Category: Events

Erratic distribution leads to 2% dip in acreage of kharif crops NEW DELHI: Better-than-expected rainfall in many parts of the country in August has failed to reduce India’s cumulative monsoon rainfall deficit. While the country’s cumulative rainfall deficit (since June 1) was 13% as of July 31, it touched nearly 14% a month later due...

Dolly Parton once lived in Solvang, which is now at the centre of a development dispute. (Photo: Getty Images) A plan to transform part of a picturesque California town known for its Danish-inspired architecture and once home to Dolly Parton into an Airstream “glamping” resort has sparked fierce opposition from residents, with one critic branding...

NEW DELHI: BJP president Nitin Nabin Saturday reprimanded three Delhi MPs – Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, Yogender Chandolia and Kamaljeet Sehrawat – for visiting the residence of anti-Sikh riot convict Sajjan Kumar, who died Aug 20, to pay their condolences.The move comes amid the party’s preparations for the Punjab assembly elections.Kumar was a serving life sentence...

PM Modi was received at the airport by Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on arrival in Tashkent NEW DELHI: Ahead of the SCO summit in Kyrgyzstan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he’s looking forward to advancing India’s vision for the region anchored in security, connectivity and opportunity, and to working with fellow members for a region...

File photo: A helicopter conducts a rescue operation to bought floods affected people to safe places, in Trishuli on Friday. TRISHULI BAZAAR (NUWAKOT, NEPAL): Death toll from the Bhote Koshi-Trishuli disaster rose to 675 in Nepal on Saturday evening, with 2,426 people still missing as rescuers continued searching mud-filled valleys, riverbanks and hydropower tunnels three...

HDFC Bank CEO Sashidhar Jagdishan decides not to seek third term, will retire on Oct 26; board to fast-track successor selection. MUMBAI: HDFC Bank MD & CEO Sashidhar Jagdishan, chief of the country’s largest private lender, has decided not to seek a third term and will retire on Oct 26, bringing an unexpected end to...

A seven-year dream carved into a mountain: The man transformed solid sandstone into a two-storey family home. A man in Sichuan, China, has spent seven years transforming a raw sandstone cliff into a two-storey home for his family, using his experience in coal mining and construction to carve rooms, stairs and furniture directly into the...

An entrepreneur began melting discarded plastic into walls Workers at a recycling plant in central Mexico are turning five and a half tonnes of discarded plastic bottles and old toys every day into strong building materials, helping low-income families get better homes while keeping waste out of local dumps. The process, developed in 2013 by...

The mansion was designed on a scale that made it comparable in size to the White House. (Pictures: Oregon Live) A huge unfinished mansion in West Linn, Oregon, once owned by Hollywood Video founder Mark Wattles, is back on the market for $4.7 million, nearly three decades after construction began. The 51,908-square-foot structure sits on...

Devastating floods in Nepal (Image Credit: PTI) LUCKNOW: At least seven unidentified bodies have recovered from Gandak (Narayani) river in Maharajganj and Kushinagar districts of Uttar Pradesh till Friday morning, after devastating floods in Nepal triggered a sharp rise in the river’s water flow.Officials said efforts were on to identify the deceased.Bodies of three women...