The accident site where a 20-year-old student, Yashvendra Singh, was killed after his car rammed a tree and plunged into an open drain in south Delhi’s Vasant Kunj Friday NEW DELHI: Business student Yashvendra Singh had come home from US just 10 days ago, looking forward to spending time with his family. Instead, his family…
Bengaluru: The void left by the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan as the Union education minister has been immediately filled by the BJP-led govt with Karnataka’s experienced parliamentarian and union minister Pralhad Joshi.Joshi is a two-time Union minister who previously handled the sensitive ministry of law and parliamentary affairs.He now gets to handle the additional charge…
A cobra seen on the terrace of the govt medical college hostel in Asifabad Hyderabad: Over the past several months, students across multiple govt medical colleges in Telangana have had frequent sightings of venomous snakes, scorpions and other reptiles inside hostel campuses and, in some cases, even inside rooms. If that’s not all, two students…
Kolkata: Around 15% of couples seeking assisted reproduction in Kolkata were now below 30 years old, indicating infertility was no longer limited to older couples, said fertility experts on World IVF Day on Saturday.City doctors have also observed a growing number of first-time fertility consultations from urban professionals aged 32-40 years, with many couples seeking…
A mechanised transplanter gets stuck in a Bicholim farm Panaji: Delayed desilting of a rivulet in Sarmanas, Bicholim, has left paddy fields waterlogged for the fourth consecutive year, severely affecting transplanting operations.“Overflowing water from the silted rivulet inundates low-lying fields soon after paddy transplantation, damaging crops and making it difficult for farmers to continue cultivation,”…
Flooding in Ahmedabad’s Bopal, Ghuma, and Shela areas Ahmedabad: Bopal and Ghuma bear the brunt of downpours every year, with this year’s 22 inches of rain in three days bringing the annual monsoon malaise of flooding and gridlocks to the two areas.On Saturday, 15 societies remained flooded across both areas, which paid yet again for…
23-year-old Damanpreet Kaur, hailing from the Punjabi village of Lal Kalan, was found dead in Canada, allegedly strangled LUDHIANA: A family in rural Punjab is appealing for govt assistance to repatriate the body of a 23-year-old woman who was strangled to death in Canada in an alleged domestic violence incident.Damanpreet Kaur, originally from Lal Kalan…
Sites allotted to 774 vendors; better amenities on the cards In Chandigarh Street Zoning Plan, the architect department of the Chandigarh administration has given maximum vendors to sector 15, where 1800 vendors will be accommodated, followed by sector 56 and Maloya which will have 1340 and 1161 vendors respectively. The architect department has prepared 36…
The transfer marks a significant shift for five TP schemes that PMRDA spent nearly eight years planning, securing approvals for and preparing for execution. Pune: The Mhalunge-Maan Town Planning (TP) scheme, showcased by the state at the Magnetic Maharashtra investment summit in 2018 as a model for planned urbanisation through land pooling, will now be…
Lucknow: A 21-acre urban park will be developed in CG City by Nov, while a ₹38.47 crore multi-level parking facility proposed behind Palassio Mall is expected to ease traffic congestion around Ekana Cricket Stadium during international matches and weekend rush.After reviewing the projects on Saturday, LDA vice-chairperson Prathamesh Kumar said, “Our focus is to ensure…
