On a rainy evening in Bengaluru, 15-year-old Sai Akhil Anand, son of chess legend Viswanathan Anand and Aruna Anand, presented his art exhibition Bindu and Rekha at the Sandeep and Geetanjali Maini Foundation. The showcase featured works exploring dots, lines, textures and patterns drawn from nature, particularly the markings and forms found in animals.The exhibition…
Chennai: South Chennai neighbourhoods relying on borewells and private tankers along ECR, OMR and Tambaram will get piped water supply of 400 MLD within a year. The deadline for the ₹5,814-crore Perur desalination plant project is Oct 2027, and 66.5% of the work was completed.The ongoing works include intake facilities, clarifiers, reverse osmosis systems, reservoirs,…
Accused in illegal SIM supply network earned Rs500 per card Hyderabad: An investigation into the illegal sale of SIM cards after cybercrime police uncovered a network supplying SIM cards without proper identity verification has revealed that the accused suppliers earned ₹50,000 for supplying 100 SIM cards.In April, Ateeq Ahmed, a Talab Katta resident, was arrested…
Faridabad: A couple who allegedly ran an extortion racket by posing as social workers and journalists have been arrested. Police said the accused — 50-year-old Rohtash, a resident of Sanjay Colony, and his wife —collected money from a liquor vend operator “for around eight to nine months”.The couple used video recordings and threats of false…
New Delhi/Kolkata: Twenty rebel Trinamool MPs informed Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Sunday that they will merge with a relatively unknown party from Tripura— Nationalist Citizens’ Party of India (NCPI) — and urged him to allot them a separate sitting block in Lok Sabha along with the NDA parties.The merger will make NCPI, whose…
At the start of the season, the variety sold for Rs 400-600 per dozen, depending on size Panaji: The maang-hilario mango has entered its final week of availability this season, with prices surging to around Rs 900 per dozen amid dwindling supplies in Goa’s retail markets.At the start of the season, the variety sold for…
Varanasi: Experts at the 7th National Convention of Vigyan Bharati (VIBHA) at Banaras Hindu University on Sunday stressed the need for a human-centric, India-specific framework for artificial intelligence, saying AI must be transparent, accountable, fair, inclusive, multilingual and aligned with privacy, sustainability and public welfare.During a panel discussion on “AI & Ethics”, speakers observed that…
Since Ahmedabad won Unesco’s World Heritage City tag in 2017, AMC approved applications for renovations to around 200 heritage homes in the Walled City Ahmedabad: Keen on preserving its heritage city tag and worried about the impact of ‘developments’ on heritage value, Ahmedabad has made the Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) report mandatory for every construction,…
Protesters marching to the house of Ludhiana’s Atam Nagar MLA Kulwant Singh Sidhu on Sunday Ludhiana: Animal rights activists have staged a protest outside the house of Atam Nagar MLA Kulwant Singh Sidhu, demanding protection for aggressive street animals despite a surge in horrific dog attacks on children across Punjab.The demonstration followed the circulation of…
Chandigarh’s Rock Garden parking set to get a breather Chandigarh: In a move to ease parking congestion around the Rock Garden, the Punjab and Haryana high court has issued time-bound directions to the Chandigarh administration to develop a dedicated parking facility in the vacant land near the site within 90 days.Acting on the May 27…
