Panaji: The Bombay high court at Goa on Wednesday directed the regional director of…
Varanasi: Bhumipujan (groundbreaking) ceremony was performed ahead of beginning construction of multi-storey Varanasi Municipal Corporation building on Wednesday. A budget of Rs 96.99 crore has been allocated for the building which will be ready in 18 months.Prime Minister Narendra Modi had laid foundation of the building on Apr 28. The proposed shivling-shaped building will also…
Ahmedabad: In an incident, which locals allege was the result of civic body’s negligence, a young man on a motorbike fell into an open pit on the busy Bibi Talav Road in Vatva on Tuesday night. The pit, not repaired for over a fortnight, was also not barricaded, locals said. The youth riding by fell…
Bathinda: Punjab govt has put on hold its April 7 decision to increase crop loan limits for farmers by 53%, following objections from cooperative banks, and will continue with last year’s rates for now.State govt had recently raised the per-acre loan amount for paddy from Rs 25,400 to Rs 39,000 under the scale of finance…
