CHENNAI: With the Karnataka government refusing to release water, the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) has convened an emergency meeting on September 18.The Tamil Nadu government was informed about the meeting on Friday. “The authority’s last meeting (on August 29) was also an emergency one with a single-point agenda on sharing water,” said an official.The Cauvery Water Regulation...
NEW DELHI: Two men were arrested in connection with the robbery of Rs 1 crore from two victims in the Gulabi Bagh area of north Delhi. The victims, Suresh and his associate Rakesh, were responsible for transporting money for Kamlesh Shah, their employer.On Wednesday around 3.30pm, Shah entrusted them with Rs 1 crore to be delivered to someone in Chandni Chowk. The two individuals embarked on their...
MUMBAI: A 20-year-old woman lost her life after being knocked down by a BEST bus at Malwani early on Saturday. Farheen Khan, the victim, was on her way to college, police said. A case of rash driving and negligence has been registered against the bus driver.The incident occurred at 7.50am near Malwani bus depot. Bus no. 207 was being steered by driver Mahadev Sasane from Malwani depot towards Gaikwad...
SEATTLE: The Seattle Police Officers' Guild on Friday said the video of police officer Daniel Auderer joking about Indian-origin woman, Jaahnavi Kandula's death, "captures only one side of the conversation" and "there is much more detail and nuance that has not been made public yet."The Seattle Police said the video fails to explain the full story/context."Some viral videos of police actions shared by...
NEW DELHI: Former Pakistan captain and member of the cricket board's technical committee, Mohammad Hafeez, has made a fervent plea for unwavering support and a boost in confidence for skipper Babar Azam in the lead-up to the forthcoming World Cup in India. Addressing the media on Saturday, Hafeez addressed concerns regarding Babar's captaincy and stressed the importance of a collective effort."It is not...
RAIGAD: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has taken a treasury officer into custody for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 6,000 from a retired government employee in Maharashtra's Raigad district. The accused, identified as Maruti Ramchandra Pawar, is said to have solicited the bribe from the complainant, Kashibai Tukaram Mahabale, a retired health department worker aged 62. The bribe was allegedly...
SILIGURI: Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park in Darjeeling will receive a pair of Siberian tigers from Pafos zoo in Cyprus in an animal exchange programme. The Darjeeling zoo will send two red pandas in exchange, said zoo officials.State forest minister Jyotipriya Mallick said the pair of tigers will arrive by the end of November. "Darjeeling zoo is getting a pair of Siberian tigers in an exchange...
MADURAI: Twelve fishermen, who survived miraculously after their boat collided with a barge and sank in midsea on September 11, returned to Thoothoor coastal village in Tamil Nadu’s Kanyakumari on Saturday morning and narrated their harrowing experience. “For a second, we breathed a sigh of relief avoiding a collision with a huge tugboat by a whisker. But before we realised what was happening, the...
NEW DELHI: Heavy rains lashed parts of the national capital Delhi on Saturday afternoon. The city had witnessed widespread rain and thundershowers on Friday as well.Weather analysts have attributed the rain to a combination of meteorological factors. "The monsoon line of trough passed through south of Delhi, while there is also a cyclonic circulation over southern Haryanaand north-east Rajasthan.There...
MUMBAI: Over 50 residents were rescued from various floors of a 12-storey building in Kurla-west after a fire broke out on Friday night.The incident took place in a Slum Rehabilitation Authority(SRA) building located opposite Kohinoor Hospital. According to BMC’s disaster management, the fire was confined to electrical wiring, scrap materials etc in the electrical duct from the ground to the 12th...
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