New Delhi: The city is likely to witness rain and gusty winds on Monday night and Tuesday, leading to a drop in mercury.The maximum temperature on Monday was 37.5 degrees Celsius, two degrees below normal. It was 37.9 degrees Celsius a day earlier. Though no station in Delhi saw rain till 5.30 pm on Monday,…
Mumbai: Mumbai continued to reel under intense heat on Monday, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing a yellow alert for hot and humid weather conditions at isolated places across the city.Several parts of Mumbai recorded temperatures significantly above normal, with the IMD Colaba observatory registering a maximum temperature of 35.4°C, which was 1.5°C above…
Bengaluru: The redevelopment and desilting of Ulsoor Lake, taken up nearly two decades after major restoration efforts, has hit a temporary pause after recent rain refilled some areas. It has slowed critical desilting work before the monsoon sets in.The nearly Rs 4-crore rejuvenation project, currently under way at the historic waterbody, includes desilting and civic…
Chennai: In order to house aggressive stray dogs affected by rabies and viral infections such as canine distemper, GCC has set up a quarantine centre at Ma Po Si Nagar in Perungudi zone. The facility in ward 189 has the capacity to accommodate 100 diseased stray dogs.Deputy mayor Mahesh Kumar said the exclusive centre will…
KOLKATA: In its first cabinet meeting on Monday, BJP govt in Bengal distributed portfolios to five ministers who took oath with CM Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday.Dilip Ghosh will hold three portfolios — panchayat and rural development, animal resource development and agricultural marketing — and Agnimitra Paul will handle municipal affairs and urban development with women…
The EORC is proposed to connect Palwal in Haryana to Sonepat via Ghaziabad, Noida and Baghpat in UP The project is proposed to be Delhi’s third ring road and has been designed to facilitate passenger and freight movement within NCR without adding to the capital’s traffic or pollution The EORC is proposed to connect Palwal…
Panaji: The Goa Lokayukta issued notices to the Curchorem-Cacora Municipal Council and Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) over a complaint alleging encroachment on govt land and use of altered records for a jetty along the Zuari riverbank.Curchorem resident Sushant Vasta alleged before the Lokayukta that a private company carried out construction on land partly…
Varanasi: A speeding Thar dragged a motorcycle for nearly 100 metres, killing a woman and her five-year-old daughter on the spot and leaving her brother-in-law seriously injured in Varanasi’s Bhullanpur area late Sunday.A woman and her five-year-old daughter were killed while her brother-in-law suffered serious injuries when their motorcycle was knocked off by speeding Thar…
Firemen at the godown in Ahmedabad’s Jodhpur Crossroads where a major blaze started on Monday morning Ahmedabad: A major fire broke out at a pharmaceutical warehouse near Jodhpur BRTS bus stand on Monday, destroying medicines and medical equipment and triggering an extensive firefighting operation. No injuries or casualties were reported in the incident.According to officers…
Chandigarh: After nearly a decade since it was first conceptualised and seven years after receiving approval from the Centre, construction on the controversial Industrial Area flyover-rotary-underpass project is finally set to take off.The ministry of road transport and Highways (MoRTH) on Monday instructed the Union Territory’s chief engineer to issue the Letter of Award (LOA)…
