The incident was captured on a dashboard camera and has triggered concerns over aggressive driving and road safety. NOIDA: A suspected road-rage incident in Noida, in which a driver allegedly drove on the wrong side of the road, chased another motorist and then brake-checked his car, has gone viral on social media. The incident was…
Rising daytime temperatures in Oct in Pune city Pune: Oct is becoming unusually hot in the city, with the temperatures pushing towards historical extremes. Shivajinagar recorded a maximum of 35.2°C on Wednesday, a day after the mercury climbed to 35.7°C — the eighth-highest Oct maximum recorded at the station.The heat is unlikely to ease in…
Veteran actor Nana Patekar honored his close friend Manohar Parrikar during an event in Goa PANAJI: Four days before his sudden demise, veteran actor Nana Patekar, while speaking at an event in Goa on Sunday, recalled his close friendship with former defence minister and Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar and paid tribute to the late…
The administration recently cleared the matter at an internal meeting convened to address issues concerning the societies. It is also in the final stages of resolving the long-pending issue of unearned increase, while a decision on shifting the conversion process from CHB to the Estate Office is awaited. Chandigarh: After years of policy disputes and…
Lucknow’s Durga Puja pandals are scaling up and how! Lucknow’s Durga Puja has evolved from a modest Bengali community celebration into a citywide festival of epic proportions, with themed pandals, towering idols and months of preparation now drawing lakhs of visitors annually. The numbers tell the story of this dramatic scale-up. In 1914, Lucknow hosted…
Patna: Of the 164 candidates who filed nominations for the eight graduates’ and teachers’ constituencies of the legislative council, Election Commission (EC) rejected the nominations of 12 candidates for errors in their papers.This leaves 152 candidates in the fray for the elections to the eight seats, scheduled on Oct 23.The constituencies include four graduates’ seats…
Jaipur: A pilot social audit of govt schools in Rajasthan began at Shrimati Kamla Devi Budhiya Govt Higher Secondary School in Hirapura Wednesday. Students, parents and school management committee members took part in a public hearing to review the implementation of schemes under Samagra Shiksha and identify gaps in delivery.Twenty schools have been selected for…
Nagpur: The proposed Rs952.32-crore Kolar-Kanhan barrage near Bina village in Kamptee taluka could provide Nagpur with an additional water-security buffer, but the project will require over 1,200 hectares of land.The barrage is being planned as a long-term water-security measure for Nagpur. The civic body does not have a reservoir of its own and depends on…
Rajkot: Gujarat, India’s largest tea-consuming state on a per-capita basis, accounts for an estimated 8-10% of the country’s total tea consumption. The state’s tea market is valued at around Rs 3,000 crore annually.Gujarat has hundreds of tea brands that procure leaves from tea-growing states, particularly Assam, and blend teas from different gardens to maintain a…
Badal was rescued from the Porahat forests near Chaibasa in Dec 2025 Rajni was given a 20-pound cake Badal was rescued from the Porahat forests near Chaibasa in Dec 2025 Rajni was given a 20-pound cake Badal was rescued from the Porahat forests near Chaibasa in Dec 2025 Jamshedpur: The 21st birthday of elephant Rajni…
