The rainfall received between Monday and early Thursday led to a 21cm rise in the water level of Mhaisal dam in Panchawadi village Panaji: With the onset of the monsoon, reservoir levels across Goa have either improved slightly or held steady till Thursday, according to water resources department (WRD) data.WRD minister Subhash Shirodkar said the…
Varanasi: Mau police on Thursday arrested four criminals accused of shooting at a truck driver in an attempt to steal fuel from a truck parked along the Basaratpur highway on the night of Jun 22. The accused were arrested following an encounter. Police recovered country-made pistols, cartridges and two vehicles used in the crime.According to…
Ahmedabad: Even after the onset of the southwest monsoon in Gujarat, Ahmedabad remains gripped by relentless heat. Since March, the city has recorded maximum temperatures of 40 degrees Celsius or higher on 71 of the last 76 days, underscoring one of its most prolonged spells of extreme summer weather in recent years. On Thursday, Ahmedabad…
Ludhiana: It took seven fire tenders making around 200 rounds to douse a massive fire that broke out in a textile unit at Kailash Nagar in Sherpur late on Wednesday night.The struggle to control the conflagration went on for nearly 19 hours. Flames spread through the entire unit, destroying the huge stock of raw material…
Greenery to Return to Jhuriwala; Pledge Taken to Plant 1,000 SaplingsTimes News NetworkPanchkula: Following the removal of Jhuriwala dumping ground that allowed local residents to finally breathe easy in a clean environment after years, a pledge has now been taken to restore the greenery that was lost to the area.Sector 25 residents and the group…
The civic body currently maintains a total FD corpus of Rs5,768 crore. This includes Rs1,550 crore in general FDs and Rs4,218 crore in reserved FDs Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has decided to utilise Rs550 crore from its general fixed deposit (FD) reserves to fund critical water supply projects, abandoning an earlier proposal…
Silchar: Police seized 11,695 bottles of banned cough syrup worth around Rs 1.1 crore and arrested three people in a series of operations over the past 24 hours in Assam’s Sribhumi district.Acting on a tip-off from local residents, a police team intercepted a magic van at Tukerpar near Fakirabazar on Wednesday and recovered 7,200 bottles…
Lucknow: With supply concerns triggered by the West Asia crisis now easing, the Centre has decided to restore commercial LPG supplies to normal levels, ending the restrictions imposed to ensure uninterrupted domestic cooking gas availability.In a communication to all state and union territory chief secretaries, petroleum secretary Neeraj Mittal said the govt has removed all…
Rajkot: A five-year-old boy walking with his father on the edge of Chaturi village on Wednesday night was pounced on by a lion, dragged away and killed, in Khambha taluka of Amreli.Family members and villagers immediately began a search for the boy, Jiyan Sidda, but could only find his body about a kilometre away. Foresters…
Health minister Gajendra Singh Khimsar Jaipur: Health minister Gajendra Singh Khimsar Thursday ordered regular fire safety audits across all hospitals in Rajasthan, citing the need to strengthen emergency preparedness in medical institutions.The directive comes amid heightened concern over public-building safety after a major fire at a coaching centre in Lucknow and last year’s blaze at…
