Bengaluru: A 55-year-old woman travelling home on a BMTC bus from Electronics City fell victim to a distraction theft after two women boarded the vehicle with a child, created a scene by spilling pills and stole her gold jewellery worth Rs 4.5 lakh.Roopa (name changed) had gone to Krishnagiri in Tamil Nadu on Aug 29…
MSME minister P Mathan Raja CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu govt has proposed to set up nine industrial estates exclusively for women entrepreneurs in eight districts, as part of a wider push to promote micro, small and medium enterprises and generate employment.MSME minister P Mathan Raja announced in the assembly on Tuesday that the estates would be…
Central team to inspect Kothagudem airport sites on Sept 7 Hyderabad: A central technical team will visit Telangana on Sept 7 to inspect alternative sites for the proposed Kothagudem airport, a key project that the state hopes will boost connectivity and drive development in Bhadradri Kothagudem district.Agriculture minister Tummala Nageswara Rao said this on Tuesday…
The union’s protest comes amid mounting garbage across the city, with Sadar market, Sikanderpur, Old Delhi-Gurgaon Road and Golf Course Extension Road among the affected areas Gurgaon: Sanitation services in the city are likely to remain disrupted as the workers’ strike entered its 27th day on Tuesday, with protesting MCG employees burning an effigy of…
Suvendu Adhikari at an event inNabanna, where health cardsunder Mukhyamantri SwasthyaBima Yojana were handed out Kolkata: Journalists were free to criticise the chief minister or the govt but in matters of patriotism and religious belief, they should not use any word or sentence that would weaken the country or hurt religious faith, chief minister Suvendu…
Ghaziabad: A Meerut man who had a criminal past has been sentenced to life in prison for abducting and killing a trader who owned a shop in the city’s Loha Mandi and his driver 17 years ago. One of the other accused was acquitted of murder and abduction charges but was sentenced to three years…
In the Ranji Trophy, states are allowed to register three professional players or those from areas outside their jurisdiction Panaji: The Goa Cricket Association (GCA) has tightened rules for outstation players to feature in domestic competitions, and even represent the state team, to ensure that Goans don’t get elbowed out.Several outstation cricketers have turned themselves…
Varanasi: Mughalsarai police station in charge Vijay Pratap Singh and head constable of Chakarghatta police station were suspended for behaving inappropriately with public.Singh, who was initially attached to police lines, abused and assaulted a person who requested for release of an individual in a criminal case. The head constable was accused of threatening a junior…
Ahmedabad’s landmark Heat Action Plan (HAP), born out of tragedy in the summer of 2010, is now being studied as a possible template for European cities grappling with intensifying heatwaves. The plan—credited with saving thousands of lives through early warnings and coordinated interventions—will be showcased this week at the CLARA Summer School on Climate Change…
Mohali: A 35-year-old woman was allegedly stabbed to death at her residence in Dashmesh Nagar, Zirakpur, on Tuesday, with police suspecting her former husband of carrying out the attack. The accused allegedly stabbed the woman following an argument before fleeing the scene.The deceased has been identified as Poonam, a native of Bhiwali in Rajasthan who…
