NEW DELHI: As Delhi government explores the idea of artificial rain to control pollution in the winter months, experts said that the prerequisite conditions - which led the scientists to shelve the idea of cloud seeding in the city two years ago - remained the same even though Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, had experimented with the technology.Earlier this month, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal...
MUMBAI: The city witnessed an 88% increase in the total number of Ganpati idols immersed on the fifth day of visarjan compared to the previous year.According to official data from the BMC, last year 43,385 idols were immersed while at the same time this year, 81,570 idols were immersed on the fifth day. Mumbai: Meet the Muslim Police Constable who is celebrating Ganeshotsav in Mumbai to promote...
PATNA: A 30-year-old Mahadalit woman was brutally assaulted, stripped, and urinated on her mouth late Saturday night for her purported failure to repay additional interest on a loan amounting to Rs 1,500, which she had borrowed from alocal strongman in Mosimpur village of Bihar’s Patna district, police said Sunday. The woman has identified her attackers as Pramod Singh, his son Anshu Kumar, and four...
KALYAN: Even as the death toll in the blast at a plant in Ulhasnagar rose to four with two missing persons - Ananta Jadhav alias Dingore (50) and Pavan Yadav (22) - being declared dead on Sunday, a criminal offence was registered against company officials and the tanker owner, stating that the vehicle was used despite being found "unfit".The explosion took place at the premises of Century Rayon on...
NEW DELHI: A suggestion that Rahul Gandhi should not contest the 2024 Lok Sabha polls from Wayanad, where CPI is the principal opponent of Congress, has led to some consternation in both parties. While Congress has rejected such a push and said a decision will be taken later, CPI has asserted that this was merely an opinion voiced at an internal party forum and that no formal discussion has been held...
The couple of the moment, Parineeti Kapoor and Raghav Chadha became man and wife on Sunday, in a beautiful intimate ceremony held at Leela Palace Hotel in Udaipur, Rajasthan. While they kept their fans waiting for the wedding pictures, a picture from their post wedding reception made it to the internet late in the night. Have a look!The dashing duo had a dreamy destination wedding over the weekend,...
NEW DELHI: Canada's defence minister Bill Blair described the relationship with India as "important", and affirmed Canada's commitment to pursuing partnerships like the Indo-Pacific strategy while the investigation into the killing of a Khalistani leader continues.Tensions escalated between India and Canada after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeaumade explosive allegations of potential involvement...
KOLKATA: A massive fire broke out in a four storey commercial building at Chandni Chowk – comprising multiple electronics shops and godowns - off CR Avenue in Kolkata, on Sunday evening. 15 fire tenders have been rushed to the spot to bring the fire under control.The fire broke out around 7.30pm on the ground floor of the building and within no time it spread to the top floor godown. Two fire tenders...
MADURAI: The Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU) has announced that the Common Entrance Test (CET) for admissions to PhD/M Phil programmes at the university will be conducted on October 8.As per an official notification from the R&D cell of MKU, it was informed that CET has been scheduled to be held on October 8 (Sunday) for two hours from 11am to 1pm. The venue for the exam will be the Madurai Kamaraj...
NEW DELHI: Lieutenant governor V K Saxena has directed civic officials to carry out repair and beautification work in east Delhi areas, officials said on Sunday.The development comes after Saxena visited several areas of east Delhi, including Shashtri Park, Mansarovar Park, Seelampur, Shyam Lal College, Karkardooma, Surajmal Park, and Dilshad Garden.The LG has asked all concerned agencies -- MCD, PWD,...
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