Category: Events

NEW DELHI: After earlier uncertainty, there are now clear indications that barrierless tolling on national highway (NH) stretches, coupled with e-notices for violations, is inculcating greater discipline among road users.At Choryasi toll plaza on NH-48 in Gujarat, the first to go live, e-notices fell from 1.7 lakh in May to 1.1 lakh in June and...

Villagers, led by Tulsiram Gedam, at work. Gedam’s wife died from complications related to childbirth after an ambulance reportedly could not reach the remote settlement CHANDRAPUR: Two months after death of a tribal woman exposed acute lack of road connectivity in a remote Maharashtra hamlet near Telangana border, residents of Ghodankappi in Jiwti taluka have...

From derelict church to luxury stay: the couple preserved the building’s historic character while adding contemporary interiors, including a striking mezzanine bedroom pod. (Photo: HomeInspire UK) When retired designer Geoff Bolam and his wife Julie moved from London to the Cotswolds, they were looking for a slower pace of life. Instead, the couple ended up...

Passersby rushed a bleeding Raviraj to Max Hospital in Vaishali, but doctors declared him dead on arrival. GHAZIABAD: A Chinese manjha slit the throat of a 25-year-old delivery agent riding a bike at more than 80kmph on Delhi-Meerut Expressway on Saturday, killing him before he could be wheeled into a hospital.The string caught Raviraj’s neck...

Hawaii introduced mosquitofish to control mosquitoes Introduced to Hawaii in 1905 to control disease-carrying mosquitoes, the eastern mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) has caused major declines in native aquatic insects, including several threatened species of Hawaiian damselflies. Conservation reports from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) show that the small, non-native fish has had a...

In photo: CM Vijay, DMK MK Stalin, PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss, CPM state secretary P Shanmugam CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu political parties on Sunday condemned the killing of three Tamil farmers by Karnataka forest officials in Chamarajanagar district and demanded a probe into the incident.Former CM M K Stalin said the shooting was ‘shocking’ and demanded...

CISF Delhi Metro said that a detailed inquiry has been ordered. (Image-Social Media) NEW DELHI: An inquiry has been ordered after a ruckus took place inside a Delhi Metro coach after a woman claimed that a CISF man took her pictures on his mobile phone. The incident happened Saturday night on Yellow Line.A video shared...

China expands religious scrutiny to Chengdu hospitals, schools; employees, students asked to disclose beliefs China has expanded scrutiny of religious affiliation into public workplaces and schools in Chengdu. Employees at a public hospital were ordered to disclose their religious beliefs and education authorities collected information on the religious backgrounds of students and their families, according...

According to police, Rahman and his son were travelling home when their vehicle was intercepted near the railway gate. NEW DELHI: Police have arrested three persons in connection with the murder of a local Congress leader and his lawyer son in West Bengal’s Nadia district. The investigators have named a jailed man as the alleged...

NEW DELHI: Fresh differences emerged in the Punjab Congress on Sunday after MP Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa challenged state unit chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring’s ‘one family, one ticket’ stance ahead of upcoming assembly elections.Speaking at an event attended by former Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi, Randhawa said families could get up to four tickets...