As of August 13, the state had received 657.71mm of rain Ahmedabad: Gujarat has received 72.36% of its average annual rainfall so far this monsoon, with a sharp regional disparity. While South Gujarat has almost reached its full annual average, Kutch has received less than a third of its normal rainfall.The latest figures also show … Read more
Chennai: For Phoenix Kothari Footwear, Ramanathapuram was not the obvious choice for its next shoe factory. The district, which traditionally has fewer manufacturing opportunities, was not originally on the company’s expansion map. Then came a request from chief minister C Joseph Vijay.In a conversation with the company’s leadership on May 22, Vijay asked Kothari to … Read more
Nagpur: MIDC police have registered a case against a 26-year-old technician who repaired mobile phones for allegedly accessing and displaying private photographs and videos of a woman and her husband.As per the 32-year-old complainant, who is a caterer, she had stored personal photographs and videos of her modelling days before marriage on her mobile phone.On … Read more
Another drive was carried out in Ranhera village in Jewar, where a man was found involved in power theft of 2.6 kW from an additional line Noida: The power department’s enforcement and raid teams carried out a joint anti-theft drive in Dhoom Manikpur, Mahawad, and Escort Colony areas in Greater Noida and Ranhera village in … Read more
Pune: The monsoon is yet again giving plant swaps a push, with gardening enthusiasts using the rainy season to exchange cuttings, saplings and seeds.From apartment society groups and neighbourhood WhatsApp communities to informal meetups among balcony gardeners, residents are swapping plants not just to add greenery to their homes, but also to discover new varieties … Read more
Sonipat: The Haryana Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognisance of the Aug 6 death of an 11-year-old boy crushed by a collapsing portion of a govt school’s entrance gate in Sonipat and launched a statewide probe into govt school infrastructureYash Kumar, a Class VI student, died during treatment after the brick-and-concrete structure at … Read more
Who was Prichard Colon? Puerto Rican boxer dies at 33 after suffering severe brain injury against Terrel Williams Prichard Colon, the Puerto Rican boxer whose career ended after a serious brain injury in 2015, has died at 33, his father, Richard Colon, confirmed on social media on August 13, 2026. Colon had been unbeaten through … Read more
Chennai: Amid speculation that the M K Stalin-led DMK is moving closer to the BJP-led NDA, its parliamentary party leader Kanimozhi Karunanidhi attended the customary tea party hosted by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday after the House was adjourned sine die. Kanimozhi exchanged pleasantries with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior Union ministers … Read more
Ankit Kumar, one of the four accused arrested in the Hapur road rage death case. MEERUT:Nearly two weeks after 24-year-old pickup driver Mohd Azim died following an alleged assault by a group of kanwariyas enraged by a road accident on NH-9 in Hapur, police have added murder charge to the FIR and arrested four accused … Read more
Kolkata’s vexillologist, Sekhar Chakrabarti, sheds light on the city’s deep-rooted connections to the Indian national flag KOLKATA: As the Har Ghar Tiranga initiative renewed public focus on the national flag, Kolkata-based vexillologist Sekhar Chakrabarti dug into his years of research to highlight the city’s lesser-known links with the evolution of the Tricolour.Chakrabarti, a retired engineer … Read more