Mumbai: The Byculla police have arrested a 39-year-old Pune resident after they caught him distributing capsules mixed with zinc phosphide, a highly toxic acute rodenticide to control rats and mice, to devotees participating in a Moharram procession at Byculla late on Friday.Police recovered 1,400 capsules from Faiyyaz Premji, 39, a resident of Viman Nagar in…
Bengaluru: Govt schools in the state are unable to generate transfer certificates for their students, leaving children who want to change schools in a fix. The school education department said they have deliberately kept the process administratively difficult so that children stay in the govt schools.The schools say they usually were able to generate transfer…
Chennai: The extended summer-like weather prevailing across Tamil Nadu with very little rain despite the onset of southwest monsoon in the first week of June is driving up the power consumption to the peak-summer levels in the State.The peak power demand on Friday scaled to 20,976 megawatts (MW), while the overall electricity consumption was 456.28…
Hyderabad: A couple’s timely intervention saved a seven-year-old girl from an alleged sexual assault in Borabanda. They also overpowered the 60-year-old accused and handed him over to the police.According to the Hyderabad police, the accused, an autorickshaw driver, allegedly lured the girl by offering her ₹20 while she was playing on the road. He then…
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress on Saturday wrote to Kolkata Police seeking permission for its July 21 Martyrs’ Day programme at Esplanade, prompting the Ritabrata Banerjee camp to also claim that they too intend to hold their July 21 rally at the same venue.Speaking to reporters after a party meeting at Kalighat, TMC MP Mahua Moitra said:…
Calangute: Tourists who drive after consuming alcohol should be arrested, Calangute MLA Michael Lobo said on Saturday. Speaking to reporters along with Sudip Tamhankar, general secretary of the All Goa Private Bus Owners Association, and rent-a-cab operators, Lobo said there is growing concern after a recent spike in accidents involving tourists driving rental vehicles and…
Gorakhpur: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said the Bharatiya Janata Party’s journey from winningjust two Lok Sabha seats in 1984 to becoming the world’s largest political party was driven by its commitment to values, ideals and nation-first politics.Addressing the inaugural session of the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Training Campaign organised by BJP’s Gorakhpur city unit,…
Gujarat home loan disbursals Ahmedabad: Buying a home in Gujarat is becoming costlier even as fewer people are taking home loans. Fresh banking data suggests soaring property prices are forcing buyers to either borrow larger amounts or postpone home ownership altogether. The number of home loan accounts in Gujarat fell 9.5% to 4.03 lakh in…
The selected athletes in the junior category are under 48 kg: Angel Yadav, under 57 kg: Navroop, and under 78 kg: Ishroop Narang. In the cadet category, +78 kg: Divanshi Miglani has been selected. Chandigarh: Four athletes from Chandigarh have been selected to represent India at the Cadet & Junior Asian Judo Championships 2026, following…
Picture for representation purpose Pune: Second- and third-year undergraduate classes are set to begin in the first week of July, but admissions to the much-touted fourth year of National Education Policy’s (NEP) four-year undergraduate honours programme are yet to start in most autonomous colleges affiliated with Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU), where the new curriculum…
