The BMC has also made it mandatory for all public toilets to introduce a citizen feedback system, maintain hourly cleaning logs, conduct at least one deep-cleaning drive every week and install an IoT-based odour monitoring system called “Gandhavedh” to help control foul smells. Mumbai: BMC has given operators of pay-and-use public toilets in Mumbai three…
Bengaluru: While tobacco’s role in lung cancer has long been recognised, doctors are now warning of a growing burden of tobacco-related cancers affecting multiple organs, including the stomach, liver, kidneys, pancreas, head and neck, and blood.“Tobacco accounts for nearly 62% of cancers among Indian men and 33.2% among women. In Karnataka, about 40.4% of all…
Chennai: A 52-year-old man belonging to the nomadic Narikurava community was arrested for shooting his son with a country-made gun after the latter attacked his mother with a knife during a quarrel, in Mamallapuram. The injured son sustained bullet wounds to both knees and was admitted to Chengalpet GH.Police said the incident involving Shekhar, 52,…
Hyderabad: The results of Telangana Diploma in Elementary Education Common Entrance Test (DEECET) 2026 were announced on Saturday, with 21,137 candidates qualifying out of 25,054 who appeared, registering an overall pass percentage of 84.3%.The entrance test, conducted on May 21 for admissions into the two-year diploma in elementary education (D.El.Ed) and diploma in pre-school education…
KOLKATA: When the BJP began preparing for the West Bengal Assembly elections of 2026, it avoided “a generic national campaign pasted onto a difficult state.” The strategy was “focused and targeted,” built around specific public grievances against the incumbent government: corruption, women’s safety, the education recruitment scandal, extortion culture, farmer distress, fear in border areas,…
PM Modi on Goa Statehood Day Panaji: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said Goa has the potential to become a global model for sustainable, innovation-led growth, clean energy, marine economy, cultural preservation and quality of life. On Goa’s Statehood Day, the PM also highlighted significant growth prospects in the sports sector.In a three-page letter…
The Gandhinagar police has arrested three men in connection with a temple theft reported at Rupaal village, where donation boxes were stolen from the Khodiyar Mata temple located inside the well-known Varadayini Mata pilgrimage complex. The Gandhinagar police has arrested three men in connection with a temple theft reported at Rupaal village, where donation boxes…
Panchkula: Panchkula traffic police Friday took action against a private bus operating without a valid permit, intercepting the vehicle and impounding it after issuing a challan.The bus, plying from Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh) to Manimajra (Chandigarh) via Panchkula, was stopped near Mouli village on the Panchkula-Yamunanagar highway following a tip-off.Officials said SHO (traffic) Surajpur Abhishek received…
Pune: NCP (SP) working president Supriya Sule on Saturday said the home department should take the moral responsibility of spurious liquor deaths in the city and chief minister Devendra Fadnavis should send Pune commissioner of police on compulsory leave for his failure to maintain law and order.The toll went up to 17 on Saturday, while…
A perfect way to escape the scorching heat, enjoying a crushed ice ball on a humid afternoon in Lucknow Lucknow: Relief from scorching heat continued in the city for second day on Saturday. Similar conditions will continue for next two days, followed by gradual rise in mercury levels again.Temperatures that had fallen below normal following…
