CHENNAI: Areas yet to be covered with drinking water supply like Korrukupet in north Chennai and those surrounding OMR will soon get fresh water supply.Municipal administration and water supply minister K N Nehru on Thursday announced drinking water supply projects worth several crores of rupees across the city. Under these projects, Korukkupet will get storage tanks of 10mld capacity and 3 mld...

NEW DELHI: The number of Covid infections in the national capital was 295 on Thursday out of 2,363 samples collected and the positivity rate of 12.5%, the state government said.On Wednesday, 300 people had tested positive, and the positivity rate was 13.9%. Two Covid patients have died, the state health bulletin said.Talking about the deaths in Delhi on Wednesday, health minister Saurabh Bharadwaj said...

MUMBAI: The much-delayed widening of the Mumbai-Goa National Highway will be completed by December 2023 end, announced Union minister for transport and national highways Nitin Gadkari. The road will be commissioned for traffic in January 2024, and Mumbai-Goa commuters will be able to cover the distance in 4.5 hours. "It is regrettable that this is perhaps the only road project in the country that has...

NEW DELHI: A comment by the German foreign ministry in Berlin that it expected "standards of judicial independence and fundamental democratic principles" would apply to the proceedings against Rahul Gandhi following his disqualification from Lok Sabha set off a fresh slugfest between BJP and Congress on Thursday.At a press briefing, the foreign ministry spokesperson said, "we have taken note of the...

THANE: A Raigad woman, who was sent from one state government-run hospital to another because they didn't have the expertise to help with her complicated labour, recently delivered a stillborn boy in an ambulance en route to a third public hospital.The 30-year-old woman's 12-hour-long medical trauma on March 21 came to light when a local activist wrote, on her behalf, to health minister Tanaji Sawant...

One person died from an alleged bullet wound during clashes on Thursday in Maharashtra's Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar on Ram Navami and scores of others were injured in skirmishes in Bengal's Howrah and Gujarat's Vadodara.In Sambhajinagar, 14 cops were wounded and 13 vehicles torched as two groups indulged in stonepelting and arson. In Bengal, the trouble erupted in Howrah's Shibpur during a Ram Navami...

NEW DELHI: Even as the Delhi government is closely monitoring the coronavirus situation, the national capital recorded 295 fresh Covid cases on Thursday with a positivity rate of 12.48 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department. On Wednesday, the city had logged 300 cases, the first time since August 31, and two deaths while the positivity rate had mounted to 13.89 per cent.Delhi...

MUMBAI: Four years after its crash claiming seven lives, the reconstructed Himalaya foot overbridge near the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) in south Mumbai opened for the public on Thursday.On March 14, 2019, a part of the bridge connecting the north end of the CSMT railway station to Badruddin Tayabji Lane collapsed onto the D N Road below. Subsequently, a traffic signal was installed on...

Mumbai Real Estate : To know something about real estate in Mumbai, first we know something about the city of Mumbai Mumbai, also known as the financial capital of India, is one of the most populous cities in the world. With a population of over 20 million, the city has witnessed an unprecedented growth in real estate in recent years In this post, we will explore various aspects of Mumbai's real estate...

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday he was "deeply concerned" by Russia's arrest of an American journalist and denounced Moscow's efforts to "punish" the media. He also advised US citizens living or traveling in Russia to "please leave immediately"."We are deeply concerned over Russia's widely reported detention of a US citizen journalist," Blinken said in a statement,...