New Delhi: Delhi has drawn up a seven-month Information, Education and Communication (IEC) plan to raise public awareness about pollution. The plan includes workshops for vehicle owners, commercial operators, students and citizens on the harmful effects of end-of-life vehicles, reducing idling, lane discipline, parking and timely vehicle servicing. It will also include seminars for road-owning…
BENGALURU: The Karnataka CID questioned IAS officer Gyanendra Kumar Gangwar for the second consecutive day on Saturday as part of its probe into alleged irregularities in a Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) recruitment exam, police sources said.Earlier on Friday, IAS officer Gyanendra Kumar Gangwar was questioned for nearly nine hours after the CID served him…
Asha.Prakash@timesofindia.comA few weeks ago, environment educator’s organisation Palluyir Trust announced an ‘insect walk’, for which 25 people signed up within a day. On the day of the walk, it started raining heavily, but participants kept calling up the organisers, requesting them not to cancel the walk, says Kanishka Padmanabhan of Palluyir. And this has been…
EV registrations rise 20% after tax exemption Hyderabad: Telangana’s decision to remove the cap on its electric vehicle (EV) tax exemption has boosted EV adoption, with registrations rising by around 20%. Average monthly EV registrations increased from about 6,333 before the exemption to 7,592 during FY 2025-26.The policy change, introduced on Nov 16, 2024, provides…
The Chalo Jaai office in Kolkata Kolkata: The three employees of tour agency Chalo Jaai Travel Club who rushed to Kathmandu a day after the flash floods returned home on Friday, shaken by the scale of the tragedy and the grim realisation that finding the 30 tourists who went missing along with their two colleagues…
International Whale Shark Day is observed on Aug 30 every year to raise awareness about the conservation of whale shark, the largest fish in the world Panaji: After finalising the SOPs for turtle conservation, the fisheries department will soon be framing SOPs for marine megafauna, like whale sharks and others, said director of fisheries Shamila…
Varanasi: A criminal with 35 cases of loot and theft against him escaped from the Government Medical College hospital in Ghazipur early Saturday while in police custody, almost a month after suffering bullet injuries in both legs during a police encounter.Ghazipur SP Iraj Raja said the accused, Sudhir Pasi, was lodged in jail after his…
Ahmedabad: Cardiac emergencies in Gujarat have risen sharply over the last 15 years, with EMRI 108 data showing that heart-related calls have more than tripled since 2011 even as the overall emergency load has more than doubled. This points to a growing burden of acute chest pain and heart failure cases reaching hospitals by ambulance.In…
Two hands clutching prison bars Kurukshetra: A fast-track special court in Kurukshetra has sentenced a Karnal resident to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a ₹1 lakh fine following his conviction for raping a six-year-old girl under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The sentence was pronounced on Aug 27.District attorney…
Pune: Maharashtra will have 1,00,216 polling stations in the draft electoral roll to be published on August 31, a net reduction of 37 booths from the existing 1,00,253, following a statewide rationalisation exercise that raised the maximum voter capacity per polling station from 1,200 to 1,300 and merged low-strength booths.Pune district, however, will buck the…
