October

MUMBAI: On Saturday, the day temperatures surged to 37.4 degrees Celsius, marking the highest recorded temperature of the season. This also stands as the third-highest day temperature recorded in the month of October. In the year 2018, the maximum temperature for October peaked at 38 degrees on October 29, while back in 2015, day temperatures soared to 38.6 degrees on October 17.IMD officials attributed...

Central Railway (CR) is gearing up to inaugurate the second phase of the Seawoods-Belapur-Uran corridor, spanning 27km, on October 26. A tentative plan exists for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to inaugurate the line virtually while he would be at an event in Shirdi.!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) { function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) { if (!isFBCampaignActive) { return; }...

MUMBAI: Western Railway continued its drive against without ticket travelers by carrying out a fortress check at Borivali station in Mumbai, where 4,166 ticketless were fined in a single day on October 11.This is the highest ever single-day record of without ticket cases, beating the previous record of CR’s Thane’s station where 3,092 people were caught and a fine of more than Rs 8.6 lakh recovered...

CHENNAI: The gram sabha meetings in village panchayats will be held across the state on October 2 with the theme 'Everything for Everyone'. Chief minister M K Stalin will make opening remarks for the event, virtually, while ministers would take part in districts. The meetings are held six times a year. The government has chosen 'everything for everyone' as the theme for the upcoming meeting, aiming at...

NEW DELHI: The excise department of the Delhi government late on Friday notified six dry days from October to December when the sale of liquor will remain prohibited at the state-run retail stores in the capital.According to officials, the city's 637 retail shops, run by four government corporations, will remain closed on October 2 (Gandhi Jayanti), October 24 (Dussehra), October 28 (Valmiki Jayanti),...

NEW DELHI: The government is all set to implement the "14 minutes miracle" scheme on October 1 for Vande Bharat Express trains.Under this scheme, the Vande Bharat trains will be completely cleaned and ready for the next trip in just 14 minutes. This will be launched at 32 places on Sunday, including Delhi, Shirdi etc.The ministry of Railways had earlier announced that it was going to implement the "14...

CHENNAI: Days after the AIADMK walked out of the NDA alliance, the BJP state unit has convened a meeting of state office-bearers, district presidents and zonal in-charge, besides its core committee to discuss the 'prevailing situation' and strengthening organisational structure for the upcoming LS polls. The party is also engaged in dialogues with 'friendly partners' dismayed by the sudden developments...

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...