New Delhi: A day after the devastating fire in south Delhi’s Hauz Rani, the usually bustling locality wore a sombre look. Guest houses were shuttered, anxious tourists were waiting to retrieve their belongings and the crowd on the streets was noticeably thin.Some hotel and guest house operators were seen removing signboards from outside their establishments….
Mumbai: Chief officer of an oil vessel died while cleaning the tank near the port premises Monday. He felt dizzy and collapsed inside the tank.The deceased was identified as Harsha Rajan, 43, a Chennai resident.His fellow crew members on the vessel extracted him with the assistance of a rescue team, and he was administered preliminary…
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…
