The map by the IMD showing advance of Southwest monsoon over Karnataka and likely beginning of the rainy season in other parts of India Bengaluru: After days of anticipation and widespread pre-monsoon showers, southwest monsoon entered Karnataka Thursday, with India Meteorological Department (IMD) declaring its onset over coastal districts Dakshina Kannada and Udupi following continuous…
Chennai: Madras high court has asserted that unlawful assembly by itself would not amount to commission of offence. The court made the observation while quashing criminal cases registered against 15 RSS members for celebrating the organisation’s 100th anniversary without prior permission.“In this case, there is no material to show that there was any promulgation of…
Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy Hyderabad: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy directed officials to complete major irrigation project works under the Palamuru-Ranga Reddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (PRLIS) in the erstwhile Mahabubnagar district. He said priority should be given to completing land acquisition, as the project cannot progress without it. The CM added that the state…
The fire department will carry out phased audits Gurgaon: The district administration on Thursday made fire safety audits mandatory for all hospitals, schools, malls, offices, hotels and other commercial buildings in the city and asked the fire department to check preparedness on the premises of these establishments.The directive came after a devastating hotel fire in…
Kolkata: The state school education department on Thursday reiterated that in-service teachers are not permitted to engage in private coaching and warned of action against violators.The order, issued with reference to Section 28 of the RTE Act, 2009, and a Calcutta High Court order, said the department had received complaints against some school teachers for…
Panaji: Goa police on Thursday arrested two 30-year-old Jharkhand natives, Duryodhan Devsai Manjhi Laldev, and Nandkumar Manjhi in Nagpur in connection with a murder onboard a fishing trawler. After the murder, the unidentified accused persons had left the state.Suresh Narayan Harikant, 42, of Karnataka, in his complaint stated that two unidentified persons allegedly murdered his…
Ahmedabad: Amdavadis know their daily churn. SG Road inches along at 7pm. The Prahladnagar choke point on a Monday afternoon. A car jutting half onto the footpath outside a tea stall on Ashram Road. For years, traffic management in Ahmedabad has remained a game of response — cones, police personnel, and complaints. The Ahmedabad Municipal…
Ludhiana: As the private airlines recently started two commercial flights from Halwara Airport, the airport authorities have suggested that the flights have started to receive a decent response. Even as occupancy in the flights has been between 40% and 65% in the last on week, sources in a private airlines shared that though there had…
Mohali: Police on Thursday said they had foiled a major terror attack by arresting two aides of a foreign-based terror operative and defusing a 2.5kg RDX-based IED.Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav said the IED was “fully assembled and ready for use”. The police operation prevented an attack on critical public infrastructure in Mohali and averted a…
Civic officials demolish house belonging to Karnail Singh Virka in Phugewadi Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) on Thursday began demolishing an unauthorised house in Phugewadi belonging to Karnail Singh Virka, one of the accused arrested in connection with the recent illicit liquor deaths in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad.The civic action was carried out…
